2021 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 2: Santo vs El Estrangulador (1965)
2. MASKS ARE STILL REQUIRED: You know it, at least one character has to wear a mask for the entire movie Have I ever told you how much I love lucha movies? Oh, only a few thousand times? Well, let’s return to the world of Santo, a place that director René Cardona is an expert […]
FANTASTIC FEST: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror(2021)
If you have even a passing interest in the world of folk horror, Kier-La Janisse’s exhaustive exploration — which clocks in at 3 hours and 14 minutes and could have been a thousand more if I had my way — is the film of a lifetime. The ‘unholy trinity’ that launched this trend on to […]
SLASHER MONTH: Masterblaster (1987)
Glenn R. Wilder is a stunt guy. Maybe he thought he could be Hal Needham and direct. This movie is the result, one of the few slashers that has guns in it — at least on the cover. And until Paintball Massacre came out in 2020, this was the only paintball slasher I could think of, […]
KINO LORBER BLU RAY RELEASE: The Victim (1972)
EDITOR’S NOTE: We originally watched this made-for-TV movie on April 3, 2018. We’re bringing it back because Kino Lorber has released it on blu ray — making us go wild because we’ve dreamed of a day when TV movies were commercially available — and we want you to get a copy for your collection. Their release […]
SLASHER MONTH: Blood Rage (1987)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: When Frederick Burdsall isn’t at work or watching movies while covered in cats, you can find Fred in the front seat of Knoebels’ Phoenix. Howdy all and welcome. Tonight I will be telling you about a little film they call Blood Rage…or Nightmare at Shadow Woods…or Slasher….or…you get the point. It starts […]
SLASHER MONTH: Hollywood’s New Blood (1988)
Sixteen years ago, the Clouster family was killed when a movie crew blew up the wrong house. Yes, that really happens. And yes, a crew decides to make another film right where that happened and some of the surviving — or zombified — members of the long-dead family are going to kill every acto, acrtress […]
KINO LORBER BLU RAY RELEASE: The Screaming Woman (1972)
EDITOR’S NOTE: We originally reviewed this movie on January 1, 2021. Now Kino Lorber is releasing it on Blu-ray, complete with a new 2K master, commentary by film historian/screenwriter Gary Gerani and great new art by Vince Evans. I’m beyond excited to see more TV movies make their way to Blu-ray. Thanks Kino Lorber! Jack […]
SALEM HORROR FEST IS HERE!
Salem Horror Fest starts this weekend and we’re beyond excited to be virtually covering some of the films! Just follow this link to get your virtual tickets for the festival. Here are a few of the films we’re excited about: THE QUIET REVOLUTION: State, Society and the Canadian Horror Film: An in-depth look at the making of […]
FANTASTIC FEST: Who Killed the KLF? (2021)
Any time I think that this world is meaningless and doesn’t make sense, I remember that it should be meaningless and not make any sense. After all: “The belief that “order is true” and disorder is false or somehow wrong, is the Aneristic Illusion. To say the same of disorder, is the Eristic Illusion.” So […]
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