SLASHER MONTH: The Vineyard (1989)
Winemaker Dr. Elson Po (James Hong, who directed this with William Rice, and wrote the movie with Douglas Kondo and James Marlowe) is growing old, so he takes young people and uses their blood to make wine. He gets a great idea to make a movie about the wine, but that’s just a scam so […]
The Murder Podcast (2021) and interview with director William Bagley
Chad (Andrew McDermott) and Eddie (Cooper Bucha) want to be podcasters but no one wants to listen to a show all about ramen. A murder happens in their town and they decide to solve it with their show, except that people keep getting knocked off and they find themselves in the middle of all of […]
THE IMPORTANT CINEMA CLUB’S SUPER SCARY MOVIE CHALLENGE DAY 25: Gorilla At Large (1954)
25. A Horror Film That Prominently Features A Gorilla Costume. Cameron Mitchell, Anne Bancroft, Lee J. Cobb, Raymond Burr, Lee Marvin and Warren Stevens. What a cast! Throw in George Barrows as Goliath, the titular gorilla and man, we have a movie. Wait — it’s in 3D? How much do you want to give us, […]
2022 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 25: The Rules of Attraction (2002)
25. CRAIG’S TWIST: When that iffy roommate situation goes sour in a dangerous way. Written and directed by Roger Avary and based on Bret Easton Ellis’ book, this movie makes me not regret at all that I went to art school instead of college and that I was not forced to suffer through roommates. Although […]
SLASHER MONTH: Bonehill Road (2017)
Emily (Eli DeGeer) and Edith Stevens (Ana Rojas-Plumberg) go from one bad moment to another in this. Terrified and alone, they are stranded in the woods, hunted by a werewolf. When they find shelter in a nearby home, things only get worse. They must work together to get out alive as a family of werewolves […]
2022 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 25: Single White Female (1992)
EDITOR’S NOTE: I like to do a new movie I’ve never written about for every Scarecrow Challenge, but I wanted to share this film — today’s challenge is CRAIG’S TWIST: When that iffy roommate situation goes sour in a dangerous way. — because my friend Em Fear is presenting a musical version of Single White […]
THE IMPORTANT CINEMA CLUB’S SUPER SCARY MOVIE CHALLENGE DAY 24: The Invisible Maniac (1990)
24. A Horror Film About an Invisible Killer. Director and writer Rif Coogan is really Adam Rifkin and this movie is goofy in a great way. Dornwinkle (Noel Peters) is a scientist that specializes in molecular reconstruction. As a kid, his mother was told that he has the potential for madness but if she raises […]
2022 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 24: Crimson Peak (2015)
24. HOLEY SHEET!: Ddddid I just ssssee a ghost? Director and co-writer Guillermo del Toro said that this was “a very set-oriented, classical but at the same time modern take on the ghost story. I think people are getting used to horror subjects done as found footage or B-value budgets. I wanted this to feel […]
SLASHER MONTH: The Wizard of Gore (1970)
I have seen too many slashers because I also watched this last year. This movie is a miracle, because so much went wrong. The actor playing the monstrous Montag the Magnificent walked off the set following a confrontation with Fred Sandy and crew member Ray Sager had to take over the role. And as for […]
THE IMPORTANT CINEMA CLUB’S SUPER SCARY MOVIE CHALLENGE DAY 23: G-Men from Hell (2000)
23. A Horror Movie Based On an Indie Comic Book (EC Comics Adaptions Don’t Count). Directed by Christopher Coppola and written by Robert Cooper, Richard L. Albert and Nicholas Johnson, this movie was based on Mike Allred’s Grafik Muzik. It stars William Forsythe as Dean Crept and Tate Donovan as Mike Mattress, two dead FBI agents who […]
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