Valley of the Mid-Price Franchises: CANDYMAN
Until recently, I’d never really considered Candyman to be a slasher flick – it’s frankly too high-end in both production unities and the overt themes of urban decay and the racial politics of a poor...
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TERRIFIER 2017/18/82mDirector/Writer: Damien Leone / Cast: Jenna Kanell, Samantha Scaffidi, David Howard Thornton, Catherine Corcoran, Pooya Mohseni, Matt McAllister.Body Count: 10Laughter Lines:...
View Article5 more things I wish they’d stop doing in horror films
In 2011 (!) we enjoyed a good long moan about the shitty tropes that keep cropping up in horror movies. Well, now that I’m officially in my 40s I’d better get used to moaning more… Here are another...
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POOL PARTY MASSACRE 2017/18/80m“Worst pool party ever.”Director/Writer: Drew Marvick / Cast: Kristin Noel McKusick, Margaux Neme, Crystal Stoney, Destiny Faith Nelson, Alexis Adams, Jenifer Marvick,...
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PSYCHO II 1983/18/108m“It’s 22 years later and Norman Bates is coming home.”Director: Richard Franklin / Writer: Tom Holland / Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia, Dennis...
View ArticleDark night of the scare– Oh no, wait.
DARK HARVEST 2004/86m“You reap what you sow.”Director/Writer: Paul Moore / Cast: Don Digiulio, Jeanie Cheek, Jennifer Leigh, B.W. York, Jessica Dunphy, Amiee Cox, Paul Bugelski, Booty Chewning.Body...
View ArticleWisconsin Mine Syndrome. With Cher.
TRAPPED ALIVE 1988/92mA.k.a. Trapped“There’s evil underground.”Director/Writer: Leszek Burzynski / Writer: Julian Weaver / Cast: Randolph Powell, Sullivan Hester, Mark Witsken, Laura Kalison, Alex...
View ArticleDrew the right thing
FAR FROM HOME 1989/18/89m“One boy wants her love. One boy wants her dead.”Director: Meiert Avis / Writers: Ted Gershuny & Tommy Lee Wallace / Cast: Drew Barrymore, Matt Frewer, Richard Masur,...
View ArticleDon’t go near The Black Trees!
SCALPS 1983/18/79m“They came out of the grave… To get REVENGE!”Director/Writer: Fred Olen Ray / Cast: Jo Ann Robinson, Roger Maycock, Frank McDonald, Richard Hench, Barbara Magnusson, Carol Sue...
View ArticleCloak and Dagger. And Axe. And Hammer.
FOX TRAP 2016/18/98mA.k.a. Don’t Blink (DVD)“It’s hunting season.”Director: Jamie Weston / Writer: Scott Jeffrey / Cast: Becky Fletcher, Therica Wilson-Reid, Richard Summers-Calvert, Kate Greer, Alex...
View ArticleThe Audacity is Coming from *Inside* the House…
WHEN A KILLER CALLS 2006/91m“The stranger on the phone… is inside your house!”Director: Peter Mervis / Writer: Steve Bevilacqua / Cast: Rebekah Kochan, Robert Buckley, Mark Irvingsen, Sarah Hall,...
View ArticleThe Old Ways
MURDER LOVES KILLERS TOO 2009/18/75m“Everyone knows killers love murder. But did you know… murder loves killers too?”A.k.a Blood Cabin (UK DVD)Director/Writer: Drew Barnhardt / Cast: Christine...
View ArticleDeck the Hells
M E E E E E R R Y C H R I S T M A S !*SANTA’S SLAY 2005/18/78m“He’s making a list… Pray you’re not on it.”Director/Writer: David Steiman / Cast: Bill Goldberg, Douglas Smith, Emelie de Ravin, Robert...
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TORSO 1973/18/93m“One day she met a man who loved beautiful women… but not all in one piece.”A.k.a. Carnal Violence; I Corpi Presentano Tracce Di Violenza Carnale [The Bodies Presented Traces of...
View ArticleHatchet: H10
VICTOR CROWLEY 2017/18/80mA.k.a. Hatchet 4“Return to his swamp.”Director/Writer: Adam Green / Cast: Parry Shen, Kane Hodder, Laura Ortiz, Dave Sheridan, Krystal Joy Brown, Felissa Rose, Brian Quinn,...
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MALEVOLENCE 3: KILLER 2018/89mDirector/Writer: Stevan Mena / Cast: Katie Gibson, Kevin McKelvy, Jay Cohen, Alli Caudle, Kelsey Deanne, Scott Kay, Todd Litzinger, Andy Striph, Victoria Mena, Reed...
View ArticleThe Chinese Chainsaw Massace
THE DEADLY CAMP 1999/81mDirector/Writer: Bowie Lau / Cast: Anthony Wong, Benny Lai, Winnie Leung, Samuel Leung, Lam Tsz Sin, Chak Pui Wan, Ling Ling Chui, Cham Nam Wing, Andy Tsang.Body Count: 13I...
View ArticleRemake Rumble: Don’t Call the Super
Less a Face-off, more a comparative analysis between the original and its – ugh – remake/reimagining/reboot/whatever (…delete as applicable), some I liked, some I loathed and some I somehow preferred...
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EYES OF CRYSTAL 2004/18/108mA.k.a. Occhi di CristalloDirector/Writer: Eros Puglielli / Writers: Luca Di Fulvio, Gabriella Blasi, Franco Ferrini / Cast: Luigi Lo Cascio, Lucia Jimenez, Jose Angel...
View ArticleDidn’t we have a lovely day the day we went to Snape Island?
TOWER OF EVIL 1972/18/90m“They came, they saw, they died!”A.k.a. Horror on Snape Island; Beyond the FogDirector: Jim O’Connolly / Writer: Heorge Baxt / Cast: Bryant Haliday, Jill Haworth, Mark...
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