“There will be NO leftovers!” Gore god Eli Roth took sixteen years to finally give his fans Thanksgiving. The 2023 film is based upon a trailer that he made for the Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarentino Grindhouse double feature (2007). Along with screenwriter Jeff Rendell, Roth developed the story about a vengeful slasher who goes after theContinue reading “Thanksgiving (2023)”
Category Archives: horror
Wish Upon (2017)
“Be careful what you wish for….” I was completely unaware of 2017’s Wish Upon until I decided to do a random “horror” search on Peacock one night. The film, which stars Joey King, tells the story of Clare Shannon (King) and her use of a sinister Chinese wish box that her father (Ryan Phillippe) unwittinglyContinue reading “Wish Upon (2017)”
The Craft: Legacy (2020)
“You girls have been playing with fire….” Director Zoe Lister-Jones guides a whole new group of weirdos in 2020’s sequel/soft reboot of the classic 1996 flick The Craft with The Craft: Legacy. The film’s surprisingly strong cast gives the old college try, but they can’t lift this film above its weak plot. Despite the thinContinue reading “The Craft: Legacy (2020)”
Totally Killer (2023)
“Remember, avoid the knife, keep your life.” Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men, Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina) heads up the time traveling whodunit Totally Killer. The 2023 slasher/sci-fi/dark comedy/mystery has a lot going on in it with two plots running parallel in the present and way back in 1987. In the film, Shipka plays Jamie Hughes, aContinue reading “Totally Killer (2023)”
Revenge Of The Slashers: Leatherface
*Chainsaw Noises* Before Jason, Michael Myers, Freddy, and pretty much every other major slasher in the horror film genre, there was Leatherface. The hulking cannibal first roared into theaters in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in 1974 and has remained a mainstay in pop culture ever since. He is considered to be one of theContinue reading “Revenge Of The Slashers: Leatherface”
Revenge Of The Slashers: Frank Zito
“You want to look pretty, don’t you?” Although panned by critics and released in varied censored versions, 1980’s Maniac still managed to develop quite a cult following and even spawned a 2012 remake starring Elijah Wood. The film focuses on the internal conflicts of Frank Zito, a man with a severe psychological disorder thanks toContinue reading “Revenge Of The Slashers: Frank Zito”
Revenge Of The Slashers: Franz
“They were just dolls!” 1973’s Torso introduces the world to the psychosexual misogynist so violent that he only goes by one name: Franz. An art history professor in Italy, Franz decides to go on a killing spree after he is blackmailed by two women that pulled him into a threesome. He really, really dislikes ladiesContinue reading “Revenge Of The Slashers: Franz”
Revenge Of The Slashers: Mother (Norman Bates)
“A boy’s best friend is his mother.” Although his kill count is well below that of many of the other villains on this list, Norman Bates (as Mother) is arguably one of the most famous slashers of all time. Between the masterful direction of Alfred Hitchcock in the original Psycho (1960) and the amazing performanceContinue reading “Revenge Of The Slashers: Mother (Norman Bates)”
Revenge Of The Slashers: Art The Clown
“He thinks what he is doing is funny….” Despite a fairly brief career that covers three feature films and two short films, Art the Clown has quickly risen to the top of the slasher heap in the last decade. The sadistic clown debuted in the 2009 short The 9th Circle, written, directed, and produced byContinue reading “Revenge Of The Slashers: Art The Clown”
Revenge Of The Slashers: Lillian Nebb
Computers And Axes….A Love Story When computer nerd Gerald Martin encounters the lovely Lillian Nebb in her father’s Paddock County bar, their shared love for technology makes them fast friends…and lovers in 1988’s Edge Of The Axe. Oh, and there’s a psychotic killer on the loose as well. That killer is an axe-wielding masked maniacContinue reading “Revenge Of The Slashers: Lillian Nebb”
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