In the 1970s, nature-runs-amuck movies became all the rage. One of the first of the decade, 1972’s Frogs, is not one of the better examples of the genre. Directed by George McCowan, who worked mostly in television, and scripted by Robert Hutchison and Robert Blees, Frogs revolves around a rich,Continue Reading
Building on the zombie scenario introduced in his 1968 classic, Night of the Living Dead, writer/director George A. Romero did something truly special with the follow-up. 1978’s Dawn of the Dead is one of those rare sequels that is just as good — if not better — than the original.Continue Reading
When Robert Kraft (Richard Boone) is chosen as the chairman of a committee to oversee a cemetery, he initially resists the idea. He’s too busy running his department store, he claims. Convinced by the other members of the committee who’ve all taken their turn as chairman, he finally accepts theContinue Reading
30 years ago, comic book artist Colin Childress (Jeffrey Combs) was drawing for Cellar Dweller, a collection of illustrated horror stories in the vein of EC Comics. One of his pieces was inspired by a book of spells he kept handy by his desk. Unfortunately, when he read one ofContinue Reading
Hardly anyone likes going to the dentist for a check-up. There’s something inherently alien about having another person poking around in your mouth. When the possibility of pain is involved, it’s even less appealing. Capitalizing on that dread you experience every six months, 1996’s The Dentist will ensure you neverContinue Reading
Splatter University opens with a mental patient escaping from Bellevue Hospital in New York City. The movie’s headspace is telegraphed in the opening kill: an orderly is stabbed in the crotch. From then on, if you hadn’t been clued in by the performances or the bargain basement quality opening titles,Continue Reading
Director Tobe Hooper has garnered an excellent reputation with horror fans on the strengths of 1974’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and 1982’s Poltergeist. Mr. Hooper sadly passed away in 2017. His later films, of which Mortuary is one, were received less enthusiastically by horror audiences. It’s hard to say howContinue Reading