Bloody Birthday (1981)
Director Ed Hunt brought us The Brain and Starship Invasions. But as the slasher boom continued, he combined The Bad Seed with the multiple murders that audiences were demanding. Jose Ferrer is along for the ride as a doctor and to add some Old Hollywood star power to the proceedings. June 9, 1970. Southern California’s Meadowvale General Hospital […]
Calendar Girl Murders (1984)
Originally airing on April 8, 1984 on the ABC Network, this made-for-TV movie aspires to be a giallo just as much as it is a slasher, but it’s hamstrung by network TV limits. Sure, there’s murder and mayhem, but it’s a bloodless affair. Speaking of affairs — Tom Skerritt stars as Lieutenant Dan Stoner, a […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 2: A Talking Cat!?! (2013)
DAY 2. SOMEBODY’S GOTTA DO IT: Something involving a less than desirable job must be done. You gotta give it to David DeCoteau. Who else could have directed Sorority Babes In the Slimeball-Bowl-A-Rama, the surprisingly homoerotic Bigfoot vs. D.B. Cooper and this child-friendly film? How does this tie into the theme? Well, Duffy the cat, improbably voice by […]
Intruder (1989)
Scott Spiegel is the great uniter of the 90’s film scene. When he first moved to Los Angeles, he shared a house with film directors Sam Raimi, the Coen Brothers and actresses Holly Hunter, Kathy Bates and Frances McDormand. Not content with that star-packed household, he later shared a house with Bob Murawski, the Grindhouse […]
Scooter (2019)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Paul Andolina from Wrestling with Film is here to review a new found footage movie, as no one I know loves this genre more than him. Scooter is a 2019 thriller about three Youtubers, Paul, Will, and Juan who run the channel The Three Amigoes. These three young men are known for having […]
Death Ship (1980)
Alvin Rakoff is a Canadian television, stage, and film director who has spent most of his career working in England. This is the lone horror film on a resume that includes more than a hundred television works. It’s certainly not the only horror film on the IMDB list for co-writer Jack Hill, who wrote and […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 1: Guinea Pig 6: Mermaid In a Manhole
DAY 1. SLIP INTO SOMETHING CHALLENGING: Ease into 2019’s list by watching something with a lot of slime, body goop or questionable muck in it. Wiggle your toes in the gooey glory. Sure, I could start off easy. But I’ve already watched Street Trash, The Stuff and Society, the two movies that most make me think of slime […]
Doom Asylum (1988)
You know how slashers go: you need to get the horny teens to wind up in a secluded place with some promise of sex and drug hijinks. An abandoned mental hospital? That’s not frightening — it’s a good place to screw! Of course, inside the walls of this old asylum, there’s more than just a place to […]
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