by: NYCalling
Posted on 01.06.10 in All Horror Films > Cult/Erotic > Exploitation

Tagline “Don’t cross him or he’ll cut you down to size”
I usually recommend this film when people ask for a good introduction to Grindhouse or exploitation films. It’s not great, it’s pretty technically inept, and it’s really kind of ludicrous.  Still, this film delivers the goods, albeit a little sneakily. The film doesn’t quite live up to the title, which is one of exploitation films finest, but it’s still worth tracking down …

by: Shaun Anderson
Posted on 01.03.10 in All Horror Films > Giallo

This impressive and efficient giallo was directed by Tonino Valerii who spent much of the 1960’s working on Spaghetti westerns. As well as taking on the role of assistant director for Sergio Leone on A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and For a Few Dollars More (1964), Valerii also directed three himself before taking a change of direction in the early 1970’s. This would be Valerii’s only crack at the giallo form and …

by: sprouticus
Posted on 01.01.10 in Action/Adventure > All Horror Films > Sci-Fi

If you ever want to see what sheer stupidity looks like on celluloid, look no further than Neil Marshall’s latest outing Doomsday. After a promising start with his impressive debut Dog Soldiers and the claustrophobic spelunking nightmare The Descent, I had high hopes for his venture into apocalyptic action territory. Unfortunately, Doomsday is an jumbled mess of a film that is as schizophrenic as they come. It has no clue what it wants to be and …

by: Shaun Anderson
Posted on 12.31.09 in All Horror Films > Zombie

Night of the Living Dead has, with some justification, become an important landmark in the history of the horror genre. It emerged at a very precipitous point, because the genre itself was suffering one of its periodic lulls. In many respects the 1960’s had been dominated by the pseudo-gothic universe of Hammer and the Poe inspired films of Roger Corman, their influence being felt throughout Europe and in some cases in Latin …

by: sprouticus
Posted on 12.31.09 in All Horror Films > Vampire

What do you get when you cross Rear Window, vampires, and the ’80s? Only one of the most fun horror films of the decade! Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) is your average teenager whose biggest problems are  pop quizzes and getting to 2nd base; but when a mysterious man with strange habits moves in next door, his world becomes slightly more complicated. Mr. Dandrige (Chris Sarandon) is charming, seductive, and he has a thing …

by: Shaun Anderson
Posted on 12.27.09 in All Horror Films > Thriller/Suspense > Vampire

The commercial success of The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) established a number of vital ingredients that would go on to form the basis of much of Hammer’s gothic horror. The lurid use of primary colour, the opulent and lavish set decoration and design, the bombastic and strident musical scores, and tongue in cheek black humour. The film firmly set the small British producer down the rutted and overgrown pathways into the sublime …

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 …

by: KFear
Posted on 12.26.09 in All Horror Films > Werewolf

It seems as if the days of the “teen horror film” have finally pasted.  In 1996, Scream came out and it dazzled not only horror fans, but fans of multiple film genres.    Scream was followed by its tolerable sequels and the I Know What You Did Last Summer trilogy, which was far less fun and imaginative than anything that Craven had ever produced, along with other stretches of sub-par teen drama nightmares …

by: Dylan
Posted on 12.23.09 in Action/Adventure > All Horror Films > Mystery > Psychological Thriller > Thriller/Suspense

“The Game” is a decent thriller derailed by – and I say this without the slightest bit of exaggeration or hyperbole – the absolute all-time worst ending to a film I’ve ever witnessed in my entire lifetime of film viewing. The finale is so at odds with the prior proceedings, so ridiculously ludicrous within the context of any film (but particularly one that bills itself as a ‘psychological thriller’), that it’s hard …

by: KFear
Posted on 12.21.09 in News > Werewolf

It’s nice to see a big budget Hollywood horror film come out this soon in the new year….no really, I think we’re all pumped to see this film.  Anthony Hopkins is returning to horror with Del Toro and special effects designer/director Joe Johnston is sitting in the masters chair.  Is that a good combo?  Who knows.  As for now, the trailer is pure eye candy and an excellent look at what’s to …