Thirty-One Favorite Horror Films! You’ve survived 2025’s heaping helping of horror films, but are you ready for 2026! You’ve got less than a year to prepare as next year’s Thirty-One Days O’Horror will be personal! Ken of Ken’s Alternate Universe will be reviewing (and in some cases, re-reviewing) thirty-one of his favorite horror films! SomeContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror 2026!”
Category Archives: classic cinema
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Christine (1983)
Let’s Ride #31! Happy Halloween! You’ve successfully made it to the FINAL day of Thirty-One Days O’Horror! For today, yours truly decided to take a quick look at the granddaddy of all killer car/highway horror films, 1983’s Christine! I can honestly say that this film is in the top ten of all of my favoriteContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Christine (1983)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Sadist (1963)
Let’s Ride #29! Three teachers en route to an L.A. Dodgers game have car trouble and wind up face-to-face with a sadistic killer and his young girlfriend in 1963’s tense The Sadist. The film was inspired by a real life duo of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, who went on a killing spree acrossContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Sadist (1963)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
Let’s Ride #14! Trailblazing female director Ida Lupino guides viewers on a thrilling road trip through the deserts of California and Mexico in 1953’s The Hitch-Hiker. The movie, which Lupino co-wrote with Collier Young, is considered to be the first film noir directed by a female. It’s based upon the real-life mass murderer known asContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Hitch-Hiker (1953)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Wraith (1986)
Let’s Ride #11! Tonight’s post features one of my favorite killer/ghost car films of all time, The Wraith (1986)! The Wraith was actually one of the first films that I ever reviewed for my Thirty-One Days O’Horror series, but I decided to revisit it for this year because, well, it fits the bill and IContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Wraith (1986)”
Let’s Ride! Thirty-One Days O’Horror Starts October 1st!
“I’m not going in that car again.” Put on your seat belts, crank up some tunes, and hit the highway of horror with me as I take a look at thirty-one horror films featuring vehicles. From classics like Christine to more recent fare like Unhinged, I’m taking you on a road trip that you’ll neverContinue reading “Let’s Ride! Thirty-One Days O’Horror Starts October 1st!”
The Old Dark House (1932)
“Laughter and sin….” With a cast that featured Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Lilian Bond, and the director James Whale, you’d think that 1932’s The Old Dark House would have been a massive hit. Instead, it fell through the cracks of cinematic history and was believed to be lost at one point. I only recently discoveredContinue reading “The Old Dark House (1932)”
Halloween Bites! Dracula (1931)
“There are far worse things awaiting man than death.” Happy Halloween! It’s the final day of October and the final day of this year’s Thirty-One Days O’Horror! With that in mind, I decided to make the final post of October about the legendary Dracula (1931). There’s really not a lot that I can say aboutContinue reading “Halloween Bites! Dracula (1931)”
Halloween Bites! Son Of Dracula
“Alucard is undoubtedly a vampire.” Although it features a powerful cast including Lon Chaney, Jr., Louise Allbritton, Evelyn Ankers, and Robert Paige, and has one of the most twist-filled plots of any Universal Horror film, 1943’s Son Of Dracula falls a little flat. In the film, Chaney’s Alucard (Dracula spelled backwards) arrives in New Orleans,Continue reading “Halloween Bites! Son Of Dracula”
Halloween Bites! The Lost Boys
“Death by stereo!” Before he made those Batman films, Joel Schumacher was on a role with films like The Client and St. Elmo’s Fire. Another film that he directed was a little family film known as The Lost Boys. Released in 1987, the film surprised critics by opening in second place in its first weekendContinue reading “Halloween Bites! The Lost Boys”
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