The Frighteners (1996)
This movie was requested by Pete Stein, who I’ve been friends with for a long time. I’m glad he’s reading the site and hope he enjoys this article. Peter Jackson and his partner/co-writer Fran Walsh conceived of the idea for this movie during the script-writing phase of Heavenly Creatures. Robert Zemeckis nearly directed it as […]
Warlock Moon (1973)
I always try to think about what movies I’d show together if I did a theme night at a theater. Warlock Moon is the kind of 1970’s weirdness that would pair well with 1972’s Terror House, a cannibal comedy that predates The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for its depiction of a family that eats human beings together. You may know […]
So Dark the Night (1946)
Joseph H. Lewis was known as “Wagon-Wheel Joe” by studio editors when he was cranking out B-movie westerns as he was in love with using the wheel itself as a visual motif. But he was about more than just one genre. He directed Bela Lugosi in The Invisible Ghost, the musical Minstrel Man and plenty of TV late […]
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
Thomas Shablesky suggested this film for this all request Horror Comedy Week. I’ve known him since he was a little kid, literally. His brother and I were best friends, often watching Phantasm 2 over and over again, as well as Blood Sucking Freaks. I’m sure we warped his brain a little. He’s directed a few films of […]
Once Bitten (1985)
Thanks to my friend Adam Cicco for suggesting this movie. It’s one of Becca’s favorites, so she was really happy that we watched it. She’s loved the soundtrack and knows pretty much every word. Interestingly enough, the role of the Countess was written for Elvira and screenwriter Jeffrey Hause wanted Michael J. Fox to star […]
Dead Heat (1988)
Everybody got really excited about Horror Comedy Week and had plenty of requests, so many that I’ve worked on this second week of films. This one was requested by Adam Cicco, who I’ve been friends with a long time and was on our World Series of Pop Culture team when we tried out for the […]
Midnight Ripper (1986)
I’ll be honest. Other than Demons, which I attribute more to Argento than the director himself, I’ve never been a big fan of the films of Lamberto Bava. However, I’ve been wanting to give him another shot and this week’s Jack the Ripper theme allowed me to watch another of his films. After all, I did […]
Murder by Decree (1979)
Bob Clark always surprises me. How can the same director create Porky’s, A Christmas Story, Black Christmas, Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things and Deathdream? Here’s one more movie that doesn’t seem like it belongs in his list of films: a Jack the Ripper movie where the real-life killer battles with Sherlock Holmes. Written by playwright John Hopkins (Thunderball) and […]
Jack the Ripper (1976)
I’ve made it through plenty of Jack the Ripper movies by now and I can point out all of their cliches: a foggy dark night, a man in a cape and a hat, ladies of ill repute singing and screaming “Want some love, guv’nor” and a flash of the blade. Then Jess Franco shows up […]
Terror at London Bridge (1985)
Originally airing on November 22, 1985 on NBC, this made for TV movie was written by William F. Nolan, who wrote the novel Logan’s Run, as well as the scripts for The Norliss Tapes, Burnt Offerings and Trilogy of Terror. It was directed by E. W. Swackhamer, whose credits include episodic television across all genres. Also known as Bridge Across Time […]
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