SLASHER MONTH: Just Before Dawn (1981)
Man, if all Jeff Lieberman did was make Squirm and Blue Sunshine, he’d already be way ahead of the horror game. But no, he also made this contribution to the slasher genre, which owes a major debt to Deliverance (it was called Survivance in France). Shot in the Silver Falls State Park in Sublimity, Oregon as Mt. St. Helens erupted, […]
Occurrence at Mills Creek (2020)
Back on November 22, 2019, we told you about the short version of this film. Now, the full film is ready for release and we got a chance to see it. It’s the tale of a young woman dealing with the death of her sister, which opens herself up to see that her family has […]
2020 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 14: Car Crash (1981)
DAY 14. THE MONSTER MILE: One about cars or racing. If you’re going to make a race car movie in 1981 and you’re Anthony M. Dawson — ahem Antonio Margheriti — and you’ve got the Italians, the Spanish and some Mexicans interested in your film, you propose only one actor who can be in your […]
SLASHER MONTH: Shan Gou (1999)
Nearly two decades after the slasher boom, Hong Kong decided to get in on the action with Bowie Lau’s The Deadly Camp. Unlike the spate of new wave slashers and their need to decry the past, this one simply shows that everyone involved is a fan of 1981-ish slashers. I can relate. Look, any movie that […]
SLASHER MONTH: Il Bosco 1 (1988)
Known as Evil Clutch in the U.S., this film translates as The Forest 1, with the number referring to the proliferation of sequels in its native Italy at the time. Written and directed by Andrea Marfori, it’s the story of an American student and her Italian boyfriend on vacation who run afoul of a female hitchhiker who […]
2020 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 14: Safari 3000 (1982)
Day 14. The Monster Mile: One about cars or racing. Blame this review solely on the staff of Scarecrow Video of Seattle. The B&S staff had this on our shortlists for our “Fast and Furious Week I” and our upcoming-December “Fast and Furious Week II” tribute weeks to the well-weathered leather, hot metal, and oily […]
SLASHER MONTH: Silent Madness (1984)
Shot with the ArriVision 3-D camera system, Silent Madness wasn’t just late to the 80’s 3D revival, it was late to the slasher madness too. It was directed by Simon Nuchtern, president of August Films. He brought over plenty of foreign films and had them re-edited for American tastes, like the film that the Findlays shot […]
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