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November Noise: Too Fast For Love, Mötley Crüe, 1981

“Cuz I’m alive……” Mötley Crüe was the first “bad” band that I ever listened to as a kid. With their Satanic imagery, lyrics about rock staples such as sex, drugs, alcohol, and doing pretty much whatever you wanted to do as a youngster in the 1980’s, I was forbidden to listen to them. Because ofContinue reading “November Noise: Too Fast For Love, Mötley Crüe, 1981”

Throwback Thursday: KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park (1978)

“Ack!!!” Friends, family, and regular readers of this blog are aware that I am a huge KISS fan. I’ve heard pretty much every track that they’ve released, watched all of their videos, and spent countless hours watching and listening documentaries, interviews, etc. with the band. The one thing that I haven’t done is watch KISSContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park (1978)”

November Noise

Who wants to rock? With Thirty-One Days O’Horror officially done for 2021, I’ve decided to dial things back a bit for the month of November. I’m going to have a few action figure reviews, film reviews, and other general genre related posts, but each Friday during November I’ll be highlighting one album from some ofContinue reading “November Noise”

Thirty-One Days O’Horror 2022: Reign of the Scream Queens!

2022 Is All About The Ladies! Whether they graced the screen in one film, one franchise, or across decades of horror films, certain women have always risen to the top of the horror genre. In 2022 I will look at thirty-one of the most famous, most memorable, and most beloved scream queens from horror. FromContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror 2022: Reign of the Scream Queens!”

Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

“I’ve harmed nobody, just robbed a few graves!” Hammer Horror entered the world of color with 1957’s The Curse Of Frankenstein. Not only that, Hammer introduced classic monsters to a whole new generation of horror fans. The film would prove to be a huge success and would quickly be followed by a number of sequelsContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)”

Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)

“There is evil in the world. There are dark, awful things.” Hammer gets groovy with Dracula A.D. 1972. The film was Hammer’s attempt at modernizing the classic Dracula theme that the company did so well with in a Gothic setting. The updated version still featured the two masters of Hammer horror, Christopher Lee and PeterContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)”

Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Charlie Boy (1980)

A Different Type Of Fetish A young couple trigger a terrible spell in Charlie Boy, the sixth episode in the wonderful Hammer House of Horror anthology series. The episode’s “horror of the week” is voodoo and comes in the form of an African fetish doll. The episode is genuinely creepy and manages to build upContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Charlie Boy (1980)”

Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Resident (2011)

Dr. Bliss The second coming of Hammer Productions in the 2000’s has focused primarily on traditional horror stories involving vampires, ghosts, and bringing the dead back to life, but 2011’s The Resident goes in a different direction. It uses voyeurism, stalking, and psychological horror to feed the fears of the audience. In theory this shouldContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Resident (2011)”

Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Witches (1966)

“They relish the idea of a secret power.” If you’re looking for a film with an amazing cast, a strong story, and plenty of atmosphere and build up, 1966’s The Witches is exactly the film you want to see. Oh, if you also want a brilliant film that is entirely derailed by complete absurdity inContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Witches (1966)”

Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Plague Of The Zombies (1966)

Influential Undead Considered by many to be more influential than it gets credit for, 1966’s The Plague Of The Zombies predates George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead by two years. The zombies featured in Plague changed the tone of the monsters as presented in previous films and gave them a look that isContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Plague Of The Zombies (1966)”