SLASHER MONTH: Hack-O-Lantern (1988)
I’ve had Hack-O-Lantern on my list for years, always meaning to get to it. The cover spoke to me for some reason, but I never got to it. Luckily, Joe Bob Briggs selected it for his Halloween Hideaway and I realized that this movie is exactly what I love most in films. It’s made by foreigh filmmakers […]
SLASHER MONTH: House of Wax (2005)
A remake of the 1953 Vincent Price movie, which is itself a remake of 1933’s Mystery of the Wax Museum, this is one of the few slashers this month that has moments that bother me, mainly because of the moment when a character nearly falls into the pit where all the highway’s roadkill is stacked […]
2020 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge recap
It’s both a happy and somewhat sad feeling to have completed the third Scarecrow Challenge. It’s always intimidating to start the month, but by the end, we’ve discovered some movies we would’ve never seen otherwise and maybe even found a few new favorites. We hope you’ve done the same. You can check out our Letterboxd lists […]
2020 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 31: Halloween (1978)
31. I REMEMBER HALLOWEEN: Something from the Halloween franchise or anything with trick or treating in it. You did it! Another successful challenge achieved. Now you can stuff yourself with candy and listen to The Misfits. Last night, Becca and I headed out to the Riverside Drive-In to see a double feature of The Thing […]
2020 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 31: Halloween Revenge of the Sandman (2012)
31. I REMEMBER HALLOWEEN: Something from the Halloween franchise or anything with trick or treating in it. You did it! Another successful challenge achieved. Now you can stuff yourself with candy and listen to The Misfits. We’ve watched every Halloween movie in this house so many times that sometimes, I just play the soundtrack album from […]
SLASHER MONTH: Olivia (1983)
Woah boy, this movie. As a child, Olivia (Suzanna Love, a DuPont heiress, which doesn’t explain why she’s in this movie, and the wife of the director, which does) watched as her mother was murdered by an American army john who was way too into S&M. Fifteen years later, she’s trapped in a loveless marriage and the ghost of […]
2020 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 31: Happy Halloween A Michael Meyers Fan Film (2020)
31. I REMEMBER HALLOWEEN: Something from the Halloween franchise or anything with trick or treating in it. You did it! Another successful challenge achieved. Now you can stuff yourself with candy and listen to The Misfits. Set within the main story of Halloween (2018), this fan-made film was released on the same weekend that Halloween Kills was […]
SLASHER MONTH: Unhinged (1982)
“Violence beyond reason. Victims beyond help.” This section 2 video nasty was directed by Don Gronquist, who also wrote Stark Raving Mad and directed The Devil’s Keep, and has a cast of Portland, Oregon kids who never made another film. It was remade in 2017 in the UK, which surprised me because I usually keep on slasher reboots. […]
SLASHER MONTH: The Wind (1986)
Nico Mastorakis has a pretty good resume filled with VHS rental faves, including Island of Death, The Greek Tycoon (ironically, when he was a reporter, he went underground as a musician for the group of popular singer Yanni Poulopoulos and invaded Aristotle Onassis’ yacht, the Christina, where the Greek, well, tycoon was hosting Jackie (before they married) […]
2020 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 30: Dark Dungeons (2014)
DAY 30. BRING IT ON HOME: Something filmed in Seattle. I love Jack Chick. Completely and utterly love everything he ever put out. Dark Dungeons is one of his best tracts. I went to a high school that had decided that Dungeons & Dragons was a gateway to Satan and banned it from being played. […]
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