“Eight More Days ‘Til Halloween, Halloween, Halloween….” Still not interested in writing or directing a Halloween (1978) sequel and hoping to spinoff an anthology series of Halloween themed films, John Carpenter and Debra Hill decided to throw out Michael Myers and Laurie Strode and take their film series in a totally different direction. The resultContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Halloween III: Season Of The Witch (1982)”
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Firestarter (2022)
A slow burner that ultimately flames out Heads up, folks. I’m going to be making a lot of bad fire related puns in this review but I won’t spoil the film. Yesterday I visited the original Firestarter film from 1984. You can check out my thoughts on that film if you’d like in this post.Continue reading “Firestarter (2022)”
We Summon The Darkness (2020)
Be careful what you pray for. We Summon The Darkness is proof that Alexandra Daddario will star in any film that’s willing to pay her. It premiered in February of 2019 at the Mammoth Mountain Film Festival but didn’t streaming services until April of 2020. It turns the whole Satanic Panic event of the 1980’sContinue reading “We Summon The Darkness (2020)”
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
The Gentrification Of Slasher Films 2022’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a sequel to the original 1974 Texas Chain Saw Massacre, has quite a few things going for it. It takes a number of Texas stereotypes, social issues, and specific Austin, TX stereotypes and drops them in the middle of Leatherface’s latest killing spree. The funny thingContinue reading “Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)”
Scream (2022)
“Do you like scary movies????” This is a spoiler-free review. Read on with no worries. Taking place twenty-five years after the events of the original Scream, the new Scream film is a surprisingly well done sequel. It could have easily been just another whodunit that trucks out Sid, Dewey, and Gale. Instead, it brings thoseContinue reading “Scream (2022)”
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 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: Let Me In (2010)
“Just so you know, I can’t be your friend.” When a twelve-year-old boy befriends his new young neighbor, the pair form a bond that is both loving and lethal in 2010’s Let Me In. A remake of 2008’s Let The Right One In which was itself based upon a 2004 book of the same nameContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Let Me In (2010)”
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like…..Halloween!
Thirty-One Days O’Horror Returns Next Month! Thirty-One Days O’Horror is quite possibly my favorite blog category. Over the last couple of years I’ve focused on posting once per day during the month of October with some horror or Halloween related topic. 2019 saw me watch thirty-two classic Universal Monsters films. 2020 was a tad lightheartedContinue reading “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like…..Halloween!”
Classic Horror: The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
“And when the sun went down….” Based upon an actual killing spree that took place in Texarkana, TX between February and May of 1946, The Town That Dreaded Sundown was directed and co-produced by Charles B. Pierce. Pierce is perhaps best known for The Legend of Boggy Creek, a documentary-style film about a Bigfoot creatureContinue reading “Classic Horror: The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)”
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