THE IMPORTANT CINEMA CLUB’S SUPER SCARY MOVIE CHALLENGE DAY 15: Pontypool (2008)
15. A Horror Film in Which Language is the Weapon Why did it take so long for me to watch this? A zombie — kinda — movie set inside one room, radio talk show host Grant Mazzy’s (Stephen McHattie) studio — Pontypool is filled with imagination and utter strangeness, as a virus uses language against people […]
2025 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 15: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
15. GOES WITHOUT SAYING: Feast your eyes on something with little to no dialogue at all. Directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer, this is the perfect expression of German Expressionism. Janowitz and Mayer, both pacifists who despised authority after their military experiences during World War I, created something amazing […]
UNSUNG HORRORS HORROR GIVES BACK 2025: Crimson, the Color of Blood (1973)
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 works to save the lives of cats and dogs across America, giving pets second chances and providing them with happy homes. Today’s theme: J &B From J&B In the Movies […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Web of the Spider (1971)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Web of the Spider was on Chiller Theater on Saturday. October 18, 1980 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday. November 27, 1982 at 1:00 a.m. After Castle of Blood‘s disappointing box office, Antonio Margheriti felt he could remake the film in color and have it be more successful. Edgar Allan Poe (Klaus Kinski) is […]
UNSUNG HORRORS HORROR GIVES BACK 2025: Carnal Circuit (1969)
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 works to save the lives of cats and dogs across America, giving pets second chances and providing them with happy homes. Today’s theme: J&B ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Adam Hursey is […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Night Evelyn Came Out of Her Grave (1971)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Night Evelyn Came Out of Her Grave was on Chiller Theater on Saturday. November 1, 1980 at 1:00 a.m. Emilio Paolo Miraglia created two giallo — this film and The Red Queen Kills Seven Times. This one goes more into the horror realm than the typical themes of the genre. Lord Alan […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Dixie Dynamite (1976)
Directed by Lee Frost, who wrote the script with Wed Bishop, this starts with Tom Eldridge (Mark Miller) running into trouble with the law, thanks to running moonshine. The law being Sheriff Marsh (Christopher George!) and Deputy Frank (Bishop), who screws up and shoots the man and as a result, his daughters Dixie (Jane Anne […]
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