Category: Horror

  • Burnt Offerings (1976)

    Burnt Offerings (1976)

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    “Get out of that dang house!” is what you might yell at the screen while watching Burnt Offerings (1976), a haunted house movie with a cult following, not as well known as either The Amityville Horror or The Shining. One reason to see it is the pairing of two actors in their 1970s heyday, Oliver… Read.

  • Fright Night (1985)

    Fright Night (1985)

    I’ve always loved Fright Night (1985) ever since seeing the iconic poster on video shelves gave me the heebie jeebies as a kid. I have a distinct memory of seeing a scene of it on TV when I was young and generally petrified of any horror movie – when Charlie Brewster (William Ragsdale) attempts to… Read.

  • The House By The Cemetery (1981)

    The House By The Cemetery (1981)

    On the night of Halloween, I intended to finish Lucio Fulci’s ‘Gates of Hell’ trilogy by watching the final film, The House By The Cemetery (1981; Quella villa accanto al cimitero). I have to agree with the consensus out there that it’s the weakest of the trilogy; I still enjoyed watching it however. It’s basically… Read.

  • The Beyond (1981)

    The Beyond (1981)

    The main thing I remembered about seeing The Beyond (1981; E tu vivrai nel terrore! L’aldilà) a long time ago was the eerie ending and several scenes of ultra violence (the sequence with the spiders is the first that comes to mind). Rewatching it again for Halloween in an effort to watch all of director… Read.

  • Next Of Kin (1982)

    Next Of Kin (1982)

    Not to be confused with the Patrick Swayze action flick, Next Of Kin (1982) is an underrated Australian horror thriller, which has been championed as a classic by Quentin Tarantino in his appearance in Not Quite Hollywood, the documentary about “Ozploitation” reappraising Australian of the 1970s and 1980s, and the soundtrack is renown in some… Read.