Sleepaway Camp (1983)
This movie has a big shock ending. It was probably a lot more shocking 34 years ago than it is today. But if you don’t want to know how it ends, you should probably skip this article. For the rest of you, let’s take a trip back to 1975, when John Baker and his boyfriend […]
The Slayer (1982)
Since childhood, Kay has constantly suffered from horrifying dreams, some of which are just frightening landscapes that leave her feeling uneasy and others that show loved ones being killed by a supernatural force. Those dreams have come and gone, but now they are happening more often, growing in intensity and impacting her work as an […]
John Dies at the End (2012)
I have no idea how to even start discussing this movie, other than to tell you that it’s all over the place narrative and insane concepts make it a film that seems created for a target audience of one — me. Written and directed by Phantasm creator Don Coscarelli and based on the book by David […]
The Prowler (1981)
Director Joseph Zito really cranked ’em out in the 1980’s, with films like Invasion U.S.A., Red Scorpion, the original Missing in Action and 1984’s Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. This one’s an interesting tweak to the slasher formula, plus it has what all gory movies need most: the imaginative grand guignol artistry of Tom Savini. June 28, 1945: […]
Alone in the Dark (1982)
I’m always searching for movies. After the April Ghoul’s Friday night, I headed back to our room and watched this movie on TCM and wanted to add it to my collection. It’s out of print, with prices going anywhere from $90 to $120 for the DVD. Imagine my happiness when I found it for $4 […]
Lady Stay Dead (1981)
Night of Fear and Inn of the Damned are two of Australia’s first horror films. Their director, Terry Bourke, would go on to create this film, a quasi-slasher stalker film that’s packed with plenty of weirdness. Gordon Mason is a handyman that’s obsessed with Marie Coleby, a young singer who treats everyone around her with snarling […]
Things that I learned from STEPHEN KING WEEK
Everything is connected. Just look at this chart. Just like the 1960’s Marvel Universe (King has referenced Steve Ditko numerous times and wrote part of the X-Men charity comic Heroes for Hope), everything and everyone is connected. I’ve discussed it in several articles this week, but it’s pretty amazing how interrelated everything is. Everything is […]
STEPHEN KING WEEK: Children of the Corn (1984)
Children of the Corn started as a short story first published in Penthouse Magazine that was later collected in the 1978 book Night Shift. It’s a story incredibly similar to Tom Tryon’s novel (and the film) The Dark Secret of Harvest Home. You could also draw parallels to Narciso Ibáñez Serrador’s Who Can Kill a Child? or Village of the Damned. […]
STEPHEN KING WEEK: Christine (1983)
Christine was not a film John Carpenter had planned on directing, as most of his films were personal projects, not just jobs. But after the poor reception that The Thing received, he needed a project that would jump-start his career. It may not be frightening. But sometimes, you need to make money to live on. […]
Wolfguy: Enraged Lycanthrope (1975)
Ōkami no Monshō was a two-volume manga published in 1970 and then re-created in 2007. This film version — which wildly differs from its inspiration — hit Japanese screens in 1975 and stars Japanese actor, singer, film producer, film director, and martial artist (and the inspiration for a marijuana nickname) Shin’ichi “Sonny” Chiba. And it’s one of […]
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