SLASHER MONTH: Terror Train (2022)
A lot of slashers came out in 1980 and maybe Terror Train isn’t as fondly remembered by some, but for those that are fans — like, well, your author — it works because you truly feel as if you’re on a train. You also get some incredible scenery and a killer that keeps shifting disguises, all […]
ARROW BOX SET RELEASE: Gothic Fantastico: Four Italian Tales Of Terror
Sure, when you think of gothic Italian horror, you probably instantly think of Mario Bava. Yet other filmmakers — like the four in this new set from Arrow — show that when it comes to the gothic, no one does it like Italy: Massimo Pupillo’s Lady Morgan’s Vengeance: Romance and mystery. Sadism and the supernatural. […]
ARROW BOX SET RELEASE: Gothic Fantastico: The Witch (1966)
Damiano Damiani is a name held in high regard if only for one film, the most Italian movie ever made by a major U.S. studio, Amityville II: The Possession. Based on the book Aura by Carlos Fuentes, Damiani wrote the script with Ugo Liberatore. Sergio Logan (Richard Johnson) is a womanizing cad who notices an old […]
ARROW BOX SET RELEASE: Gothic Fantastico: The Third Eye (1966)
Mino (Franco Nero) is a wealthy nobleman and oddly enough taxidermist living under the domineering rule of his mother (Olga Solbelli) who decides to escape by marrying his fiancée Laura (Erika Blanc, pretty much the queen of Italian gothic horror). This also upsets his maid Marta (Gioia Pascal), who cuts the brakes on Mino’s car. She […]
ARROW BOX SET RELEASE: Gothic Fantastico: The Blancheville Monster (1963)
EDITOR’S NOTE: You can also check out this review by Dustin Fallon of The Blancheville Monster. Released in Italy as Horror, this film’s script by Gianni Grimaldi and Bruno Corbucci was said to be based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Sure, there are some parts of The Fall of the House of Usher, A […]
ARROW BOX SET RELEASE: Gothic Fantastico: Lady Morgan’s Vengeance (1965)
Massimo Pupillo also made Bloody Pit of Horror and Terror-Creatures from the Grave, but this would be the last horror movie he’d make. He said, “I started in the horror genre because I wanted to get out of documentaries, I wanted to enter the commercial market. In Italy, when you do a certain type of film, you become labeled […]
SLASHER MONTH: Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was originally on the site on August 20, 2018. Despite being direct to video releases (yes, some have had limited releases in theaters and the first was considered for theatrical release), the Puppet Master series is one that’s packed with content. Produced by Full Moon Features, the series started in 1989 with Puppet Master, which has […]
THE IMPORTANT CINEMA CLUB’S SUPER SCARY MOVIE CHALLENGE DAY 21: Visitor Q (2001)
21. A Horror Film That’s Shot on Mini-DV (But is not a found footage film). I don’t know if this is horror to be exact but it’s Takeshi Miike, so anything goes. Part of the Love Cinema series, which contains six straight-to-video releases by independent filmmakers that played an exclusive engagement at the Shimokitazawa cinema […]
TUBI PICKS: Week 21
Tubi picks are back. Do you have any picks of your own to share? 1. Bloodsucking Freaks: TUBI LINK Somehow, in the middle of comparatively chaste slashers, Bloodsucking Freaks was on the shelves of the mom and pop video store in my cozy and safe hometown. It made its way from the fecund streets of 1976 […]
Tales from the Darkside episode 19: Levitation
Frank (Brad Cowgill) and Arnie (Anthony Tomkins) have traveled for hours to see Kharma (Joe Turkel, Lloyd from The Shining) perform. Frank had heard that Kharma could do the kind of magic that only Houdini was able to conjure, yet he learns that the magician just does the simplest of magic. His assistant Flora (Cynthia Frost) […]
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