John Carpenter’s horror classic Halloween ended with Jamie Lee Curtis questioning if it was, in fact, the boogeyman who had hounded them, and then Donald Pleasance responding, “As a matter of fact, it was.” That exchange is pretty much responsible for writer/director Ulli Lommel’s film The Boogeyman, an attempt to cash in Carpenter’s film, only…
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New Year’s Evil (1980) – Review
There are plenty of holiday-themed horror movies out there from Bob Clark’s Black Christmas to John Carpenter’s Halloween to the lesser and cheaper-looking entries like Jack Frost, but what if they made a horror film that was wall-to-wall new wave and punk music, a film that followed the machinations of a serial killer during the…
Friday the 13th – Three Decades of Horror (1980-2009)
Jason Voorhees may not have been the star of the very first Friday the 13th movie but he has since become the iconic flagship of one of the most popular horror franchises in history and with countless campers meeting their fate at the end of his machete, or whatever other various implements he finds on…
Friday the 13th (1980) – Review
“Halloween is making a shit-ton of money, let’s rip it off” and with those immortal words from producer/director Sean S. Cunningham to screenwriter Victor Miller, a horror franchise was born, of course, it was never intended to be a franchise and though Jason and his iconic hockey mask were a few years away – and…
Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow (2013) – Review
When it comes to animated Halloween specials, the all-round king would be It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, but when it comes to horror for the holidays, one must still give props to Scooby-Doo and the gang. In 2013, an all-new episode titled Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow was released on a two-disc DVD called 13…