2024 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 21: Disco Dancer (1982)
21. STAGEFRIGHTS: Musicals are hell to endure. Can I get a hell yeah!? In his childhood, Anil (Mithun Chakraborty) watched helplessly as a rich man named P.N. Oberoi (Om Shivpuri) beat his mother in the streets and then had numerous thugs slap him around. All Anil wanted to do was dance and sing. Now, he […]
ARROW 4K UHD RELEASE: Trick ‘r Treat (2007)
Inspired by Season’s Greetings, an animated short created by Trick ‘r Treat writer and director Michael Dougherty, this film tells the story of the night of Halloween in Warren Valley, Ohio. It’s nonlinear the way it all plays out (think Pulp Fiction) and several of the stories cross over. They all have one thing in common — […]
ARROW 4K UHD RELEASE: Hellraiser: Quartet Of Torment
We’ve all seen Hellraiser, I hope, by now, but if this movie has eluded your collection, as it once did mine, this Arrow Box set is incredible and will fit the bill. As the Cenobites say, “We have such sights to show you.” Hellraiser (1987): Horror movies don’t scare me. Not anymore. Some of them disturb […]
UNSUNG HORRORS HORROR GIVES BACK 2024: Legend of the Roller Blade Seven (1992)
Each October, the Unsung Horrors podcast does a month of themed movies. This year they will once again be setting up a fundraiser to benefit Best Friends, which is working to save the lives of cats and dogs all across America, giving pets second chances and happy homes. Today’s theme: Karen Black Donald G. Jackson made The Demon Lover […]
I HOPE YOU SUFFER OCTOBER FILM CHALLENGE: Amityville Christmas Vacation (2022)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The I Hope You Suffer podcast said that “Since everybody is doing these movie challenges now, we made the only one worth doing.” Bring the pain. Steve Rudzinski directed CarousHELL and CarousHELL 2 so I’m giving him a pass on this one, because we all have an Amityville movie in us somewhere and hey, at least he made […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Bride of the Monster (1955)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Bride of the Monster was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, February 12, 1966 at 11:20 p.m., Saturday, March 24, 1973 at 11:30 p.m., Saturday, February 1, 1975 at 11:30 p.m., Saturday, October 4, 1975 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, August 12, 1978 at 11:30 p.m. Two psychotronic film experiences shaped my early love of […]
CHILLER THEATER: Count Dracula (1970)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Count Dracula was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, June 1, 1974 at 11:30 p.m., Saturday, March 8, 1975 at 11:30 p.m., Saturday, November 1, 1975 at 11:30 p.m., Saturday, January 7, 1978 at 11:30 p.m. and Saturday, August 26, 1978 at 11:30 p.m. I am beyond happy that yinzers would turn on Chilly […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Hideous Sun Demon (1958)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Hideous Sun Demon was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, December 18, 1965 at 11:20 p.m., Saturday, June 6, 1970 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, October 21, 1972 at 1:00 a.m. Written, directed and produced by Robert Clarke — the only movie he’d write and direct, sadly, after a career of acting in […]
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