It’s time for the 31 Days of Horror: 2014 Edition. For those of you who weren’t around for last year’s journey, the plan is to watch at least 31 horror movies I’ve never seen before and review them all. So sit back, strap in, and enjoy my journey down the rabbit hole. Silent Night, Bloody […]
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I am taking part in The Chicago Creepout’s Twelve Days of Axe-mas holiday viewing event. This is my day eleven. Álex de la Iglesia is one of those directors whose ideas have always been just a little too clever for the films he builds around them. With The Day of the Beast, he couched an […]
I am taking part in The Chicago Creepout’s Twelve Days of Axe-mas holiday viewing event. This is my day ten. Has a movie star had a more schizophrenic career than Bill Murray? At first glance, there seems to be a massive disconnect between his comedic roles and his sudden jump into melancholy, dramatic turns in […]
I am taking part in The Chicago Creepout’s Twelve Days of Axe-mas holiday viewing event. This is my day four. The idea of the killer in a horror/slasher film having murderous tendencies because of mental illness is so ingrained in the genre that it has become an acceptable cliché. Even in this age of hyper-political […]
I am taking part in The Chicago Creepout’s Twelve Days of Axe-mas holiday viewing event. This is my day one. Note: The version of Silent Night, Deadly Night that I watched contained some footage not shown in the theatrical version. As much as I hate to admit it, I’m old enough to remember the uproar […]
Terror in the Aisles 13 took place at Chicago’s Portage Theater on November 30 with an impressive lineup and indie genre film veteran Brian Yuzna as the special guest. That Yuzna’s appearance was coordinated with a showing of Society, his directorial debut, was the main draw of the evening. While seeing that film for the […]
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