31 Days of Horror: Day 16 – Maniac (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. I don’t bother very often with remakes of films I like. When I do watch one of these remakes, I do everything […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 15 – Wild Zero (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. Movies that set out to intentionally be cult films annoy me. There is the tendency to go immediately over-the-top from the start, […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 13 – The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)

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. Roger Corman has a reputation as a hack filmmaker. While it’s true that dozens of the films he has produced over his […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 12 – Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)

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. What do you say about a movie called Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man? Pretty much everything you need to know is right […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 11 – We Are What We Are (2013)

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. Writer/director Jim Mickle and his co-writer/leading man Nick Damici have steadily worked their way up the genre ladder. Their first feature, the […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 10 – Kiss of the Damned (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. There really is not much to say about a movie like Kiss of the Damned. As an homage to the Euro-horror films […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 9 – Wake Wood (2010)

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 difference between a film being economical in its storytelling and one that rushes through its story and character beats […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 8 – A Horrible Way to Die (2010)

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. Maybe I’m misreading the intentions of screenwriter Simon Barrett and director Adam Wingard, but A Horrible Way to Die feels like an […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 7 – Brain Dead (1990)

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. “Who let Adam Simon on the lot?” – Griffin Mill, The Player Unless his career takes a massive upswing at some point […]