“You’ll get rats to put on condoms? Amy Heckerling directs the sugary sweet vampire comedy, Vamps (2012). Heckerling is best known for a string of hit films that she directed including 1982’s Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Look Who’s Talking (1989), and Clueless (1995). The film stars Heckerling’s Clueless lead, Alicia Silverstone, and Krysten Ritter,Continue reading “Halloween Bites! Vamps (2012)”
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Halloween Bites! Subspecies (1991)
The Night Has Fangs Directed by Ted Nicolaou, written by a team that includes B-movie master Charles Band, and backed by Full Moon Features, 1991’s direct-to-video Subspecies breathed new life into the slowly fading corpse of the vampire film genre. The film tells the story of rival brothers Stefan and Radu, two vampires with veryContinue reading “Halloween Bites! Subspecies (1991)”
Halloween Bites! Nosferatu (1922)
“The Master is near…..” Released in 1922, F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horror is the first vampire film to ever grace the big screen according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. A blatant rip-off of Bram Stoker’s Dracula novel, Murnau changed the names of the characters and the ultimate demiseContinue reading “Halloween Bites! Nosferatu (1922)”
Dark Harvest (2023)
“To a violent world with me.” Loosely based upon the 2006 Norman Partridge novel of the same name, 2023’s Dark Harvest is a decent little thriller that blends stories such as The Lottery with supernatural horror like Night Of The Scarecrow and Pumpkinhead. It tells the story of a small Midwestern town wherein a sinisterContinue reading “Dark Harvest (2023)”
Revenge Of The Slashers: Michael Myers
The night HE came home! Happy Halloween! You’ve made it to the final day of Thirty-One Days O’Horror! My month long celebration of my favorite slashers comes to a close with none other than Michael Myers! He wasn’t the first slasher, isn’t the most lethal, but he’s the granddaddy of ’em all! There was noContinue reading “Revenge Of The Slashers: Michael Myers”
Revenge Of The Slashers: Brenda Bates
“Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!” The death of her would-be husband at the hands of two young ladies recreating an urban legend is all the motivation that Brenda Bates needs to recreate a few urban legends herself in 1998’s aptly titled Urban Legend. While the film definitely one of the weaker entries in the 1990sContinue reading “Revenge Of The Slashers: Brenda Bates”
Revenge Of The Slashers: Angie Phelps
“Welcome To Camp Whistler.” Today’s Revenge Of The Slashers post features a rookie member of the slasher club. Yep, Angie Phelps only arrived on the scene in August of 2022 when the film They/Them landed on Peacock, but she definitely wasted no time racking up a body count. Angie is the masked killer who takesContinue reading “Revenge Of The Slashers: Angie Phelps”
Revenge Of The Slashers: Benjamin Willis
“When you leave a man for dead, make sure that he’s really dead!” Today’s slasher is the primary antagonist of what has often been referred to as the lesser slasher franchise from the 1990s. Despite being written by the same man, Kevin Williamson, I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) has always remained inContinue reading “Revenge Of The Slashers: Benjamin Willis”
Revenge Of The Slashers: The Last Matinee Killer
You Won’t Believe Your Eyes! Although he only appears in one film and is never given a name, the killer in The Last Matinee definitely deserves a spot in this year’s version of Thirty-One Days O’Horror. The film combines the American Slasher and Italian Giallo genres for a wickedly fun film. It was released inContinue reading “Revenge Of The Slashers: The Last Matinee Killer”
Revenge Of The Slashers: Victor Crowley
“Tell Me This Is Part Of The Tour.” If you’re ever out in the swamps just outside of New Orleans late at night, listen closely and you might just hear Victor Crowley calling for his daddy. Beginning in 2006, horror got one of its newest slasher franchises with Hatchet. As almost every film that takesContinue reading “Revenge Of The Slashers: Victor Crowley”
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