With the recent passing of the great Christopher Lee, I took some time to revisit some of my favorites from his filmography that I have on my shelves, much as I’m sure many of you Fellow Fans did. Horror of Dracula, The House That Dripped Blood, The Face of Fu Manchu, Theater of Death, The […]
I’ve mentioned before the mindset of network television programmers back in the early ’70s; you know, that dark age before the eight-hundred and seventy-nine cable channels with nothing on worth watching that we enjoy today. Back before the dearth of entertainment we have now with our digital streaming and our RedBox, there were three (sometimes […]
So there you are; you’re prepping for an ’80s movie marathon. You’ve invited your like-minded horror-fan friends, compiled your snacks and beverages, and have lined up a kickass bill of the terrific creature features that were the calling card of the decade… …what’s that? You don’t have a long, celebrated list of monster flicks chosen […]
Ever have that hazy but marvelous recollection of some flick you saw when you were a kid that, in your memory, was this awesome, scary bundle of horror goodness, but it wasn’t really a mainstream hit; as a result, you can’t remember the name of it? It drives you crazy off and on for a […]
In the mid-80s, everyone was trying to make the next “big” horror franchise, and if you were running on the heels of an original film that already had a pretty good following, fans expected for it to be at the very least a watchable re-hash of what had gone before. Think about it; these first […]
Since I’m the guy that gravitates towards the forgotten, I thought I’d write about a film I’ve enjoyed for many a year. A film most people don’t know exists and if they are aware of it, they either really dig it, or would tear it to shreds at the opportunity. My copy is a mid-1980’s […]
Ah, April the First; the pseudo-holiday that entire internet sites were made for! Who hasn’t enjoyed pulling a fast one on a friend or family member on this day in years past? You’d think it’d be expected, but for some reason, we all have a tendency to forget about this little not-so-red-letter day until we’ve […]
OK, so I’m showing my age a bit with that tagline, borrowing from the ol’ disco era; y’see, there’s a little film from the mid-nineties that I just can’t even think about without that line from the popular song from back in ’78 rolling though my head. Of course, further pondering of that same film brings […]
I keep forgetting that there’s an entire generation out there to whom the mention of the name Howard Phillips Lovecraft doesn’t inspire vivid images of dread and foreboding, peering into an entire universe of horror, and an evil more ancient than the stars themselves. Some of you out there are grinning that grin of those […]
You Fellow Fans out there know that, in the horror heyday that was the early ’80s, it seemed that everyone was on the bandwagon of seeing what beloved holiday could be exploited, defiled, or otherwise besmirched with a gruesome horror flick (typically a slasher). Carpenter got the ball rolling with Halloween, followed closely by Cunningham […]
It’s an obvious statement that any effective horror flick is one that in at least some fashion relates to a real-world stress or fear; kinda tough to be afraid of something that you can’t imagine happening, right? This relation can be as simple as the fear of getting an icepick shoved through your temple, or as complex as the stress created from […]
If you’re a horror fan, you’re most likely aware of the works of Italian director Lucio Fulci; if you’re not, you’re probably either just getting into the genre, or have heard of or seen his films and just not been aware of it. While never really achieving the same renown as fellow Italian horror-maestro Dario Argento […]
