Way back in 1973, Linda Blair was using a Ouija board to contact an entity she called Captain Howdy in The Exorcist; decades later, we see more kids messing with this “harmless toy” in two films co-produced by Hasbro and Platinum Dunes, and these kids have even less fun than Blair did with demonic spirits.
Tag: horror
Beware! The Blob (1972) – Review
One of the seminal monster movies of the 50s was 1958’s The Blob, produced by Jack H. Harris and starring 27-year-old Steve McQueen as a “teenager” leading a group of rebels without causes against an amorphous creature from outer space; that film was a classic example of the genre, and fondly remembered by many, not…
Bad Moon (1996) – Review
As a monster the werewolf is never going to win over its more glamorous cousin the vampire, in popularity and sheer volume the vampire movie has the werewolf beat fangs down, but I will always have a soft spot for the werewolf, you’ll never see them sparkling or brooding over schoolgirls.
The Stepford Wives: From Book to Screen
The term “Stepford Wife” entered the world’s lexicon shortly after author Ira Levin’s book was published back in 1972, and I’d say more people are familiar with the term and it’s meaning (i.e. a woman who seems to conform blindly to an old-fashioned subservient role in relation to her husband) than they are with the…
Before I Wake (2016) – Review
We’ve all woken up at one time or another from a dream where for the briefest of moments we’re not sure what was real and what as a dream, and if it was a nightmare you were escaping it can be quite disturbing.