“My hands! My hands!” Alejandro Jodorowsky takes viewers on a mind-bending ride in 1989’s Santa Sangre. In the film, a young man named Fenix goes on a killing spree at the request of his mother. The audience has to determine whether or not everything that is happening in the film is real or just aContinue reading “Cult Classic: Santa Sangre (1989)”
Category Archives: Classic Horror
Outpost: Museum Of The Weird
412 East 6th Street, Austin, Texas I recently took a weekend trip to Austin, TX to visit family and check out a few sites that I missed on my last few journeys to that wonderful central Texas land. One of the “must-see” places on my list was the Museum Of The Weird, located on 6thContinue reading “Outpost: Museum Of The Weird”
Cult Classic: Fright Night (1985)
“Jerry Dandrige is a vampire!” 1985 was a great year for movies. Back To The Future, The Breakfast Club, and Cocoon are just a few of the films released that year. Horror films also had a great year with classics like Silver Bullet and A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge being released. AContinue reading “Cult Classic: Fright Night (1985)”
Renfield (2023)
Relationship Therapy Nicholas Hoult heads up an excellent cast in 2023’s slightly bonkers Renfield. The film utilizes characters from Bram Stoker’s famed book, Dracula…….to a degree. Specifically, the film utilizes characters from Stoker’s book as portrayed by Dwight Frye and Bela Lugosi in 1931’s Dracula and expands upon their stories. Hoult takes on the titleContinue reading “Renfield (2023)”
Cult Classic: Piranha (1978)
“There’s nothing left to fear.” With zero intentions to disguise their intent of cashing in on the success of Jaws (1975), Roger Corman, New World Pictures, and Piranha Productions gave the world 1978’s Piranha. The film was shot for roughly $600,000 and raked in a whopping sixteen million dollars at the box office. It featuredContinue reading “Cult Classic: Piranha (1978)”
Classic Horror: The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari (1920)
“Awaken for a moment from your dark night.” Filmed entirely in a studio of intentionally bizarre and misshaped sets, 1920’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari takes its viewers on a twisted ride full of murder, insanity, and a sleepwalking. It stars Werner Krauss as Dr. Caligari, Friedrich Feher as Francis, Lil Dagover as Jane, andContinue reading “Classic Horror: The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari (1920)”
The Last Universal Monster Has Passed Away
Ricou Browning, Aged 93, Has Passed Away Browning is best known for his portrayal of the Gillman or Creech in the underwater sequences for all three of the Creature From The Black Lagoon films. He was also a director, stunt coordinator and double, and a writer. Outside of the Universal Monster films, Browning’s work includedContinue reading “The Last Universal Monster Has Passed Away”
Classic Horror: Thirteen Women (1932)
“Don’t destroy their faith in the occult, Swami.” Using nothing but the power of persuasion, a vengeful woman attempts to take out thirteen women who bullied and harassed her at an all-girls school in 1932’s Thirteen Women. The thirteen women were part of a sorority that taunted the woman, Ursula Georgi, so much that sheContinue reading “Classic Horror: Thirteen Women (1932)”
Revenge of the Slashers!
Watch Out, Final Girls!!! Sure, last month was all about Scream Queens, but next year, Ken’s Alternate Universe will celebrate Thirty-One Days Of Horror with a month-long celebration of some of the most popular slashers in the business! I’ll have the big guys like Freddy, Jason, and Michael Myers, but I’ll also look at someContinue reading “Revenge of the Slashers!”
Reign of the Scream Queens: Jamie Lee Curtis
Scream Queen Legend And The Final Girl! Could it be anybody else? Would you expect anybody else? Of course the Final Girl and Scream Queen of all Scream Queens would be Jamie Lee Curtis! It’s Halloween for crying out loud! Curtis has appeared in multiple successful franchises, is the sole reason that the Halloween franchiseContinue reading “Reign of the Scream Queens: Jamie Lee Curtis”
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