A Celebration of Fright Flicks Old and New, Mainstream and Obscure (with the occasional civilian film tossed in as well)
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Thursday, July 27, 2023
CREEPSHOW (1982) UHD Blu-ray Review
Creepshow (1982) d. George A. Romero (USA) (120 min)
“It’s the most fun you’ll have being scared!” So trumpeted the ads for George A. Romero’s CREEPSHOW, a live-action anthology film that echoed the pleasures found within the pages of such E.C. Comics titles as Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror, and The Haunt of Fear, which pre-dated HBO’s series Tales from the Crypt and Romero’s own Tales from the Darkside, which premiered the following year.
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE (1988) Blu-ray Review
Tonight we’ll be celebrating the 35th anniversary of one of the true cult hits of home video, KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE. I say home video, because even though it had a brief theatrical release, the hallowed halls of VHS are where most fans initially discovered it and where generations of subsequent aficionados have grown to love it.
Thursday, July 13, 2023
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
FINAL CUT (aka COUPEZ!) (2022) Movie Review
Final Cut (aka Coupez!) (2022) d. Michel Hazanavicius (France) 112 min.
Both a literal and spiritual remake of Shinishiro Ueda’s One Cut of the Dead, Final Cut (aka Coupez!) is a love letter to independent filmmaking and the endless list of wackadoodle compromises that go along with it. Romain Duri plays a French filmmaker who has been given the impossible assignment of shooting a 30-minute zombie movie for live television, meaning it’s all to be recorded in one take. As to be expected, mayhem ensues, but the show must go on, and viewers are given backstage passes to watch it all unfold.
Saturday, July 8, 2023
40 YEARS OF SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983)!!
Join us for a round table discussion celebrating SLEEPAWAY CAMP's 40th anniversary! AC and his intrepid team of happy campers (none of whom blow dead dogs) dive deep into the legacy of Angela, Ricky, Camp Arawak, and THE FINAL MOMENT TO END ALL FINAL MOMENTS.
Friday, July 7, 2023
TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE (1983) TURNS 40!!!
Tonight we’re going to be entering a dimension of sight, of sound, of mind, as we cross over into The Twilight Zone. From 1959 to 1964, Rod Serling’s groundbreaking anthology television series held sway over the airwaves, dazzling viewers with an array of supernatural morality tales, often served up with a wingding twist ending.
Saturday, July 1, 2023
SPOORLOOS (aka THE VANISHING) (1988) Movie Review
Writer/director George Sluizer's astonishing adaptation of Tim Krabbe's novel The Golden Egg continues to enchant audiences 35 years after it first hit theater screens around the world, spinning a stunning yarn of obsession and the disquieting presence of what we call "evil."