31 Days of Horror: Day 25 – The Nameless (1999)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. I hate to see a movie waste a good premise. I hate even more to see a movie waste a good premise […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 24 – Shock (1977)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. If I were to go to the trouble of making the long list of genre directors whose work I admire, Mario Bava […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 23 – Creature (1985)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. There are films that fall into a mediocre no-man’s-land of not being good enough to care about and not being bad enough […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 22 – The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh (2012)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. On the surface, there is a lot to admire about The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh. It’s an independently made […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 21 – Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. There is a fine line to walk between making a campy spoof of bad movies and simply making a bad movie. With […]

The Massacre 2013

The 2013 Movieside Massacre took place October 12-13 at the Patio Theater in Chicago, IL. The Patio is the third home for the Massacre in the last three years after Movieside parted ways with the Music Box Theatre following the 2011 event. Last year’s Massacre was held at the beloved Portage Theater which has since […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 20 – April Fool’s Day (1986)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. I initially had not planned to write about April Fool’s Day. But the more I thought about the film, the angrier I […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 19 – Scar (2007)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. Here’s the thing, folks: I can spend a few hundred words detailing everything wrong with the insipid and lazy piece of torture […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 18 – Kill List (2011)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. Kill List opens with Jay (Neil Maskell) arguing with his wife Shel (MyAnna Buring) about their financial troubles. He wants to know […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 17 – ParaNorman (2012)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. It’s rare to find a family film that doesn’t condescend to youngsters while alienating parents. Pixar has built a successful business model […]