SYNOPSIS: “The world of freight handlers Wilbur Grey and Chick Young is turned upside down when the remains of Frankenstein’s monster and Dracula arrive from Europe to be used in a house of horrors. Dracula awakens and escapes with the weakened monster, who he plans to re-energise with a new brain. Larry Talbot (the Wolf Man) arrives from London in …
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Film Review: The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
SYNOPSIS: “Doctors are being murdered in a bizarre manner: bats, bees, killer frog masks, etc. which represent the ten Biblical plagues. The crimes are orchestrated by a demented organ player with the help of his mute assistant. The detective is stumped until he finds that all of the doctors being killed assisted a Doctor Vesalius on an unsuccessful operation involving …
Read More »Film Review: The Amateur Monster Movie (2011)
SYNOPSIS: “After a group of boy scouts are mysteriously killed by a wolf-like creature on Cadaverous Island, Walter Romero, whose best friend was among the killed, sets out to find exactly what happened. In order to reach the island, Walter teams up with Johnny Mason, neighborhood stoner, to smoke up Ashley Valinski, neighborhood hottie, and get her to take them …
Read More »Film Review: Saw Misgivings (short film) (2012)
SYNOPSIS: ‘Saw Misgivings’ is a tongue in cheek horror/comedy based around the ‘Saw’ franchise. It’s a kind of ‘Saw’ meets ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’. ‘Saw Misgivings’ finds Janey, a suburban housewife, preparing for dinner guests while being hampered a hapless husband and wearing a ‘Saw’ style medieval headtrap which could kill her at any moment. Will she escape death? More importantly, …
Read More »12 Bad Jokes About Daybreakers
Daybreakers (2009), is a vampire film noir hybrid, with a futuristic vein (see what I did there?), starring Ethan Hawke, Sam Neil and Willem Dafoe. It is directed by the Spierig brothers, Michael and Peter. The film is about a human blood shortage affecting the vampires and the struggle to find a suitable replacement. It’s quite stylish and entertaining. So …
Read More »12 Bad Jokes About Troll Hunter
Troll Hunter (2010) is directed by Andre Ovredal and is the story of a university students filming the exploits of a man named Otto, who is involved in a clandestine government group. The group secretly protects the people of Norway, from giant Trolls . You know what ? I feel like investigating something myself .Let ‘ s see if we …
Read More »‘Slash ‘Em’ Debuts with New Horror Comedy Animated Web Series
Mondo Media (the company that puts out Happy Tree Friends) has juts announced a new comedy animated web series titled “Slash ‘Em” that you can check out for free online. This pilot features voice. actress Amber Nash (who voices Pam on Archer) and several artists/animators that worked on Archer as well like Adam Toews, Kim Feigenbaum, Rod Ben, Jennifer Montes, …
Read More »12 Bad Jokes About ‘Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark’
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (2010), is directed by Troy Nixey and written by Guillermo Del Toro. It is a remake of a 1973″ made for television” movie, of the same name. A girl, a house, and tiny creatures that want your teeth! Well, why don’t we take a look at this film in the way, that only we …
Read More »12 Bad Jokes About ‘Children of the Corn’
Children of the Corn was released in 1984. It is directed by Fritz Kiersch and based on a short story by Stephen King, about a group of children that follow some type of force in the cornfields.The force tells them through Isaac, to kill the town’s adult population. I almost thought I was related to the corn kid followers, with …
Read More »12 Bad Jokes About: The Final Destination Franchise
Final Destination 5 (2011), is directed by Steven Quale.This is the latest installment of the F.D.franchise.Quale, along with previous directors James Wong, David R.Ellis (two F.D. films each), brings an interesting idea to the screen. Premonitions of death and cheating death itself, are the common threads.Tony Todd takes another turn in his reoccurring role.The uncommon thread, is the one we …
Read More »12 Bad Jokes About: Insidious
Insidious (2011), is a delightful haunting/possession film directed by James Wan. It’s a film about a family and their attempts to prevent the suddenly comatose son, from being possessed by spirits from a realm called “The Further”. You don’t think that we could conjur up some badjokes about this film, do you?! In fact I feel that I “possess” the …
Read More »12 Bad Jokes About: ‘Let The Right One In’
“Let The Right One In” (2008) , is a Swedish horror/fantasy/romance film directed by Tomas Alfredson. It’s centered around a boy named Oskar, who is a target for bullies, and his peculiar, 12 year old friend Eli. What Oskar does not not know about Eli, is that she is a 200 year old Vampire. Her father is a serial killer, …
Read More »12 Bad Jokes About ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’
Well, Maniacs! Since we are in the beginning of July, I thought we could have some fun with a summer inspired horror film.So… “I Know What You Did Last Summer”, was released in theaters, in 1997.Directed by Jim Gillespie, it had a cast of popular, up and coming actors and actresses, and centers around a group of teens who have …
Read More »12 Bad Jokes About Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
Vampire Girl vs.Frankenstein Girl (2009) , is an over the top gore filled, fun-fest, directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura and Naoyuki Tomomatsu.The film has a love triangle, between Vampire Girl(Monami) , Frankenstein Girl(Keiko) and Mizushima. Throw in some satirical content about “the wrist-cutting society”, some do-wop songs, and buckets and buckets of spraying blood, I must, nay-have to take a bite …
Read More »12 Bad Jokes About ‘Rubber’
12 Bad Jokes About ‘Rubber’ “Rubber”(2010) is a horror film directed by Quentin Dupieux. The very unique villain Robert is a self aware tire.Robert has telekinetic powers.Although being a tire you could say he has “tele-pneumatic” powers. He’s on the rampage against a small desert town.Bringing interesting ways of getting his “steel belted” points across! Is it “bias” that makes …
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