Once in a while, you rent a random movie and it just blows you away. Not because it’s so great (although personally I would still argue the case), but because it just grabs a different angle and then takes you on a crazy ride. Murder Party is less of a horror movie than a dark…
Trick ‘r Treat (2008)
Most everyone has seen Creepshow and most everyone like Creepshow. So that said, we have a new movie that follows in the same tradition of smaller interwoven stories and for the most part it works. The movie follows four main tales, each of which crosses paths at some point. The movie starts with a young…
Rocktober Blood (1984)
When you think of Heavy Metal Halloween movies, you may think of Heavy Metal Zombies or Trick or Treat with Gene Simmons, but here we have the real deal. Based on real life band Sorcery, a heavy metal band is in the process of recording their new record. Internal tension is running high as the…
Re-Animator (1985)
Prior to reading up on the exploits of Herbert West, I never thought much about the idea of restoring life after death. Sure, I was familiar with the story of Dr. Frankenstein’s Monster, but in many key ways, that story was quite different from Re-Animator. Though it was true that both stories dealt with unorthodox…
Zombie Zinger (2009)
Preface by Dann: I’ve been asked to provide some commentary on the symbolic nature of these films. While looking like a generic mini-DV production from feeble minds, it was however finely crafted, to tackle some of the tough issues of our day. Much like Aesop’s Fables, the need to replace prominent figures with animal counterparts…
Satan’s Schoolgirls (2004)
What do you call a movie with no redeeming qualities? … This movie. I suppose it was created as an outlet for some sort of private school angst, or someone had to go to church instead of play with Transformers, but the theme has been played out many times. In fact this dates back to…
Zombi Fourest (2004)
If you ask anyone about the DCJ Zombie Chronicles, you’ll probably only hear about Zombie Jamboree and the more recent Zombie Zinger. So what happened to the second film Zombi Fourest? The story of this forgotten classic is both long and tragic, but in a nutshell, Zombi Fourest was the unwitting victim of fallout from…
The Gravedancers (2006)
It took a while for the After Dark Horrorfest, aka. 8 Films to Die For, to ramp up. The first season was split into ridiculously bad movies, and some way too serious yet slightly boring ones. This sort of bridges the two between the Hamiltons and one where the pigs eat an infant and a…
The Trap Door (1984)
I love Claymation films. There’s something supernatural about the way things move in these programs, and each character is usually rendered with a soft and organic feel endearing them to us. I discovered The Trap Door completely by accident one day when I was searching for Danger Mouse. When I was growing up, Nickelodeon was…
Soda Batch #3: Spooky Edition
It’s a spooky time of year, and what better way than to infer that certain beverages were meant for Halloween, and are therefore spooky as well. Read on brave ones or you will not be drinking fine nectars, but the blood of your fellow humankind. Blood Orange: We’ve all had orange soda, sometimes Ecto-coolerish Mandarin…