Eaten Alive (1976)

Look, I really liked Ti West’s 1970s horror throwback X, but when you catch up with something like Tobe Hooper’s Eaten Alive (1976; also known as Death Trap), I couldn’t help but think a little less of X. No doubt Eaten Alive is an acknowledged influence, but when it comes to exploitation hicksville horror, there’s […]

Alligator (1980)

It’s difficult to know what’s more ferocious in the movie Alligator (1980): the hormone growth accelerated sewer-dwelling alligator with an insatiable appetite or the string of wise-cracks people make about Robert Forster’s male pattern baldness? Yes, Forster is sporting some fresh plugs, but give the guy a break! He plays a cop investigating body parts […]

Psycho II (1983)

Now this is a legacy sequel! Psycho II (1983) was actually a box office hit, from what I’ve read, and exists nicely at this cross-section of eras and influences: obviously 1960s Hitchcock, but also 1970s Network TV Mystery Of The Week and 1980s Slasher Sequels. While an unnecessary sequel to a genre-defining classic twenty years […]

Event Horizon (1997)

When I was a teenager, I loved going to midnight movie marathons at Greater Union. Some of these would be impeccably themed (teen movie fests like Cruel Intentions + Urban Legend + Disturbing Behaviour) and others were a bit random, like the one where I first saw Event Horizon (1997) which was sandwiched between Tomorrow […]

The Lure (2015)

In 1980s Poland, two mermaids hear their own siren song: a fair haired boy playing an indie ballad on the shoreline. Leaving the water for the world of humans, the mermaids eventually front their very own synth pop band. Welcome to the horror-musical-fantasy world of The Lure (2015; Córki dancingu), which revolves around a nightclub […]