Title: The Love Witch Year: 2016 Director: Anna Biller Writer(s): Anna Biller Producer(s): Anna Biller Costume(s): Anna Biller Cinematography: M. David Mullen Starring: Samantha Robinson, Gian Keys, Laura Waddell, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Jared Sanford, Robert Seeley and Jennifer Ingrum The color that everyone associates most witches with in the media is black. Black is... Continue Reading →
SoH Reviews: Tales of Halloween
Another anthology film. I’ve been finding myself watching more of these now that I can access them easily. Trick r’ Treat, Creepshow, Trilogy of Horror, The Things that Haunt Us, Tales from the Darkside: the movie as well as the Twilight Zone movie are just a handful off the top of my head that I’ve... Continue Reading →
SoH Reviews: The Hell House Series
The franchise Hell House is a found footage docu-like series found on Shudder. It’s also on Amazon Prime but I think the first one is readily available? I don’t know. I watched all 3 in a very short amount of time so the viewings and thoughts are pretty fresh. Spoilers ahead? Kind of. Let's talk... Continue Reading →
VHS Finds: The Video Store Edition
A film called Killbots is released in March of 1986 to limited screens. It doesn't do well at the box office. However, it's given a rename, Chopping Mall, and is released later that year on vhs where it created a cult following that still exists today. Betamax was developed in 1975. VHS was now accessible... Continue Reading →
Boogeymen: A Suitable Killer Compilation?
I was looking through my collection of horror content and one caught my eye… twice: Flix Mix’s release of Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation that came into view. This was released in 2001 on vhs and dvd (I own both) and it made me think about why compilation works and doesn’t work today or even when... Continue Reading →
Underrated: Vamp
un·der·rate /ˌəndə(r)ˈrāt/ Learn to pronounce verb past tense: underrated; past participle: underrated underestimate the extent, value, or importance of (someone or something). “a very underrated film” --- Vampires have been a part of our pop culture and horror genre since Bram Stoker’s Dracula novel was released in 1897. Since then, we’ve gotten many interpretations of what a... Continue Reading →
A Color Story: Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Title: Killer Klowns from Outer Space Year: 1988 Director: Stephen Chiodo Writer(s): Stephen Chiodo, Charles Chiodo Producer(s): Stephen Chiodo, Charles Chiodo, Edward Chiodo Costume(s): Darcie F. Olson Cinematography: Alfred Taylor Starring: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, Royal Dano and John Vernon It’s the 80s. Late 80s at that. Killer Klowns from Outer Space... Continue Reading →
SoH Reviews: Dario Argento’s Opera
Another day, another Dario Argento film. This week, I sat down to watch Opera, a 1987 horror/thriller about a young woman, in the lead role of a production of Macbeth, being stalked by someone who literally forces her to watch her friends and close ones get murdered. Now seeing that I’ve watched quite a few... Continue Reading →
SoH Favorites: Top 10 VHS Covers
I did a previous post about my favorite VHS finds which I will link so please check that one out. This time, we're going to do covers. Out of maybe 100-110 vhs tapes that are in my horror collection, some of the covers do stand out. And if you think about it, remember what it... Continue Reading →
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare; they saved the best for last… did they?
Title: Freddy’s Dead (The Final Nightmare) Year: 1991 Dir.: Rachel Talalay Producer(s): Robert Shaye, Michael De Luca, Michael N. Knue, Aron Warner Writer(s): Michael De Luca, Rachel Talalay (story) Company: New Line Cinema Starring: Lisa Zane, Robert Englund, Shon Greenblatt, Yaphet Kotto, Lezlie Deane As much fun as I have watching this movie, this movie... Continue Reading →
