Retro Review: ‘Chopping Mall’
Though they may now stand as relics of a bygone era where old people workout and young people loiter and commit petty crimes, they mall was once a staple of American life. In… Continue reading
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Movie Review: ‘Black Christmas’
Director: Sophia Takal Cast: Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donoghue, Brittany O’Grady, Caleb Eberhardt, Simon Mead, Cary Elwes Plot: As the students of Hawthorne College head home for the holidays a masked killer… Continue reading
Retro Review: House on Sorority Row
There have been several slasher movies made over the years which sees sorority girls hacked up at the hands of a mad man. Yet there are only a few which are still remembered… Continue reading
Late Movie Review: ‘Halloween’
Plot: Forty years after Michael Myers’ (James Jude Courtney) Halloween night killing spree, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) has become a survivalist recluse. Estranged from her daughter Karen (Judy Greer), Laurie prays for… Continue reading
Book Review: ‘Final Girls’ by Riley Sager
I am going out on a limb here to say that visitors to this site are familiar with a common slasher movie scenario. A blade-wielding madman attacks a group of teens at a… Continue reading
Classic Scene: Introducing Michael Myers
Introducing Michael Myers Halloween (1978) Dir. John Carpenter The Scene: John Carpenter throws us into the POV of a stalker when his masterpiece begins. The camera glides around the house peering in through… Continue reading
Retro Review: ‘Blood Rage’
With this Retro Review, I decided to look at another horror favorite from the Video Era. In 1983, director John Grissmer and screenwriter Bruce Rubin (who would go on to write for films… Continue reading
Holiday Retro Review: ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’
It has become a tradition for the makers of slasher flicks to base their movies around major landmark days. Whether they be prom night, April Fools Day, summer camp, or Halloween. A few… Continue reading
Retro Review: ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors’
This years marks the thirtieth anniversary of one of the best sequels in the horror genre, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. True there was a Nightmare on Elm Street 2:… Continue reading
Obscure Horror Movie Slashers
For fans of horror films there are certain characters who are revered: Norman Bates, Freddy Krueger, Leatherface, and many others are renowned for their ability to hack their victims into bloody messes. But… Continue reading
