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31/10/2024

Oct 30: 30th night of horror/Halloween

When Worlds Collide (1951)
1hr 23min

- description from IMDb: As a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.

- directed by Bruno Mate

- starring Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen, John Hoyt, Larry Keating, Rachel Ames

- Richard Derr’s films include “The Man Who Wouldn’t Die,” “Invisible Avenger,” “Terror Is a Man,” “Topaz,” “The Victim,”

- Barbara Rush also starred in “It Came from Outer Space,” “The Eyes of Charles Sand,” “Death Car on the Freeway,” “The Night the Bridge Fell Down,” “Moon of the Wolf”

- Peter Hansen was also in “Hell on Frisco Bay,” “A Cry in the Night,” “Junior (1985),” “Dragonfly”

- this was an awesome, low key sci-fi film from the 1950s; not as exciting as “The Blob” or “The Fly,” but a good watch; this is one you can sit down with your family and watch; couple fun facts… 1) this has been a bit of a throwback to “Rocky Horror Picture Show;” several films were referenced in the song “Science Fiction - Double Feature,” including “Doctor X,” “It Came from Outer Space,” and “When Worlds Collide,” all of which I watched this year; 2) unintentionally, I watched a couple of films with John Beradino, who played Steve Hardy on “General Hospital” for many years; this film featured Peter Hansen and Rachel Ames, who played Lee Baldwin, and Audrey Hardy respectively in “General Hospital”

Bite Me! (2004)
1hr 25min

- description from IMDb: When a hybrid strain of bio-engineered ma*****na is delivered to a secluded strip club, it brings with it a monstrous army of insect creatures and a renegade U.S. federal agent with a big chip on his shoulder.

- written and directed by Brett Piper

- starring Misty Mundae, Julian Wells, Rob Monkiewicz, Erika Smith, Michael R. Thomas, Caitlin Ross, Sylvianne Chebance, John Paul Fedele

- Misty Mundae’s credits include “I Was a Teenage Strangler,” “Vampire Strangler,” “Duck! The Carbine High Massacre,” “Flesh for Olivia,” “SpiderBabe,” “An Erotic Werewolf in London,” and as Erin Brown, “The Lost,” “Shadow: Dead Riot,” “The Rage,” “Splatter Beach,” “The New York Butcher,” “Mother Noose Presents Once Upon a Nightmare,” “Thrust,” “Spookt”

- Julian Wells was also in “Witchbabe: The Erotic Witch Project 3,” “Flesh for Olivia,” “Season of the Hunted,” “Homecoming,” “Fist of the Warrior”

- Rob Mokiewicz starred in “Psyclops,” “Arachnia,” “Bacterium”

- Erika Smith’s films include “The Sexy Adventures of Van Helsing,” “Splatter Beach,” “Crimson,” “Skinned Alive,” “Hysterical Psycho,” “Vault of Terror II: The Undead,” “When Black Birds Fly,”

- first things first, I generally love Brett Piper movies; this one, from Shock-O-Rama Productions, has some great Brett Piper creatures/stop-motion action; additionally, it has soft-core scream queens Misty Mundae and Julian Wells, which is always a plus

30/10/2024

Oct 29: 29th night of horror/Halloween

Moon of the Wolf (1972)
1hr 15min

- description from IMDb: After several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf.

- directed by Daniel Petrie

- starring David Janssen, Barbara Rush, Bradford Dillman, John Beradino, Geoffrey Lewis, Royal Dano, John Davis Chandler

- David Janssen’s films include “Cult of the Cobra,” “Francis in the Haunted House,” “Man-Trap,” “Marooned,” “The Longest Night,” “Fer-de-Lance,” “Mayday at 40,000 Feet!,” “Two-Minute Warning,” “Golden Rendezvous,” “The Golden Gate Murders”

- Barbara Rush also starred in “When Worlds Collide,” “It Came from Outer Space,” “The Eyes of Charles Sand,” “Death Car on the Freeway,” “The Night the Bridge Fell Down”

- Bradford Dillman’s credits include “Monstrosity,” “Jigsaw (1968),” “Fear No Evil,” “The Mephisto Waltz,” “Escape from the Planet of the Apes,” “Revenge!,” “The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler,” “The Eyes of Charles Sand,” “Chosen Survivors,” “A Black Ribbon for Deborah,” “Bug,” “Demon, Demon,” “The Swarm,” “Piranha,” “Guyana: Cult of the Damned,” “Covenant,” “Lords of the Deep”

- John Beradino was also in “Them!,” “Gorilla at Large,” “Shield for Murder,” “Suddenly,” “North by Northwest”

- Geoffrey Lewis appeared in “The Fat Black Pussycat,” “Human Experiments,” “Salem’s Lot (1979),” “Night of the Comet,” “Annihilator,” “Out of the Dark,” “Disturbed,” “The Lawnmower Man,” “When the Dark Man Calls,” “Trilogy of Terror II,” “The Prophet’s Game,” “A Light in the Darkness,” “Song of the Vampire,” “The Fallen Ones,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Voodoo Moon,” “Wicked Little Things,” “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto”

- Royal Dano appearances include “Undercover Girl,” “The Trouble with Harry,” “Moby Dick (1956),” “Messiah of Evil,” “The Killer Inside Me,” “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” “House II: The Second Story,” “Ghoulies II,” “Killer Klowns from Outer Space,” “The Dark Half”

- the acting was pretty decent, but the look of the film in current rotation isn’t great; the film is pretty dark (lighting-wise) in some places; not particularly gory, and not even very shocking; I had hoped for something a little more exciting

X (2022)
1hr 45min

- description from IMDb: In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in a rural Texas farm, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the crew find themselves fighting for their lives.

- written and directed by Ti West

- starring Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, Kid Cudi, Martin Henderson, Owen Campbell

- Mia Goth’s films include “Marrowbone,” “Suspiria,” “High LIfe,” “Pearl,” “Infinity Pool,” “Ma###ine”

- Jenna Ortega appeared in “Insidious: Chapter 2,” “The Babysitter: Killer Queen,” “Scream (2022),” “Studio 666,” “Scream VI,” “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”

- Brittany Snow’s credits include “Prom Night (2008),” “The Vicious Kind,” “Would You Rather”

- this is my favorite film in the trilogy by Ti West; it’s a slasher, which I love, and it’s set in the 1970s, which hold a sentimental place in my soul

29/10/2024

Oct 28: 28th night of horror/Halloween

Revenge of the Creature (1955)
1hr 22min

- description from IMDb: Men capture the Creature from the Black Lagoon and make him an aquarium attraction, from which he escapes.

- directed by Jack Arnold

- starring John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield, Nestor Paiva, (Clint Eastwood)

- John Agar also starred in “Bait,” “The Golden Mistress,” “Tarantula,” “The Mole People,” “Daughter of Dr. Jekyll,” “Attack of the Puppet People,” “Invisible Invaders,” “Journey to the Seventh Planet,” “Women of the Prehistoric Planet,” “Curse of the Swamp Creature,” “King Kong (1976),” “Perfect Victims,” “Nightbreed,” “Fear,” “Body Bags,” “The Naked Monster”

- Lori Nelson’s films include “I Died a Thousand Times,” “Day the World Ended,” “The Naked Monster”

- John Bromfield was in “Sorry, Wrong Number,” “Rope of Sand,” “Ring of Fear,” “The Big Bluff,” “Curucu, Beast of the Amazon”

- an uncredited Clint Eastwood appears, and actually has lines in this film; his other credits include an uncredited appearance in “Tarantula,” “Play Misty for Me,” “Blood Work”

- I always enjoyed the creature in terms of how creepy he looked, with his wide-open eyes, and large fish mouth; this sequel, however, was not as interesting as the first film, despite the uncredited of the legendary Clint Eastwood; it’s still worth a watch

H***y Teenagers Must Die (2024)
1hr 24min

- description from IMDb: A group of high school graduates travel to a cabin in the woods to celebrate and party, only to be picked off one by one by a demented psychopath who kills with farm tools and s*x toys.

- written and directed by David Zagorski

- starring Rabel Bueno, Chhoyang Cheshatsang, Bryan Cohoon, Erin Fitzgerald, Connor Holden, Torie Jock, Erika Lynn Jolie, Sthefany Lamoureux, Dominique Libera, Matthew Marcus

- Chhoyang Cheshatsang starred in “Hocus Pocus 2”

- Connor Holden’s credits include “The Murder Pact”

- “H***y Teenagers Must Die” is exactly what it says it is, a gory slasher film with a lot of exploitation: nudity, s*x, language, drug use, etc.

28/10/2024

Aliens Vs Predator: Requiem (2007)
1hr 34min

- film description from IMDb: Warring Alien and Predator races descend on a rural Colorado town, where unsuspecting residents must band together for any chance of survival.

- directed by Colin Strause and Greg Strause

- starring Steven Pasquale, Reiko Aylesworth, John Ortiz, Johnny Lewis, Ariel Gade, Kristen Hager

- Riko Aylesworth starred in “Random Hearts,” “Magma: Volcanic Disaster,” “The Killing Floor,” “Rapid Eye Movment,” “Dark Harbor”

- John Ortiz’s credits include “Kong: Skull Island,” “The Cloverfield Paradox,” “Replicas”

- this is the first time since it was originally released that I watched this film; I remember not liking it very much; now I know why; for one, I didn’t much care for the angsty teenagers storyline; it feels like it was a story about a small town being tormented by something evil, and the evil was just substituted for Aliens and Predators; for two, a lot of the “scary stuff,” and detailed moments take place in very low lighting; it’s hard to see what’s happening

- I will say right now that films that center around a lot of shoot-em-up gunplay is not my thing

- this is probably my least favorite “Alien” movie, and one of my least favorite “Predator” movies

Night of the Axe (2022)
1hr 1min

- description from IMDb: A group of young adults, trying to enjoy a high school reunion party, are terrorized by an escaped mental patient obsessed with satisfying his blood lust. One by one they are made victims of the sadistic killer.

- directed by Shawn Wright

- starring Lera Savannah, Kaci Frick, Justin Sisk, Shawn Mongold, Amanda Megan, Angel Nichole Bradford, Shawn C. Phillips

- Justin Sisk was also in “Fat Guy with a Shotgun: hillbilly Prophecy,” “Pungo: A Witch’s Tale,” “Pipeline”

- Amanda Megan’s films include “Samhain,” “Horrortales.666 Part 2,” “The Blue Hole,” “72,” “The Legend of Crick Foot,” “Blood and Breakfast”

- Angel Nichole Bradford starred in “Martian Massacre,” “Backwoods Bubba,” “Mothman,” “Bloody Ho**er Massacre,” “Wolf Hollow,” “Debbi Does Demons,” “Depravity,” “Waspzilla,” “Disremembered,” “Air Fryer Slaughter”

- Shawn C. Phillips’ credits include “Banshee!!!,” “12-24,” “Slaughter Weekend,” “Red River,” “Blood O**y at Beaver Lake,” “Night of the Living Deb,” “Milfs vs. Zombies,” “Killer Waves,” “Cannibal Cop,” “Tooth Fairy,” “Hacked,” “Martian Massacre,” “Amityville Thanksgiving,” “Legend of Lizard Man,” “Amityville Bigfoot”

- absolutely low (to no) budget slasher film; this film (and others like it) are among my guilty pleasures; the amateurish acting, and the bad special effects can be really fun; several of the actors involved here are also up-and-coming scream queens and kings; I’ve already reviewed a number of films involving them; be prepared for more

27/10/2024

Oct 26: 26th night of horror/Halloween

Alien Vs. Predator (2004)
1hr 41min

- film description on IMDb:

- directed by Paul W. S. Anderson

- starring Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Lance Henriksen, Ewen Bremner, Colin Salmon

- Sanaa Lathan’s credits include “Blade,” “Out of Time,” “Contagion,” “Repentance,” “Approaching the Unknown”

- Raoul Bova was also in “Rewind”

- Lance Henriksen’s films include “Mansion of the Doomed,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Damien: Omen II,” “The Visitor,” “Nightmares,” “The Terminator,” “Aliens,” “Pumpkinhead,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “Mind Ripper,” “Scream 3,” “Invitation,” “Out for Blood,” “Hellraiser: Hellworld,” “When a Stranger Calls (2006),” “Sasquatch Mountain,” “Dying God,” “House (2008),” “Jennifer’s Body,” “Godkiller: Walk Among Us,” “Scream of the Banshee,” “Gingerclown,” “Alien Rising,” “Wraith,” “Mimesis Nosferatu,” “Exorcism at 60,000 Feet,” “The Dead of Night”

- I was always more of an Alien fan than a Predator fan, though both are pretty amazing franchises; back in the day I didn’t think I would enjoy a crossover movie… however, I really enjoyed this film; Henriksen is a legend, and Sanaa Lathan did a great job

26/10/2024

Oct 25: 25th night of horror/Hallowen

Kill, Baby… Kill! (1966)
1hr 23min

- film description on IMDb: Carpathian village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl, prompting a coroner and a medical student to uncover her secrets while a witch attempts to protect the villagers.

- directed by Mario Bava

- starring Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Erika Blanc, Fabienne Dali, Piero Lulli

- Giacomo Rossi-Suart also appeared in “The Day the Sky Exploded,” “Caltiki, the Immortal Monster,” “The Last Man on Earth,” “War Between the Planets,” “The Weekend Murders,” “Something Creeping in the Dark,” “The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave,” “The Crimes of the Blak\ck Cat,” “Death Smiles on a Murderer,” “The War of the Robots”

- Erika Blanc’s films include “The Flying Saucer,” “Lady Morgan’s Vengeance,” “The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave,” “Devil’s Nightmare,” “Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods,” “A Dragonfly for Each Corpse,” (A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1983),” “Body Puzzle”

- Fabienne Dali was in “Cheers to Cyanide,” “The Killer Likes Candy”

- Mario Bava’s films are beautiful, and interesting stories with beautiful sets and props; the acting is fine; the version I saw was dubbed, but still very much worth it

Vampire Brides (1994)
1hr 30min

- film description on IMDb: A young girl is snatched by a Zombie (Aven Warren) and taken to the lair of a vampire (Dave Castiglione) where she is bound and gagged. The vampire wants to make her one of his vampire brides. Her mother sets out to rescue her.

- directed by Gary Whitson

- starring Dave Castiglione as the eponymous vampire. Also appearing were Michelle Caporaletti, Cristie Clark, Aven Warren, Terri Lewandowski, Christine Cavalier, and Sal Longo

- Dave Castiglione’s films include “Witchfinder,” “Psycho Vampire,” “Hung Jury,” “Sorority Slaughter,” “Psycho Sisters,” “Backwoods Marcy,” “Ransom,” “The Blue Hole”

- Michelle Caporaletti was also in “The Mummy’s Dungeon,” “Bloody Creek,” “Hung Jury,” “Fatal Delusion,” “Play Dead”

- Christie Clark’s credits include “The Mummy’s Dungeon,” “Bloody Creek,” “Female Mercenaries on Zombie Island”

- Aven Warren starred in “Dead North,” “The Mummy’s Dungeon,” “Female Mercenaries on Zombie Island,” “Fatal Delusions,” “Hayride Slaughter”

- Terri Lewandowski was in “Sleepover Massacre,” “Dead North,” “Psycho Dance,” “The Mummy’s Dungeon,” “Santa Claws”

- Christine Cavalier appeared in “Psycho Dance,” “Slaughtered Secretaries,” “Psycho Vampire,” “The Mummy’s Dungeon,” “Bloody Creek,” “Curse of the Swamp Creature,” “Red Lips,” “Santa Claws”

- another extremely low-budget horror film from W.A.V.E. Productions; not my favorite early WAVE Productions film, but enjoyable (to me, anyway)

- camera work, sound, lighting, cinematography were about the same as other early WAVE productions; this film had more of a story, and slightly less focus on repetitive fetishy stuff than other WAVE films of this period, though

25/10/2024

Oct 24: 24th night of horror/Halloween

Sudden Fear (1952)
1hr 52min

- description from IMDb: After an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her.

- directed by David Miller

- starring Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Bruce Bennett

- Joan Crawford starred in “The Unknown,” “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?,” “Strait-Jacket,” “I Saw What You Did,” “Berserk,” “Trog”

- Jack Palance’s credits include “Panic in the Streets,” “Man in the Attic,” “The Big Knife,” “Night Train to Milan,” “Torture Garden,” “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Dracula (1974),” “Craze,” “Black Cobra,” “Without Warning,” “Hawk the Slayer,” “Living with the Dead”

- suspenseful, and stalkerish, and creepy; I really love the film noir style: the play between light and shadows makes watching the film much more visually appealing

Hyde’s Secret Nightmare (2011)
2hr 2min

- description from IMDb: Henry Chagall is a disgruntled scientist who suffers from impotence. His unfortunate situation leads him, and crippled assistant Hans, to explore unusual methods, including experimentation on fresh corpses. Henry finally succeeds in reanimating a deceased man's reproductive organs by injecting a volatile fluid. Although it will take a decade to safely use on living subjects, Chagall decides to test the serum on himself.

- directed by Domiziano Christopharo

- starring Claudio Zanelli, Roberta Gemma, Andrea Autullo, Angelo Campus

- Claudio Zanelli was in “P.O.E. Project of Evil,” “Shock: My Abstraction of Death,”

- Roberta Gemma’s credits include “The Order,” “House of Flesh Mannequins,” “Bloody Sin,” “The Transparent Woman,” “A Taste of Phobia”

- Andrea Autullo starred in “P.O.E. Project of Evil,” “Poe 4: The Black Cat,” “7 Sins”

- Angelo Campus’ films include “P.O.E. Poetry of Eerie,” “Red Krokodil,” “P.O.E. Project of Evil,” “Dark Waves”

- projects from Domiziano Christopharo are truly pieces of art, and this one is no different, from the color-grading to the lighting and shadows to the cinematography to the story and the acting; I have to advise folks about his content, however; Christopharo’s films often delve into the s*xual, both the sensual and the graphic (read hardcore) and sometimes depraved; his films also contain violence, often graphic as well, which can be hard to watch; I won’t say don’t watch this film, but go into it knowing what you’re going to get

24/10/2024

Oct 23: 23rd night of horror/Halloween

Black Christmas (2019)
1hr 32min

- description from IMDb: A group of female students is stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break. That is until the young sorority pledges discover that the killer is part of an underground college conspiracy.

- directed by Sophia Takal

- starring Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donoghue, Brittany O’Grady, Caleb Eberhardt, Cary Elwes

- Imogen Poots’ films include “V for Vendetta,” “28 Weeks Later,” “Chatroom,” “Fright Night (2011),” “Green Room,” “I Kill Giants,” “Rose’s War”

- Lily Donoghue was also in “Dark Night,” “In Our Blood”

- Caleb Eberhardt’s credits include “What We Found”

- Cary Elwes starred in “The Bride,” “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” “The Crush,” “Twister,” “Shadow of the Vampire,” “Saw,” “The Riverman,” “The Alphabet Killer,” “Psych:9,” “Saw 3D,” “Hellgate,” “Teen Lust,” “H8RZ,” “A Haunting in Cawdor,” “Don’t Sleep,” “Ghost Light,” “The Unholy”

- a third version of this classic horror film, this time with a real focus on issues affecting women, including r**e, stalking, harassment, and others; this is a pretty good film, with some solid acting, and a mystery that keeps you guessing; a somewhat drastic departure from other films of the same name

Everything Decays (2024)
1hr 4min

- description from IMDb: The graphing [sic] and haunting story of a young s*x worker who has been held captive for days in the basement of a sadist. The unnamed s*x worker (Emily E) experiences endless bounds of degradation, torture and perversion. Jack Mulvanerty's film claws its way through new depths of sa**sm, nihilism, cruelty and how one becomes mercilessly disemboweled by our society's unrelenting and all-consuming system of capitalism, objectification and demoralizing exploitation. Everything Decays features unsimulated graphic acts of s*x and violence. Blood and bodily fluids were in fact spilled in creating this work depicting the sickeningly consuming nature of humanity and society as we know it. Director Jack Mulvanerty (Scarlet P**s Princess, Split) guides you through deep waters of nihilism and perversion.

- directed by Jack Mulvanerty

- starring Emily E. and Jack Mulvanerty

- very difficult to watch; this film is more arthouse experimental than it is a narrative story; the story, itself, seems to be a very thin plot designed to highlight the depraved and perverted scenes of s*x, bo***ge, and torture

- I absolutely DO NOT recommend this film to any mainstream audiences; I promise, if this is not already your thing, you WILL be horrified; if it is your thing, have at it

22/10/2024

Oct 21: 21st night of horror/Halloween

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913)
26min

- description from IMDb: Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

- directed by Herbert Brenon

- starring King Baggot, Jane Gail, Matt Snyder, Howard Crampton

- not my favorite version of the Robert Louis Stevenson story, but in all fairness, the version I watched had no accompanying music; it felt a little boring

Bed Rest (2022)
1hr 30min

- description from IMDb: A pregnant woman on bed rest begins to wonder if her house is haunted or it's all in her head.

- directed by Lori Evans Taylor

- starring Melissa Barrera, Guy Burnet, Edie Inksetter

- Melissa Barrera also appeared in “Two Times You,” “Scream (2022),” “Scream VI,” “Your Monster,” “Abigail”

- Guy Burnet’s credits include “Pig,” “Luster,” “Rites of Passage,” “Jacob’s Ladder (2019)”

- Edie Inksetter was in “Phantom of the Megaplex,” “It (2019),” “Rabid (2019),” “It Chapter Two,” “Spiral”

- a very well-made and interesting ghost film; this is something of an emotional roller coaster; well worth watching

21/10/2024

Oct 20: 20th night of horror/Halloween

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
1hr 54min

- description from IMDb: An extension of the previous film, wherein a group of adventurers return to the overturned ship to seek several fortunes.

- directed by Irwin Allen

- starring Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Karl Malden

- Irwin Allen is the king of disaster movies: diector of "The Lost World," "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," "The Swarm;" producer of "The Towering Inferno," "The Poseidon Adventure"

- Michael Caine's credits include "The Swarm," "The Island," "Dressed to Kill," "The Hand," "Jaws:The Revenge," "Jekyll and Hyde (1990)," "Stonehearst Asylum," "The Last Witch Hunter" -Sally Field was in "Little Evil"

- Telly Savalas acted in "Cape Cear (1962)," "Horror Express," "The Killer Is on the Phone," "Lisa and the Devil"

- Karl Malden starred in "I Confess," "Phantom of the Rue Morgue," "The Cat o' Nine Tails," "Meteor"

- Beyond the Poseidon Adventure was a very watchable sequel, but never matched the original’s magic; probably because it wasn’t just the story of the passengers’ survival against nature, but this one had more intrigue involved

Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982)
1hr 35min

- description from IMDb: Jason Voorhees stalks a group of friends who have just arrived to spend the weekend at a cabin near Crystal Lake.

- directed by Steve Miner

- starring Dana Kimmell, Tracie Savage, Richard Brooker, Catherine Parks, David Katims, Paul Kratka, Larry Zerner

- Dana Kimmell also appeared in “Midnight Offerings,” “Sweet Sixteen,” “Night Angel”

- Tracie Savage’s credits include “Terror on the 40th Floor,” “The Legend of Lizzie Borden,” “The Devil and Max Devlin,” “The Crooked Man”

- Richard Brooker was also in “Deathstalker,” “Deep Sea Conspiracy”

- Catherine Parks starred in “Looker,” “Body of Influence,” “Cool as Hell 2”

- Larry Zerner’s films include “Death House,” “All the Creatures Were Stirring,” “The Epidmic”

- this is a classic entry in the Friday the 13th series; this was the one filmed in 3D; it was also the one that introduced the infamous hockey mask; the were lots of jump scares, and some pretty gory kills

20/10/2024

The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
1hr 57min

- description from IMDb: A group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.

- directed by Ronald Neame

- starring Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Arthur O'Connell, Eric Shea, Leslie Nielsen

- Gene Hackman has an impressive resume, including "Ride with Terror," "Riot," "Marooned," "Young Frankenstein," "Night Moves," "No Way Out"

- Ernest Borgnine's credits include "Ice Station Zebra," "The Wild Bunch," "Willard (1971)," " The Neptune Factor," "The Devil's Rain," "The Black Hole," "When Time Ran Out...," "Escape from New York," "Deadly Blessing," "Tides of War," "Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders," "Small Soldiers," "The Blue Light"

- Red Buttons was also in "When Time Ran Out...," "Side Show," "Ghosts of Fear Street"

- Carol Lynley acted in "Shock Treatment (1964)," Bunny Lake Is Missing," "The Shuttered Room," "Weekend of Terror," "The Night Stalker (1972)," "Beware the Blob," "Death Stalk," "Flood," "The Shape of Things to Come," "Dark Tower," "Spirits," "Howling VI: The Freaks"

- Roddy McDowall starred in "Killer Shark," "Midnight Lace," "Shock Treatment," "Planet of the Apes," "Terror in the Sky," "Fright Night"

- Leslie Nielson’s films include “Ransom!,” “Forbidden Planet,” “Night Train to Paris,” “Dark Intruder,” “The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler,” “Day of the Animals,” “Prom Night,” “The Night the Bridge Fell Down,” “The Creature Wasn’t Nice,” “Creepshow,” “Repossessed,” “Dracula: Dead and Loving It”

- another one of my long-time favorite movies, certainly my all-time favorite disaster films

Spookt (2023)
1hr 20min

- directed by Tony Reames

- written by Torey Haas

- starring Eric Roberts, Erin Brown, Allison Maier, Keith Brooks, Haley Leary, Christen Sharice

- film description on IMDb: SPOOKT uncovers the deeply hidden mysteries of Greenville, Pennsylvania, a quaint small town. Paranormal investigator Claire and skeptic Rachel team up to unravel the truth surrounding a disappeared girl and the notorious Dr. Byler. Their beliefs are pushed to the limit as inexplicable events start to transpire, all linked to the infamous Gibson house. The sins from the past resurface to haunt the present, as the world of Claire and Rachel gets horrifyingly flipped on its head.

- Eric Roberts has been in over 1000 film and television projects, including “Slow Burn,” “By the Sword,” “The Grave,” “Doctor Who: The Movie,” “The Cable Guy,” “Dark Angel,” “The Prophecy II,” “Restraining Order,” “Mindstorm,” “Wrong Number,” “Raptor,” “Endangered Species,” “Killer Weekend,” “The Dark Knight,” “Cyclops,” “Sharktopus,” “Chillerama,” “Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft,” “The Cloth,” and many many more

- Erin Brown also starred in “Thrust,” “Mother Noose Presents Once Upon a Nightmare,” “Strip Club Massacre,” “Theta States,” “Dying God,” “Splatter Beach,” “The Rage,” “Shadow: Dead Riot,” and numerous others

- Allison Meier’s credits include “Feaster Sunday,” “Space Babes from Outer Space,” “Frankenstein Created Bikers”

- Keith Brooks appeared in “Renfield,” “The Tomorrow War,” “Altered,” and others

- Haley Leary’s other film projects include “Dead by Midnight (Y2Kill),” “The Stranger She Brought Home,” “Bad Candy,” “Strip Club Massacre”

- “Spookt” is a little ghost story that plays out among the conflicted viewpoints of two women; the film looks good, and is acted well; the running time is just the right amount for an indie film production

- if it weren’t for a few scenes, and a fairly adult storyline I feel like this could’ve been a film for family viewing

20/10/2024

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18/10/2024

Oct 18: 18th night of horror/Halloween

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
1hr 15min

- description from IMDb: An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination.

- directed by Alfred Hitchcock

- starring Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield

- Leslie Banks starred in "The Most Dangerous Game," "The Murder Party," "Jamaica Inn," "Chamber of Horrors," "Hauntes Honeymoon"

- Edna Best was in "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir"

- Peter Lorre's credits include "M," "Mad Love," "Crime and Punishment," "Secret Agent," "Crack-Up," "The Face Behind the Mask," "The Boogie Man Will Get You," "Arsenic and Old Lace," "The Chase," "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," "Tales of Terror," "The Raven (1963)," "The Comedy of Terrors"

- a very good early Hitchcock film; Hitchcock famously remade the film in Hollywood in the '50s with Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day; this one, however, has Peter Lorre; well worth a watch

An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)
1hr 38min

- description from IMDb: An American man unwittingly gets involved with French werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.

- directed by Anthony Waller

- starring Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy, Vince Vieluf, Phil Buckman

- Tom Everett Scott’s credits include “Top of the Food Chain,” “Independence Daysaster”

- rewatched this for the first time since the early 2000s; I remember not liking it very much at the time; on rewatch, one of the things I hated was the CGI effects; they were not good back then, and they feel even worse now; the CGI transformations are bad enough, but the final wolf products are just awful; someone made an effort to keep the dark comedy style of the original, but it didn’t work

18/10/2024

Oct 17: 17th night of horror/Halloween

An American Werewolf in London (1981)
1hr 37min

- description from IMDb: American college students David Kessler and Jack Goodman on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists. Jack dies. David recovers in a hospital, where he has nightmares.

- directed by John Landis

- starring David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine, Brian Glover, Rik Mayall, Frank Oz

- David Naughton was also in “The Sleeping Car,” “Wild Cactus,” “Amityville: A New Generation,” “Body Bags,” “Ice Cream Man,” “A Crack in the Floor,” “Flying Virus,” “Big Bad Wolf,” “Cool As Hell,” “Sharknado 5: Global Swarming,” “The Hatred,” “Waking Nightmare”

- Jenny Agutter’s credits include “Logan’s Run,” “Dominique,” “The Survivor,” “Dark Tower,” “Child’s Play 2,” “The Magic Door,” “Burke and Hare”

- Brian Glover starred in “Jabberwocky,” “The Company of Wolves,” “Alien 3,” “Snow White: A Tale of Terror”

- not sure why it’s taken me so long to actually include this film in my 31 Nights; I love this film, and watch it every year… usually multiple times; the special effects (practical, I might add) in this film are pretty amazing; the story meanders a bit with some weird scenes and includes one of John Landis’ infamous car pile-up scenes; despite that, and Landis’ subsequent problems, I still love the film

Around Midnight (2004)
1hr 1min

- description from Letterboxd: An anthology film with tales centered around vampires.

- directed by Gary Whitson "Vampire's Kiss," Laura Giglio "Running from Death," Andrew N. Shearer "Wake Up Call," Christopher Khaler "Believe"

- starring Suzi Lorraine, Dean Paul, Debbie D, Barbara Joyce, Laura Giglio, Monica Puller, Christopher Kahler, Vanilla Winters

- Suzi Lorraine was also in "Serial Killer," "Vampire Queen," "Satan's School for Lust," "Chainsaw Sally," "Skits-O-Phrenia," "She-Demons of the Black Sun," "Mad Doctor of Zombie Island," "When Death Calls," "Dead of the Nite," "Model Hunger," "Santa Claus: A Horror Story"

- Dean Paul appeared in "Dead Students Society," "Carnage Road," "Hayride Slaughter," "Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots," "Mad Doctor of Zombie Island"

- Debbie D's cdedits include "Burglar from Hell," "Jacker," "Naked Horror," "Play Dead," "Hayride Slaughter," "Skits-O-Phrenia," "The Ghosts of Angela Webb," "Shadow: Dead Riot," "Warriors of the Apocalypse," "Clownsploitation," "Giftwrapped & Gutted," "The Blue Hole," "I Slay on Christmas"

- Barbara Joyce starred in “The Go-Go Girl Strangler,” “Hayride Slaughter” “Satan’s School for Lust,” “Vegas Showgirl Strangler,” “Flesh for the Beast,” “Shadow: Dead Riot,” “Skin Crawl,” “Alien Autopsy”

- Laura Giglio's films include "Sorority Slaughter," "Psycho Sisters (1994)," "Female Mercenaries on Zombie Island," "An Ex-Ho**er's Christmas Carol," "Deep Undead," "Wolfika," "Giftwrappex & Gutted," "The Blue Hole," "The Handyman Strangler" - Monica Puller starred in "Atan's House of Yoga," "Cannibal Sisters," "The Erotic Couch," "Fake Blood," "Slaughter Daughter," "Sickness"

- this anthology which includes vampires, psychosis, and death is fun to watch; it plays into my love of low budget, shot-on-video horror, and stars some of my favorites: Debbie D and Laura Giglio in particular; this film isn't for everybody, but I love it (except the last segment; I wish that segment had been better developed… too bad)