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Reign of the Scream Queens: Linnea Quigley

Scream Queen Icon Scream Queens come and Scream Queens go but every once in awhile a Scream Queen will embrace her royal status and remain a queen for her entire career. One such icon of the horror genre is Linnea Quigley. Born in 1958, Quigley’s career began with small parts in science fiction and horrorContinue reading “Reign of the Scream Queens: Linnea Quigley”

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!”

Classic Horror: The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

“Close your eyes for a second….and sleep forever.” On its surface, 1982’s The Slumber Party Massacre is just one more entry in a long line of standard 1980’s slasher films that feature plenty of sexually active teens winding up on the business end of a murder weapon. There are plenty of attractive young ladies inContinue reading “Classic Horror: The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)”

Classic Horror: Prom Night (1980)

“If you’re not home by midnight…..” Well on the way to establishing herself as a “scream queen,” Jamie Lee Curtis starred in 1980’s Prom Night, a Canadian slasher flick that also starred Leslie Nielsen (Forbidden Planet, The Naked Gun). With a lean budget, a fairly green cast and crew, and Paul Lynch directing it all,Continue reading “Classic Horror: Prom Night (1980)”

Throwback Thursday: Halloween (1978)

Forty Years Ago It’s hard to believe that it has been forty years since John Carpenter’s Halloween was released.  While it wasn’t the first slasher film (many argue that 1912’s The Lunatics deserves that title), it was definitely the film that blazed the trail for future slasher franchises such as Friday The 13th, A NightmareContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Halloween (1978)”