Archive for 2008

Movie Review: Phase IV (1974)

October 24 2008 Categorized Under: Movie Reviews 4 Commented
Movie Review: Phase IV (1974)

It’s man versus super-intelligent ants in this interesting and engaging low-budget sci-fi/horror flick.

Real Life Horror: Woman Makes Necklace Out Of Her Mother’s Skull

October 16 2008 Categorized Under: True Horror Stories one Commented
Real Life Horror: Woman Makes Necklace Out Of Her Mother's Skull

An elderly California grandmother was cremated in her backyard by her daughter and grandson, who then cashed her monthly retirement checks for nearly a year. In addition, bits of her skull were made into a necklace and worn by the daughter. (With photos posted to MySpace). Nice.

Movie Review: The Swarm (1978)

October 14 2008 Categorized Under: Movie Reviews 2 Commented
Movie Review: The Swarm (1978)

Irwin Allen, the guy who brought you 70s disaster films The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure, returns with the killer bee movie The Swarm, starring Michael Caine and a whole bunch of other A-list actors who would love to forget this flick, we’re sure. Put on your bee suits and read on…

Movie Review: Dead of Night (1974)

September 19 2008 Categorized Under: Movie Reviews No Commented
Movie Review: Dead of Night (1974)

Bob Clark’s Dead of Night (reissued under the title Deathdream) is his second horror feature and it’s a creepy, melancholy, low-key thriller that speaks volumes about the Vietnam conflict without referring to it once by name.

Movie Review: Xtro (1983)

September 2 2008 Categorized Under: Movie Reviews No Commented
Movie Review: Xtro (1983)

In 1983 New Line Cinema helped release this cult British “Video Nasty” about a dad who is abducted and returns as a rather repulsive alien thing.
A very odd little film featuring clowns, toys coming to life, a woman giving birth to a full grown man, and a nude Maryam d’Abo.

Environmental Horror Movie Reviews: Prophecy (1979) and C.H.U.D. (1984)

August 17 2008 Categorized Under: Movie Reviews 2 Commented
Environmental Horror Movie Reviews: Prophecy (1979) and C.H.U.D. (1984)

Prophecy (1979), the mutant-bear movie, and C.H.U.D. (1984), the mutant homeless movie, both feature monsters created by mankind’s negligence and greed run amok. Read on…

Movie Review: Into the Mirror (2003)

August 17 2008 Categorized Under: Movie Reviews No Commented
Movie Review: Into the Mirror (2003)

“Geoul sokeuro”, A South Korean Horror Flick Recently Remade As “Mirrors”

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964)

July 31 2008 Categorized Under: Movie Reviews No Commented
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964)

Ray Dennis Steckler’s Cult Flick With Evil Gypsy Fortune Tellers, Musican Numbers, And Long-Ass Titles