The Theatre Bizarre (2011)
Paris’ legendary Grand Guignol theatre has inspired so many films and this story actually begins in a theater much like that infamous historical landmark. As a Enola Penny walks into Theatre Guignol, she is gifted with the six stories that make up this movie, all while she becomes more of a puppet and the host […]
Ghost Stories (2017)
Based on the stage play, Ghost Stories is a movie that redeems the horror anthology after years of poor direct to video and screaming excuses for entries in the canon. It’s written and directed by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman, who stars as Philip Goodman, a famous professor and television personality who is obsessed with outing […]
Master of Horror (1965)
This is a dubbed version of the 1960 Argentinan horror film Obras Maestras del Terror. It’s missing “The Tell-Tale Heart*” and fifteen minutes of footage that was cut from “Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” and “The Cask of Amontillado.” You can blame Jack H. Harris. I have to say that this is my favorite […]
Chillerama (2011)
Adam Rifkin (The Dark Backward) and Tim Sullivan (2001 Maniacs) met during the making of Detroit Rock City and quickly discovered how much they both loved drive-in movies. They planned on making a movie called Famous Monsters of Filmland that was to be based on the magazine and each segment would be about a different era. […]
The Dead Reborn (2013)
Alright, I’m fascinated by these Full Moon remix affairs. This one tries to cash in on the zombie trend — no shame there — but at least one of the films is actually pretty well-known and you’d think it would sell more copies than just changing the name. But hey — I don’t run the […]
Fright Show (1985)
Man, it’s a real letdown learning that other than the first Fangoria Tom Savini documentary that everything that Starlog and Fangoria video is absolutely horrible. Take this Damon Santostefano-directed* piece of garbage. Santosefano also directed the classic Scream Greats, Vol. 1 “Tom Savini, Master of Horror Effects” and inversely in no way classic Scream Greats, […]
I, Vampire – Trilogy of Blood (2006)
Yes, they sold this as “The Most Passionate, Desperate and Sensual of the Undead!” When I read the description on Tubi — “Passionate and sensual members of the undead are featured in three tales of blood-thirsting immortals searching for ultimate power and eternal love.” — I realized that this was yet another Full Moon mixtape. […]
Tabloid (1985)
Baby Born With Full Beard! BBQ Of The Dead! Killer Vacuum Destroys Town! Tabloid promises to bring the good old days of the black and white National Enquirer — and then the Weekly World News, which was printed on the old black and white press when the more socially redeemable Enquirer went full color — to life*. This was directed […]
Mass Hysteria (2019)
Directors Arielle Cimino and Jeff Ryan, working from a script by Jonathan T. Coleman and Christopher O’Connell, have put together an interesting story: Paige [Geena Santiago, who was in the movie YouthMin from the same creative team) is an actress playing one last role in her hometown of Salem. It’s in a local historical play about […]
Nightmare Cinema (2018)
How are more people not talking about this, a film that has Mickey Rourke as death itself inside a theater that shows the ways that people expire? It’s got direction from Alejandro Brugués (Juan of the Dead), Ryûhei Kitamura (Versus), David Slade (30 Days of Night), Mick Garris (Sleepwalkers) and Joe Dante (and if I have […]
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