The 1980s were literally exploding with slasher films — with the likes of Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Krueger quickly becoming horror icons — so it’s not surprising that other countries would try and cash in on the genre, which did lead to such gems as Clive Barker’s Hellraiser. But down under in Australia, during…
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Hell Fest (2018) – Review
Two studios releasing movies with very similar subject matter is nothing new — Volcano and Dante’s Peak were duelling eruptions in ’97, then in 1998, both Deep Impact and Armageddon had the Earth being threatened by asteroids — but in 2018, we got Blood Fest, a film about a horror theme park designed to kill its…
Black Christmas (1974) – Review
If there are two more vastly different Christmas movies than A Christmas Story and Black Christmas, I’m unaware of them, and that these perennial favourites were directed by the same man, Bob Clark, just makes it all the more amazing, and for many fans out there, the Christmas season isn’t quite complete without a viewing…
Hell Night (1981) – Review
The Golden Age of the slasher film ran from 1968 to 1974 (dominated by directors like John Carpenter and Wes Craven), and smack dab in the middle of this era was a little gem called Hell Night. Taking a break from such “seminal” works as Wild Horse Hank and Roller Boogie, Linda Blair returned to…
Halloween (2018) – Review
The Halloween franchise is easily one of the oddest collections of films; there are currently eleven films in the series, with all kinds of weird continuity — the third installment being an attempt at turning the franchise into some kind of horror anthology — but when that didn’t work, they brought back knife-wielding Michael Myers…