The Cursed (2021)
When I found a heavily discounted Blu-ray copy of The Cursed at a store known for selling overstock, I didn’t have high hopes for it. The cover art looked cheap and it didn’t stand out from the myriad of B-movie horror titles with which it shared the racks. But, IContinue Reading
The Guardian (1990)
When The Guardian was released in 1990, the studio’s marketing department made sure that everyone knew that William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist, was behind the camera. Even the opening credits of the movie use the same typeface (or one that’s very similar) as the iconic 1973 horror classic. WhileContinue Reading
Christine (1983)
It just wouldn’t feel like a Halloween Fifteen if I didn’t include a film adaptation of a Stephen King novel. As I’ve noted in the past, movies based on King’s literary works have a notoriously uneven track record. To me, 1983’s Christine is more a product of its director, JohnContinue Reading
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
The Last Voyage of the Demeter is based on a single chapter of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel, Dracula. The novel that has spawned hundreds of spinoffs of its own in film, literature, and popular culture didn’t warrant a two-hour movie focused solely on one of its 27 chapters, did it?Continue Reading
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
The name Vincent Price is synonymous with the classic horror genre. His iconic roles in films like House of Wax, The Fly, and Theatre of Blood have cemented his legacy as a master of the macabre. If you happen to be looking for a single film that encapsulates his fullContinue Reading
Out of Darkness (2024)
Andrew Cumming’s Stone Age horror film, Out of Darkness, immediately reminded me of 2022’s Prey. It takes a group of people with primitive weapons and pits them against an unseen threat. The difference here is that the adversary doesn’t have high-tech weaponry. But it does have the upper-hand by havingContinue Reading
Grizzly (1976)
When Jaws broke box office records in the summer of 1975, there were bound to be knock-offs. As fast as possible, filmmakers the world over marched out a cavalcade of similarly-themed killer animal movies. If it wasn’t a shark doing the dirty work, then it could be virtually any animal.Continue Reading