The Curious Case of the Howling Sequels
Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf – 1985, UK/US, 90m. Director: Philippe Mora The Howling III – 1987, Australia, 94m. Director: Philippe Mora Howling IV: The Original Nightmare – 1988, UK, 91m. Director: John Hough Howling V: The Rebirth…
Cannibal BBQ Sloppy Seconds
Please check out the first part of my series on cannibal horror – Summer BBQ: A Short Guide to Cannibal Slashers BEYOND THE DARKNESS (1979) Young taxidermist Frank (Kieran Canter) lives in a large manor with his demented housekeeper, Iris…
Summer BBQ: A Short Guide to Cannibal Slashers
For a review of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) please click on the titles! ANTHROPOPHAGUS (1980) The population of a small island off the coast of Athens declines substantially after its newest resident, psychotic…
My Top 20 of the ’80s
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981) John Landis followed up his one-two punch of Animal House and Blues Brothers with this superlative horror-comedy about American backpacker, David (David Naughton), who, while hiking the English moors, is cursed with turning into…
’80s horror-com Girlfriend from Hell is a treasure
There were a lot of horror comedies in the ’80s and ’90s. For me, none attain the charm, likability, and pure laugh-out-loud moments like 1989’s Girlfriend from Hell. Although it had its premiere at the Houston Film Festival in April,…
Summer Camp Slashers Part 2: Cheerleader Camp and Sleepaway Camp
This post contains spoilers! Summer camp has long been a traditional place for deformed, masked killers to do their slicing ‘n’ dicing. Thanks to Friday the 13th, the slasher film found a home away from home, an isolated location where…
Impulse is an Overlooked ’80s Chiller
When Jennifer (Meg Tilly), a young ballet dancer, receives a distressing phone call from her mother that results in an attempted suicide, Jennifer and her doctor boyfriend, Stuart (Tim Matheson), head back to her hometown to visit her family. Upon…
Made-for-TV Monster Movies
by Frank Pittarese The ‘70s were the golden age of made-for-TV horror. It was a decade that gave us The Night Stalker, Trilogy of Terror, and Steven Spielberg’s adrenaline-filled Duel. It was also prime-time for monsters, as seen in these…
MONSTER MONTH: Canadian Parasites and Virgins for Dracula
You’ll never see a more slender and fragile Dracula than you will in the 1974 cult classic, BLOOD FOR DRACULA. With an absence of the fresh blood of virgins he needs in order to survive, a sickly Count Dracula (a…