Monthly Archives: July 2009

Tourist Trap (1979) Review

Ten years before collaborating on the successful cult classic Puppet Master, director David Schmoeller and producer Charles Band created Tourist Trap, a bizarre lost-in-the-wilderness thriller that sees a group of young friends falling foul of a devilish museum of mannequins.

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I Spit On Your Vengeance: The Donald Farmer Interview

1993’s SAVAGE VENGEANCE is one odd duck. It’s supposed to be a merely a tribute to the classic revenge film I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978), yet it has the star of that film Camille Keaton reprising the same “Jennifer” … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday To Me, Anchor Bay DVD

On October 13th, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME comes home, again, in a more befitting release. You may remember Columbia’s DVD featured a shockingly uncalled for cover, and the soundtrack had been replaced seemingly due to music rights issues.

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Albino Farm DVD Details

It’s been a long time coming but Albino Farm is finally set to appear on DVD on September 22, courtesy of MTI Home Video.

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Black Devil Doll Turns Into a Motherfu**in Novel

I’m a bit slow picking up on this one but Black Devil Doll writer Shawn Lewis just informed me that a novelization of the movie is due for release.

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Really Retro Slasher Villains

A knife-wielding cross-dresser… A killer who sports razor claws and a fedora… A sack-headed maniac prowling a deserted tourist spot… The murderous glare of a mysterious eyeball… These vintage villains from the 1920s to the 1950s prove that trends in … Continue reading

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Corey Feldman Becomes a Beautiful Outsider

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter’s Corey Feldman looks set to be the latest cast member to join The Beautiful Outsiders,

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Proto-Slashers #9: Jaws (1975)

Proto-Slashers: Looking at the flicks that paved the way for Halloween and the heyday of slasher movies. JAWS (1975) That’s right… Jaws. The story of a killer who terrorizes a small community, leaving many of its inhabitants slashed to bits. … Continue reading

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Heathers Gallery

In between my regular doses of slashers, one movie which I couldn’t get enough of growing up was Heathers, Michael Lehmann’s 1988 black comedy that saw two outsiders taking revenge on the bullies of the high school by offing them … Continue reading

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Check Out This Month’s Issue of The Dark Side

One magazine that I enjoy but very rarely get chance to read is The DarkSide, a bi-monthly publication that is produced over here in the UK.

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