Halloween: 35th Anniversary Edition
For many including myself, Halloween is a holiday defined by movies. To us, October 1st isn’t merely one of twelve days a year we have to drop off a rent check. It marks the beginning of a 31-day...
View ArticleBabysitter Massacre
Like the immortal anti-heroes starring in the subgenre’s biggest franchises, the slasher film refuses to die. The main reason for this is probably because it’s always been a good way for low-budget...
View ArticleYou’re Next
Adam Wingard’s You’re Next was a huge hit on the festival circuit in 2011 when it was picked up for distribution for Lionsgate, who promptly confused hardcore horror fans anxiously awaiting the film by...
View ArticleMischief Night
Scream was released nearly 20 years ago, but for better or worse it continues to have an influence on horror film in general and slashers in particular to this day. Mostly “worse,” unfortunately, as...
View ArticleNight Game
Two things drew me to Peter Masterson’s Night Game (1989): 1) Roy Scheider, and 2) the promise of some sort of hook-handed baseball-themed serial killer hacking his way through attendees of a Houston...
View ArticleHorsehead
A young girl studying the psychology and physiology of lucid dreaming finds herself working through some family baggage in her sleep. Jessica (Lilly-Fleur Pointeaux) and her mother (Catriona MacColl)...
View ArticleDollface
If you’ve been waiting for a sequel to Tommy Faircloth’s 1995 slasher parody Crinoline Head, your wait is officially over. A full twenty years after the first film, its sequel is out now on home video...
View ArticleSerial Kaller
Before Serial Kaller even starts, it helpfully gives viewers a warning. The logo for Loaded Film, one of the production companies who made the film, includes the slogan “for men who should know...
View ArticleThe Countdown: Top Ten Serial Killer Movies
I actually had a hard time with this list. I like horror, and I like psychological thrillers, and of course there are plenty of serial killer movies that fall in those genres, but I also wanted to...
View ArticleSee the 80’s Cult Slasher Sleepaway Camp with star Felissa Rose in Person...
Sleepaway Camp is one of the most beloved slasher films of the 80’s, boasting one of the greatest endings in the history of horror cinema. Felissa Rose, a young teenager when she played the role of...
View ArticleHell Night: Collector’s Edition
Scream Factory’s 2018 release slate is set to impress right out the gate with the January 2nd Blu-ray + DVD Collector’s Edition release of the early 80’s slasher gem, Hell Night (1981)—a film I’ve been...
View ArticleVictor Crowley
When the first Hatchet film was released, filmmaker Adam Green’s intentions were made clear with the film’s tagline: “Old School American Horror.” “Old School” in this particular case meant very...
View ArticleBehind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (Collector’s Edition)
Sometimes a really great movie just slips under your radar; it’s happened to all of us. It goes straight-to-video, it doesn’t get much press, and/or as time goes by nobody really talks about it...
View ArticleDoom Asylum
Arrow has done some amazing work unearthing 80s slashers that have flown under the radar over the last few years. Their packed Blu-ray of Blood Rage really set a high bar, but they’ve followed it up...
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Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2: Collector’s Edition
The surprising thing about Silent Night, Deadly Night–you know, that film about a serial killer in a Santa Claus suit– is how straight the whole thing’s played. Although the film stirred concerned...
View ArticleTuftland
In the Finnish film Tuftland, headstrong textile student Irina finds herself stuck in the modern rat race. Her abusive relationship is finished, her studies leave her unfulfilled, and her summer job...
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Kolobos
The late 1990s were a strange time for horror movies. After the blockbuster success of Scream, there was a glut of slashers that obviously had learned nothing from that film’s success and hewed...
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Alice, Sweet Alice: Special Edition
This is a Blu-ray release so long overdue that, had it not been announced for a 2019 release by Arrow video, I had determined to import a Blu-ray from overseas to watch this Halloween. Alice, Sweet...
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Hellraiser & Hellbound (Special Edition Blu-rays)
When Arrow Video released Hellraiser: The Scarlet Box back in 2016, I swore that it would be mine… hopefully! The Scarlet Box contained the first three Hellraiser films on Blu-ray in one beautiful...
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My Bloody Valentine: Collector’s Edition
Now I know the Lionsgate Special Edition Blu-ray release of My Bloody Valentine (1981) is long out-of-print, and, if you own a copy, there’s a good chance you spent as much as $40 buying a used copy...
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