Night Of The Demons (1988)

I found Night Of The Demons (1988) a lot of fun even before the demons show up. With a classic horror movie set-up – a bunch of teens decide to party on Halloween night at an abandoned crematorium called Hull House – the characters are all teen cliches archetypes dialled up to cartoonish levels. There’s […]

Deep Rising (1998)

More spooky movie reviews for Halloween! 🎃 Deep Rising (1998) was in the Roger Ebert book, I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie and Ebert didn’t like it. Generally the film’s received negative reviews. Maybe it was just the slew of Aliens rip-offs around the late 1990s and the number of action horror flicks that took […]

A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) feels like where Freddy Krueger graduated to pop culture mascot status (I mean, he’s rapping with The Fat Boys over the closing credits). From what I gather, this was the highest grossing of the series at the box office, and it vibes with franchise confidence. […]

Five Dolls For An August Moon (1970)

Five Dolls For An August Moon (1970; 5 bambole per la luna d’agosto) feels like you’ve been invited to a swanky party at a cool pad resting on a hill by the coast of an island. The guests are all glamorous, the music on the stereo system is groovy (score by Piero Umiliani). And then […]

Friday The 13th Part 6: Jason Lives (1986)

If only those counsellors unloading supplies at Camp Crystal Lake had been listening to the Alice Cooper song playing on the radio, warning them about Jason: “He’s back / the man behind the mask / and he’s crawled out of his hole…” They gave you all the clues! That Alice Cooper song – He’s Back […]