Christmas Horror Revisited 🪓 Part 2
SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (1984) Young Billy’s crazy grandfather plays mind games with the kid by instilling in him the idea that Santa Claus punishes those who’ve been naughty. This is followed by Billy witnessing the murder of his parents…
Christmas Horror Revisited 🎄 Part 1
Black Christmas – 1974, Canada, 98m. Director: Bob Clark. Black Christmas – 2006, US, 95m. Director: Glen Morgan. Bloodbeat – 1983, US, 87m. Director: Fabrice-Ange Zaphiratos. Silent Night, Bloody Night – 1972, US, 84m. Director: Theodore Gershuny. To All a…
💔 My Bloody Valentine 💔
My Bloody Valentine – 1981, Canada, 90m, 93m (unrated version). Director: George Milhalka. Streaming: MGM+ via Roku, Pluto TV My Bloody Valentine – 2009, Canada/US, 101m. Director: Patrick Lussier. Streaming: Tubi MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981) The small mining town of…
Christmas Horror Movie Roundup
Happy Holidays! With the Christmas season upon us, I decided to write about a myriad of holiday horror flicks that I usually watch (or avoid) every year. In order, from my favorite to least favorite, here is a list of…
VERSUS – Black Christmas ’74
Welcome to a new feature on Matt’s Horror Addiction: VERSUS. Versus takes one film and presents two opposing opinions in head-to-head reviews with my friend and horror movie aficionado, Frank Pittarese. We’ll explain why we loved and hated the same…
Horror Movie Alternatives for Halloween Night
If you’re not in the mood for Michael Myers or paranormal activities this Halloween you might want to check out these equally creepy flicks that’ll make your holiday night just as heart-pumping. With the help of my friends and fellow…
The SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT Saga
This post contains spoilers! The early 1980s were a great time for the movies, especially horror, specifically the slasher. The successes of Halloween and Friday the 13th opened the floodgates for independent filmmakers to make movies on the cheap with…
BLOOD RAGE: A Thanksgiving Slasher Classic
It’s not cranberry sauce! There were some horror films released in the decadent 1980s that were so quintessential of their era they can’t be replicated in any shape, way, or form. John Grissmer’s 1987 splatter classic, Blood Rage, is one…