by: AthenaY
Posted on 03.16.10 in All Horror Films > Comedy > Supernatural

This quirky, dark little gem takes a stereotypical romantic plot-line (boy-meets-girl/boy-loses-girl/boy-goes-through-hell-to-win-her-back) to extraordinarily literal extremes.  It’s part occult study, part love story, with a good helping of twisted humor thrown in the mix.

by: KFear
Posted on 03.15.10 in All Horror Films > Comedy > Slasher

Cabin Fever may have created some kind of sickness in the world of mainstream American horror. Eli Roth seems to exploit various groups and cultures with nearly every film he makes, and for one reason or another, other American filmmakers have clung onto the same types of themes and ideas. Call it marketing, but I say it’s Hollywood trying to sell a genre of film, like horror, to the biggest demographic as possible. …

by: AthenaY
Posted on 03.09.10 in All Horror Films > Comedy > Slasher > Torture

When I plucked a random movie out from my brother’s gargantuan horror film collection, I thought I knew what I’d be in for.  A Dario Argento giallo, maybe, or a psychedelic 70s sexploitation flick, or possibly a delightful Troma horror.  Something with Clint Howard in it, if I was lucky.  Alas, no.  My random pick wound up being the 1985 cult torture film about psychotic gardeners run amok: They Don’t Cut the …

by: Obaid K
Posted on 02.25.10 in All Horror Films > Comedy > Supernatural > Thriller/Suspense

For those of you who love Halloween and don’t mind your horror served with a wicked sense of humor, you need to watch Trick ‘r Treat. This film was released “straight-to-video” last October after two years of delays, but I couldn’t tell you why. Did Warner Bros. drop the ball on this one? I think they could have made a ton of money off a proper theatrical release (think of all the …

by: Dylan
Posted on 02.21.10 in All Horror Films > Comedy > Monster > Supernatural

The biggest problem with The Mangler, based on the short story by Stephen King about a haunted laundry press, is that it’s based on the short story by Stephen King about a haunted laundry press. Stephen King has written enough books and short stories to fill a small library, many of them arguably the best modern horror-lit has to offer, few as-of-today adapted to film. That the story about an evil laundry …

by: AthenaY
Posted on 02.17.10 in All Horror Films > Comedy > Cult/Erotic > Zombie

Zombie Honeymoon has the distinction of being, as far as I can tell, the only zombie flick based on a true story.  No, the shambling undead have not really risen from the sea to leave a gory trail in the sands of the Jersey Shore.  However, the overwhelming emotions of young love cut short by unexpected tragic loss is what drove director Dave Gebroe to tell this story.  The lead characters are …

by: sprouticus
Posted on 02.08.10 in All Horror Films > Comedy

Little *ucker isn’t necessarily a film you should have high expectations for, but on the other hand, if you have high expectations (wink wink cough cough) you just might find yourself enjoying this silly little film. Directed by Michael Muscal, Little *ucker hearkens back to the B-Horror films of the ’80s giving it a distinct, almost Troma-like feeling. Since the film aspires to be nothing more than a B-film, this means that …

by: Shaun Anderson
Posted on 02.05.10 in All Horror Films > Comedy > Exploitation

Street Trash represents the height of horror absurdity, a film in which almost every taboo is not only explored, but satirised. Few horror films have such a brazen attitude to such subject matter as rape, castration, and out of control vagrancy. The vagrant community the film depicts is a vile cesspool. We feel not an ounce of sympathy for the street trash of the title. They are either homicidal, rapists, or thieves. …

by: sprouticus
Posted on 01.08.10 in All Horror Films > Comedy > Cult/Erotic > Sci-Fi

Ah, Critters. One of those flicks I grew up with that has not only held up over the years, but I actually enjoy it more now than I did as a kid. It was unfairly declared a Gremlins clone despite director Stephen Herek’s rebuttal of such claims, chalk it up to bad timing I suppose. SadlyGremlins has become the much more popular of the two over the years and while I do think it’s …

by: Shaun Anderson
Posted on 12.26.09 in All Horror Films > Comedy > Mystery > Supernatural > Vampire > Werewolf

The beautifully titled Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors holds a prominent place in British horror history for being the first anthology film produced by Amicus Productions – an Anglo-American production house led by Max J. Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky. For a while the blueprint of the portmanteau format, big name ensemble casts, and inspirational low budget filmmaking heralded a commercial rivalry with Hammer. But one that ultimately tailed off in the mid …