Disclaimer: I am sick as hell and half loopy from cough medicine so what follows may or may not be entirely decipherable. Black Christmas is a slasher movie that was made four years before John Carpenter released Halloween and set a foundation for the genre. In 1974, a film about a crazy person knocking off an entire sorority was probably still a pretty fresh idea and I respect that they were d...
People often argue that zombies are scary because they are just friends and neighbors who have been forced back from the dead. Yesterday you were waiving to them in the driveway, and today you are braining them with a wrench because they tried to tear some flesh from your arm. There is no animus involved on their part, they simply need to eat you because they have had their operating instructio...
Alicia is a bit down on her luck. She is barely scraping by as an actress and a role in some sleazy stage production is her only chance to make rent this month. Worse yet, she managed to twist her ankle and everybody knows that ankles are very important for acting. One night she decides to duck out of rehearsal and head down to the local mental institution to have her ankle checked out because...
I can’t for the life of me figure out why a person would want to remake the Crazies. The original is notable for exactly one reason - it was directed by George A. Romero, who made the Dead trilogy over a span of thirty years and a ton of complete garbage in between. It looked like it was made for nothing and stacked with “actors” who always seemed confused and possibly hungry. My guess is that...
My write up of Friday VII yesterday left me with some mixed feelings. Sure the movie was great, but reading the description, I feel like I gave the impression that the film is basically just 90 minutes of fun-loving lady murder. The entire thing seemed a tad misogynistic so today I wanted to mix things up a bit and let the fairer sex have their day in the sun. No film makes the case for female...
Previously On... Camp Crystal Lake It has been a few years since I sat down to watch a Friday film and I had completely forgotten about the dumb opening montage that they insist on playing at the start of each film. I don’t need a five minute clip parade just so you can explain why Jason is chained to the bottom of Crystal Lake. We’re cool. Seriously. Carrie Vs. Jason After six Friday films, Ja...
The plan is 31 horror movies in 31 days. Two days and two posts means apathy can officially suck it. The Ruins The Ruins is essentially a movie about plants that want to kill you. Other stuff may happen, but the plants are always in the background plotting your demise.. Occasionally they are sneaky, often they are.. more direct. The movie begins as so many horror films do, with a group of naive...
Uncle Pinhead The Hellraiser series is perhaps the most notable horror franchise to which I have had zero exposure. I grew up with Freddy, Jason and Michael but the somewhat unfortunately named “Pinhead” had been, until now, relegated to the role of slightly creepy uncle nobody wants to acknowledge. The entire thing just seemed a bit too “hesh” for my tastes. Pinhead and the rest of the cenobit...