I have long had the point of view that isolated thinking is my enemy. The owner of a one-track mind is someone to be feared, at the very least, as there is nothing one-dimensional about life. Even an amoeba exists in three-dimensions. The brains of political enslavement being the most obvious example I can think […]
Before we were introduced to the lives of the Crane sisters, Sam Loomis and Norman Bates, Horror typically meant something else. Even going back into literature, the Horror standard involved manipulations of science or full-blown ghost stories. What Psycho did was strip away any of the myth-like realities that could or could not have been […]
The world lost another glorious actress this year, with the passing of Billie Whitelaw on the 21st of December. She was 82. Whitelaw has a huge body of work, on both stage and screen. If there is any question as to her credibility as an actor, there are three humans she worked with that say […]
There aren’t very many films that I’ve sat through on several occasions that still chill my blood when I revisit the experience. Theodore Gershuny’s extremely underrated Silent Night, Bloody Night is one that does. Since this is a terror-filled mystery, I don’t want to get too much into what the story entails, especially since if […]
If there is a childhood memory that most of us can identify with, regardless of what generation you were spawned from, it’s the mind-trickery that took place staring into the dead eyes of a doll. Perhaps that’s why they are so darn freaky – those dead eyes. Art has reflected this for years, as has […]
This is a film that absolutely screams 1980s! Whether you are focused on the style, the clothing, the music or the hair, it is positively dated. But that’s okay…we love this kind of stuff, right? What’s quite different about Zombie Nightmare, in comparison to other films that happen to have zombies, is that in this […]
Author and film-nut, Danny Marianino, will be signing copies of his new book, The Mega Book of Revenge Films Volume One: The Big Payback, on Friday, December 5th, starting at 8 PM and going until 10PM at FilmBar in Phoenix. Following the signing, there will be a screening of the film, Eye of the Tiger, […]
Having just enjoyed a fine read known as, The Mega Book of Revenge Films: Volume One, I was happy to respond to the invitation in the back pages to contact its author, Danny Marianino. I wanted to ask this fellow some questions, since I was certain his answers would be interesting. So, without further ado, […]
Although I am unsure about those younger than me, I would like to think that humans around my age, and above, can pretty much agree it is preferred to read the original print version of a piece of work, prior to seeing a cinematic take. Quite often, at least for my generation, it is a […]
Life here at the Sephirotic Mansion doesn’t actually change that much around Samhain, just a few additions here and there. This is the only time of year my wife has event-specific decorations scattered around and not only do more Horror films get viewed than normal (which is saying something in this house), but the mood […]
Okay, kids, just what have you been up to? I knew something like this would happen if you were left to your own devices and boredom! Is this what happens when a generation comes up not eating their vegetables and is raised on the television’s strapped-in digital penetration? For the sake of Pete, (who is […]
As we all know, certain titles bring certain reactions within our beloved Horror kingdom, and it can easily be declared that Peter Jackson’s directorial debut, Bad Taste, falls into that discussion. What is strange to me are the bizarre interpretations that have come with it. To my mind – and many other minds I’m sure […]
