Halfway through the 2020 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge
Whew! We’re halfway through the third Scarecrow Challenge we’ve done — Letterboxd lists for 2018, 2019 and 2020 are all posted — and you should totally support Scarecrow Video, the largest independently owned video store in the United Staes. You can check out our visit to the store right here! DAY 1. FAMILY TIME: Tired […]
Halfway through Slasher Month!
Every October, I get a little crazy about slashers and try to watch as many as I can. It was sixty last year. This year, it’s a hundred. Who can say what happens next? This is my attempt to share all of them in one place. And if you’d like to share one that you […]
2020 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 15: Wired to Kill (1986)
Editor’s Note: This review originally ran on September 16, 2019, as part of our month-long post-apocalyptic tribute blow out. You can catch up on those reviews with our two-part “Atomic Dust Bin” round ups HERE and HERE. Day 15: Hell on Four Wheels: Must involve characters in wheelchairs. No matter how many years pass . […]
SLASHER MONTH: Too Scared to Scream (1984)
If a slasher film can have a pedigree, which in this film’s case comes from its cast, let this be one of them. Seriously, there are some heavy hitters on hand here! Detective Dinardo (Mike Connors, Mannix) is on the case in New York City, where those who live in a fancy apartment building are […]
2020 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 15: Mr. No Legs (1979)
DAY 15. HELL ON FOUR WHEELS: Must involve characters in wheelchairs. Also known as Killers Die Hard and Gun Fighter, the title of this movie pretty much tells you the main reason to watch this movie. It’s really about a crime boss named D’Angelo (Lloyd Bochner, The Lonely Lady), who is smuggling drugs inside cigars, because that seems […]
SLASHER MONTH: Retro Puppet Master (1999)
The seventh film in the Puppet Master series, this is a prequel to 1991’s Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge. It’s written by Charles Band, Benjamin Carr and David Schmoeller with direction provided by David DeCoteau.And no, your eyes do not deceive you. Playing the young Toulon is Gregory Sestero, Mark from The Room. This begins with Toulon […]
SLASHER MONTH: House On the Edge of the Park (1980)
I’ve had this movie for some time. Hell, I have a beta of this movie. But sometimes, I save Italian movies for when I need them most. Because for some reason, I worry that they are a finite source of escape from this world and I don’t want to use up all the water in […]
The Birth of the Slasher Film and the Influential Slashers That Have Kept Them Alive
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Robert Freese contributes regularly to Videoscope, Drive-in Asylum, Grindhouse Purgatoryand the Italian language genre magazine Nocturno, as well as the Lunchmeat VHS blog. His interview with Italian screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti and his creation of the slasher film was the featured article for Rue Morgue’s 23rd Anniversary Halloween Issue. Earlier in the year he […]
SLASHER MONTH: Three on a Meathook (1972)
While the slasher genre really starts in 1978 (or 1979, when Halloween really took off), there are movies before that are nascent starting points. This was William Girdler’s second film after Asylum of Satan, made with money from his trust fund. It’s based on Ed Gein, as are Psycho, Deranged, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and many, many, many […]
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