“I prefer spooky.” Despite plenty of callbacks to the original series and films and nods to everything from Edgar Allan Poe to the Headless Horseman, Netflix’s latest series, Wednesday, is much, much more than a nostalgic trip for fans of all things creepy and kooky. Yep, Wednesday is one of the best new series toContinue reading “Wednesday (Netflix, 2022)”
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Reign of the Scream Queens: Tiffany Shepis
Scream Queen Icon The modern Scream Queen isn’t normally an actress who actively seeks out B-movies. Many of the today’s Scream Queens are actresses who work in all sorts of film genres and many of them seek out and/or have been nominated for or won major acting awards. Chloe Grace Moretz, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, andContinue reading “Reign of the Scream Queens: Tiffany Shepis”
Reign of the Scream Queens: Felissa Rose
Scream Queens Icon For horror fans, few scenes were as impactful or unsettling as the final scene in Sleepaway Camp (1983). If you’ve never watched that film, I highly recommend it. Also, have no fear of spoilers for that film in this post. Just know that Felissa Rose could have walked away from her filmContinue reading “Reign of the Scream Queens: Felissa Rose”
Day Shift (2022)
“Mowing down vamps with my best friend, Bud.” Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg, and Dave Franco team up to take down Karla Souza in J.J. Perry’s Day Shift. In the film, available only on Netflix, Foxx portrays Bud Jablonski, a down-on-his-luck vampire hunter who gets Big J (Snoop Dogg) to convince the vampire hunting union toContinue reading “Day Shift (2022)”
Classic Horror: Bowery At Midnight (1942)
“Keep that cat from desecrating my graves!” Bowery At Midnight has everything that it needs to be a great horror film. It stars Bela Lugosi, Count Dracula himself, features a creepy mad doctor, and even has a few reanimated undead victims. The problem though, is that the undead folks don’t show up until the finalContinue reading “Classic Horror: Bowery At Midnight (1942)”
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)”
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: Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1968)
“Who did this?!?!?!?” When a mute altar boy discovers the body of a young woman in the bell of the local church, the locals begin fearing for their lives and the priest goes rogue in Dracula Has Risen From The Grave. While traveling through the area, Monsignor Mueller learns of the failings of the localContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1968)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Horror Of Dracula (1958)
“He must be found…and destroyed!” Christopher Lee’s iconic Count Dracula and Peter Cushing’s relentless Doctor Van Helsing square off for the first time in Horror of Dracula. Released simply as Dracula in the United Kingdom, the 1958 film is considered by many to be one of the best adaptations of Bram Stoker’s epic tale. AlthoughContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Horror Of Dracula (1958)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Scream Of Fear (1961)
A Twisty Thriller! Let’s be completely honest. Hammer is primarily known for making gory, bright red blood homages to classic Universal Monsters and horror films that have more than their fair share of T & A. Once in awhile, however, cinemaphiles manage to find a Hammer film that’s not only genuinely suspenseful, but brilliantly directedContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Scream Of Fear (1961)”
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