5) Terrifier 3 The most terrifying clown around returns this October for the third installment in the popular Terrifier series. Reportedly set on Christmas Eve with returning cast, Lauren LaVera, Elliot Fullam and David Howard Thornton as Art the Clown. Also returning with apparently a more prominent role is Samantha Scaffidi as Victoria Heyes, the […]
One of my fondest movie going memories took place all the way back in December 1988. I was a young cinephile in the making, obsessed with seeing the huge movie of that year… Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I had spent most the school year anticipating its release and being particularly infatuated with a book which […]
According to Eli Roth, Thanksgiving as a concept has been marinating long before its original appearance as a fake trailer featured in part of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse release back in 2007. In fact Roth has been working on Thanksgiving since he was eleven years old. Growing up not far from the […]
One or two of you might remember the days when picking out a movie to watch was all based on your favorite looking video box at your local Blockbuster or rental store. One of the most notorious and intriguing boxes on display for me, has got to be The Toxic Avenger (1984). Created by Lloyd […]
This is what I like- aliens nearly right out of the gate and they never stop. In the beginning, Brynn (Kaitlyn Dever) starts to walk downstairs and you can see a shadow moving inside her house through a piece of frosted glass. Having been traumatized by Fire in the Sky in 1993, I let out […]
John Kramer, master of puppets, takes center stage as Saw makes a gruesome return to form After two decades, infinite traps and countless convoluted twists, you may well be wondering where on earth the Saw franchise will take us next. The answer? Back in time! Or, more specifically, between the events of Saw and Saw […]
If you are watching a movie like Slotherhouse it’s because you are looking for a good time, not award winning performances. But when you are less than three minutes in, you get just that- a cameo from an Academy Award and Golden Globe winning actor. Spoiler alert: this is where the award winning performances end, […]
Second coming movies have been a part of cinematic culture since Rosemary’s Baby first burst onto the scene in 1968 adding an extra terrifying layer to the prospect of childbirth. Not all of these movies hit the high marks of Rosemary or The Omen though. But a select few do slip through the net, offering […]
There are few Directors more stylistically iconic than Tim Burton. As a master of the macabre he has delighted fans across the world with his movies that always go that little bit extra into the realms of the weird. His artistic designs hold mass appeal from young to old. So it is with great excitement […]
The History of Video Nasties By Honey Morales The 1979 slasher film “The Driller Killer” and the 1980 Italian film “Cannibal Holocaust” were among the films that sparked a heated controversy regarding censorship in the United Kingdom when they were released on home video in the UK in 1982. In any case, […]