Poltergeist (1982)

I think of Poltergeist when I see those annoying and pretentious “kill your television” stickers, and it makes them slightly less annoying. But only slightly – I mean, what a stupid thing to say, TV is awesome! This is definitely the Steve Spielberg take on horror, scary and intense at times thanks to Tobe Hooper’s … Continue reading →

Halloween (1978)

This John Carpenter movie is the perfect slasher film. And Jamie Lee Curtis is the ultimate babysitter. When she says you are going to be alright, you are going to be all-fucking-right dammit! I’d hire her any day. Continue reading →

28 Days Later (2002)

This is the best modern zombie film. If George Romero defined movie zombies for us then Danny Boyle took them to 11 in more brutal and frightening ways. But also in the way the zombies, or rather desperation, bring out our ability to be brutal. Sometimes that’s needed in order to survive, sometimes it’s self-serving. … Continue reading →

Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (AKA The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue) 1974

This flick was a nice surprise. It begins with art dealer and hipster douche bag George (dubbed “MacDouche” for this viewing) heading out of his gallery with an old artifact. He leaves the comfy confines of Manchester and ends up getting his motorcycle damaged at a country service station by a fellow traveler’s car – … Continue reading →

The Stranglers of Bombay (1960)

Weird! Imperialistic! Strangle-y! A Hammer flick concerning and Indian Kali-worshipping cult called the Thuggees (pronounced thoo-jees but I still want to say thugees life!) who strangle people in British India in the 1830s. There are some brutal, but bloodless, strangulations here but overall just a “oh foreigners are crazy” feel. There is the detective who … Continue reading →

Bela Lugosi’s Dead

But he had to be born first and today is his birthday! Bela defined our image of Dracula, with his leer and strange accent and he was in some of the most popular horror movies ever and some of the crappiest. Unfortunately, he struggled greatly in his personal life but his legacy is still so … Continue reading →

Let The Right One In (2008) – Let Me In (2010)

      Let Me In is virtually a scene for scene remake of the original, so I am gonna talk about Let The Right One In first. This is an amazing film and probably one of the best vampire, if not horror movies, ever, because it doesn’t shove old, simple stereotypes down our throats. The … Continue reading →

Hammer on TCM

Thanks to Turner Classic Movies, we have been revisiting the Hammer Films on Friday night, which means that this last weekend we viewed the Mummy films: The Mummy , Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb, The Mummy’s Shroud and Blood From the Mummy’s Tomb. Check out what’s coming – This is a great way of watching … Continue reading →

Shutter (2004)

This Thai film masters the terrifying elements we’ve come to expect in Asian horror movies. Creepy haunts from wronged spirits who appear in dreams, in peripheral vision and in photos. And the spirits are always crawling around and have blackened eyes that see into us and through us. I thought this was going to be … Continue reading →

House of 1000 Corpses 2003

In my mind, if you don’t appreciate Rob Zombie’s House of 1,000 Corpses, you’re not a true horror film fan. Although certainly an homage to the ground-breaking films of the 70s – primarily those crafted by Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and Wes Craven (Last House on the Left and The Hills Have Eyes) – … Continue reading →