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Child’s Play (1988)
J PATRICK RIGNEY·FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2018 Why every great horror movie doesn’t open with a shootout in a toy store culminating in a transference of consciousness (via voodoo during a lightning storm)...
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The Devil’s Messenger (1961)/The Ninth Gate (1999)
I was going to torture myself and see Venom (2018) yesterday, but that didn’t end up happening. So here’s a catch-up. Double your Satan, double your fun. Halloween films #7 and #8… The Devil’s...
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Dragged Across Concrete (2018)
Vince Vaughn and Mel Gibson star as problematic cops who were caught on camera and then resort to increasingly horrible things in Dragged Across Concrete. The violence comes in bursts. It is brutal....
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Burnt Offerings (1976)
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A man, a woman, their tweenage kid, and an aunt move into a gigantic house on Long Island for the summer — the deal is, it’s super inexpensive to stay, but they...
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Truth or Dare (2017)
The tagline: “Do the dare or the dare does you.” A group of attractive 20somethings play “Truth or Dare” while on spring break at a house located on a website called ‘Haunted Rentals’. Things take a...
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The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
An extended nuclear family is on a road trip from Ohio to Los Angeles when their station wagon towing a trailer breaks down and they get stranded in the middle of the desert. As you definitely...
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First Man (2018)
That’s one small step for man… one collective heavy sigh for mankind. First Man is Oscar bait stacked on top of Oscar bait. A movie about space exploration, but really it’s about a man exploring his...
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Jack’s Back (1988) *HIDDEN GEM*
It’s the 100th anniversary of Jack the Ripper’s murder spree and now the infamous serial killer is back and slicing and dicing again via a copycat in ‘modern’ Los Angeles. Halloween film #14 is 1988’s…...
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Q: The Winged Serpent (1982)
Tale as old as time. An ancient Aztec god named Quetzalcoatl has set up shop in the Chrysler Building and flies around New York City chomping helpless victims (primarily sun bathers and rooftop...
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Blood Theatre (1984)
Blood Theatre — not to be confused with 1973’s Theatre of Blood starring Vincent Price — is Halloween movie #16. A horror-comedy which somehow manages to bungle both to such extreme degrees that it...
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The New Kids (1985) *
After one of the bloodiest shootout/gasoline fight/bumper car showdowns I’ve ever seen… I am here to declare that Halloween movie #17 — The New Kids is a teen horror-thriller masterpiece. It stars Lori...
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211 (2018)
Nicolas Cage is an incredible performer, but not even his mighty commitment to subpar material can possibly snuff out the lackluster elements of the 2018 movie 211. Strap in for a mostly forgettable...
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The Raven (1963)
I haven’t watched this one since I was a kid, so I thought it might be nice to do a little refresher viewing. Halloween film #18 is Roger Corman’s comedic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s… The Raven....
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Piranha 3D (2010)
After a small earthquake occurs, flesh-eating fish emerge from a whirlpool. It’s Spring Break. Boozed up, college-aged individuals are engaged in various debaucherous activities. You know what that...
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Halloween (2018)
Things are taking SHAPE, so put on your Silver Shamrock masks — it’s time to head back to Haddonfield, Illinois for… another installment of the Halloween franchise. Yes, Halloween movie #20 is...
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Would You Rather (2012)
Tonight’s psychological horror-thriller was an unexpected little number that asks that age old question; “What would you do if an unhinged magnate offered you life-changing cold hard cash to debase...
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It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)
Fifty-two years ago, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown premiered on CBS. And this year it’s Halloween movie #22. I haven’t watched it in a while… my simple belief is this; it’s still pretty okay! I...
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It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)
Fifty-two years ago, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown premiered on CBS. And this year it’s Halloween movie #22. I haven’t watched it in a while… my simple belief is this; it’s still pretty okay! I...
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
What’s this? What’s this? Halloween movie #23 is The Nightmare Before Christmas (AKA the movie keeping the doors open at every mall Hot Topic in America). The semi-never-ending echo chamber debate of...
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Vampire’s Kiss (1988)
Halloween movie #24 is the black comedy/horror flick Vampire’s Kiss — Nicolas Cage plays a mentally ill literary agent who believes he’s been bitten by a vampire. Nothing more needs to be said. It’s a...
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