[Movies]

Halloween 2016 Countdown: 31 Years of Horror — 1996

31 days. 31 years. 5 movies per year! That’s the challenge a good friend presented me with recently, and I NEVER back down from a challenge! (well, nearly never!) Every day through October I will be pondering and revealing my 5 favorite horror and monster movies from 1985 right up to 2016. When I was …

[Reviews]

Scream Queens 2.03 “Handidates” Review

It’s been a painfully long two weeks since we last took a dive into the lady pond that is Scream Queens. We pick up right where we left off with the Chanels accusing #5 of killing her newest boyfriend. Before they can really get too far into the blame game, Dr. Munsch shows up to …

[Interviews]

Interview with Filmmaker and Actor Ulli Lommel

I wanted to interview Ulli Lommel because he’s the director of one of my most favorite films The Devonsville Terror, but looking into his life and career further, the man is an absolute creative beast, having worked on and collaborating on hundreds upon hundreds of projects, including several works of art with Andy Warhol. HL: …

[Movies]

Halloween 2016 Countdown: 31 Years of Horror — 1995

31 days. 31 years. 5 movies per year! That’s the challenge a good friend presented me with recently, and I NEVER back down from a challenge! (well, nearly never!) Every day through October I will be pondering and revealing my 5 favorite horror and monster movies from 1985 right up to 2016. When I was …

[Reviews]

Vestron Video Collector’s Series: Waxwork

Rarely do I come upon something that inspires the word neato, but this definitely qualifies. I really love the clash of old and new, especially in technology. Like when an old, forgotten movie is restored and transferred (and really saved from the vaults) in hi-res to Blu-ray. And regardless of the logistics of making a …

[Something More]

THE HORROR CLOSET #3 — Why the First Gay Slasher, Hellbent, Was the Last

HellBent was touted as the “first gay slasher film”. Released in 2005, it still stands as the first and for now – only gay slasher film of any real merit. It seems like such an easy sell, a group of attractive men head out into insert random, preferably isolated, location and they each get dispatched …

[Movies]

Halloween 2016 Countdown: 31 Years of Horror — 1994

31 days. 31 years. 5 movies per year! That’s the challenge a good friend presented me with recently, and I NEVER back down from a challenge! (well, nearly never!) Every day through October I will be pondering and revealing my 5 favorite horror and monster movies from 1985 right up to 2016. When I was …

[Movies]

October Needs a New Horror Franchise

Remember back just a few years ago when every October we got a new Paranormal Activity movie? and for nearly a decade before that we got a new Saw movie every Halloween season? Those were great times, some might even say the best of times (okay I don’t know about that, but they were good …

[Bite-sized Horror]

Halloween’s Haunted History: Why Do We Trick or Treat?

The Halloween season is upon us. As we all set about finding the perfect costumes, stocking up on bags of candy for the kiddies, and spending our hard earned cash just to walk through a dimly lit building in order for strangers to jump out of the shadows and attack us – do we ever …