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In Horror of Dracula, Hammer attempted to repeat the success of The Curse of Frankenstein by reunited Cushing and Lee with director Terence Fisher to tackle Universal’s next most popular … Continue Reading Horror of Dracula (1958) October 14th, 2020
We watched The Curse of Frankenstein last October. I’ve forgotten most everything about this movie in the 7 months since. Apparently there’s a nice Warner Archive Blu-ray release available for … Continue Reading The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) October 14th, 2020
I walked into Eyes Without a Face with high expectations. Maybe it was the the badass title? Maybe it was the compelling premise? Maybe it was a half remembered quote … Continue Reading Eyes Without a Face (1960) October 13th, 2020
I’d heard that Gremlins 2: The New Batch was a masterpiece satirizing sequels and consumerism. I’d heard Joe Dante didn’t want to make the sequel and only singed on to … Continue Reading Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), October 13th, 2020
Happy anniversary to this blog! It’s been a whole miserable year since I started this escapist vanity project. To think one year ago I had the wholly original and completely … Continue Reading Lifeforce (1985) October 13th, 2020
Terror is a Man quickly became my standout favorite last October. Taking its premise from Island of Lost Souls (and therefore from The Island of Doctor Moreau) and stitching it … Continue Reading Terror is a Man (1959) October 12th, 2020
Ah, mermaid horror, too weird to live too rare to die. The Lure is a loose adaptation of The Little Mermaid fairytale set in modern Poland. Two mermaid sisters venture … Continue Reading The Lure (2015) October 12th, 2020
I love monster movies. Monsters actually created The List. Back then my wife and I decided to watch every movie in the Universal Monsters catalog. At the time a 30 … Continue Reading The Blob (1958) October 12th, 2020
As of this blog post I still haven’t seen David Cronenberg’s The Fly remake. Obviously there are a lot of great movies I still haven’t seen. Casablanca, Wild Strawberries, Labyrinth… … Continue Reading The Fly (1958) October 12th, 2020
Is a month of horror movies complete if you haven’t watched a Cronenberg movie? No, not unless you’ve seen them all… and then, ya know… watch something new… Luckily Dead … Continue Reading Dead Ringers (1988) October 11th, 2020
So, here’s what happened. On the last day of July 2020 the company where I worked was purchased by a larger corporate entity. The month that followed involved lots of … Continue Reading The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) Oct 10, 2020
Spookies is delightfully bad. It’s one of those movies that’s fun to laugh at, not with. As I understand it, Spookies has a devoted following like Troll 2 or Tommy … Continue Reading Spookies (1986) October 9th, 2020
Tremors 2: Aftershocks picks up where Tremors left off with Earl Bassett (Fred Ward) who is down on his luck years after the events of the first film. He’s broke, … Continue Reading Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996) October 8th, 2020
Katrina, the vampire lord Marco’s lover, will die without a heart transplant. Unfortunately only the heart of Charito, her secret twin sister, will save her. Marco’s unrelenting efforts bring him … Continue Reading The Blood Drinkers (1964) October 7th, 2020
There’s no shortage of horror films about cats. There’s Cat People, the sequel The Curse of the Cat People, and the Malcolm McDowell remake. The nautical cat-in-cat movie The Uninvited … Continue Reading The Black Cat (1981) October 6th, 2020
It’s summer 2010. I’m visiting family and find myself in a heated debate about the merits of James Cameron’s Avatar with a close relative. I lay out all the evidence … Continue Reading Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) October 5th, 2020
