70's, Horror, Mystery, Slasher, Supernatural, Uncategorized

The Redeemer: Son of Satan (1978)

AKA: Class Reunion Massacre  A murderous preacher with a flair for the dramatic traps a group of six former classmates in an isolated, abandoned school after luring them there on the pretext of a class reunion. Deeming the old friends ‘sinners’ and wishing to ‘redeem’ them, the preacher locks them all in their old, run-down […]

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80s, Horror, Slasher, Uncategorized

Maniac (1980)

Frank Zito is a man with many problems. He was horribly abused as a child, he suffers hallucinations, but most importantly he’s a psychotic serial killer who kills and mutilates women, scalps them, then nails their hair to mannequins and dresses them in his victims clothes. I probably should have opened with that… Anyway, Frank […]

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80s, Comedy, Horror, Slasher, Uncategorized

The Last Horror Film (1982)

AKA: Fanatic Vinny Durand has high aspirations. He fancies himself as a great Hollywood director. The only problem is that he’s just a small time taxi driver living in New York City. But Vinny has set his sights high, and by god he’s going to at least make an attempt at reaching his dream. So […]

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Drama, Horror, Modern, Mystery, Slasher, Thriller, Uncategorized

The Butterfly Room (2012)

The Butterfly Room is about Ann, an reclusive older woman with an affinity for butterflies. Some time in the past, Ann is befriended a charming, yet eerie young girl named Alice. The two of them establish a bizarre mother-daughter relationship, but Ann soon discovers that she is not the only woman vying for Alice’s affections. […]

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90s, Action, Horror, Monsters, Sci-Fi, Slasher, Uncategorized

Project: Metalbeast (1995)

Unstable CIA soldier Donald Butler has just returned from a mission to Hungary to retrieve the blood of a werewolf. Butler and his boss, Colonel Miller, plan to use the blood to help create a serum that they hope will produce a legion of super soldiers. But Butler doesn’t like the slow progress the research […]

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60s, Horror, Slasher, Thriller, Uncategorized

Peeping Tom (1960)

In the movie Scream 4, the killer quizzes his victim, and one of the questions asked has to do with the first slasher film ever made. Peeping Tom was that slasher (beating Psycho to the punch by coming out earlier in the year.) Well, hell. Now I have to watch it. Mark Lewis is the member of […]

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70's, Drama, Horror, Slasher, Thriller, Uncategorized

Fright (1971)

Fright  introduces us to Amanda (Susan George), a young woman hired one night to baby-sit the son of Pussy Galore. Welcome, Bon-, I mean, Amanda. The couple of the home, Helen and her husband, are going out for the evening, something you’d think they’d be at least a little excited about. But Helen seems positively […]

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70's, Drama, Horror, Slasher, Supernatural, Thriller, Uncategorized

Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

Yet another write-up brought to you by the friendly schedulers at TCM. I’d never heard of this before, but the familiar names associated with it intrigued me enough to convince me to watch. Faye Dunaway plays Laura Mars, a fashion photographer who’s made her niche in the industry depicting violent imagery and death. The night […]

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