Category Archives: Features

When Push Comes to Shove: Slaughter High & Bullying

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Amanda By Night

For anyone who has ever been pushed around (and haven’t we all at one point), Slaughter High is a revenge seeker’s wet dream. Marty (Simon Scuddamore) is probably the nerdiest nerd this side of Kenny Hampson (Terror Train). But he’s … Continue reading →

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A Fool’s Guide to April Fool’s Day

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Ross Horsley

Exactly twenty-five April 1sts have passed since the release of Fred Walton’s classic “fun” slasher, April Fool’s Day, and the chances of a 25th Anniversary Special Edition DVD are looking increasingly slim. In lieu of a commentary track, then, here’s … Continue reading →

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April Fool’s Week

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Dusk

Holy guacamoley, we really outdid ourselves this year with the April fool’s day prank, which consisted of two co-ordinated efforts for a winning result. Our complete and total rule is best exemplified in the comments on Blood Test, where longtime … Continue reading →

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“Best Slasher Flick of All Time” Finally Released (APRIL FOOL’S)

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Dave Stewart

Slasher fanatics everywhere, rejoice – new boutique DVD company Hoa-X is releasing Deacon Natterling’s unseen 1980 Canadian slasher Blood Test on April 1. It’s final exam time at Hillcrest College, and someone is killing the students one-by-one using the most … Continue reading →

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EXCLUSIVE: Code Red’s Nightmare 2-Disc Set Finally

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Dusk

Code Red received quite a bashing from the genre DVD community for taking their own sweet time assembling a special edition of Nightmare (1981). Romano Scavolini’s film is a virtual camera lens inside the mind of a sweaty, mouth-foaming psychotic, … Continue reading →

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Blue Underground to Release Torso on Blu-ray

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Christian Sellers

Along with Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci and Mario Bava, Sergio Martino was one of the most successful Italian filmmakers working in the giallo genre during the 1970s. Among his most acclaimed work were La coda dello scorpione (The Case of … Continue reading →

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The Prowler’s Farley Granger R.I.P.

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Christian Sellers

It is a common method for ageing actors whose glory days are long behind them to accept roles in low budget horror movies in order to remain in the public spotlight. The slasher genre saw such esteemed screen legends as … Continue reading →

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By Sword, By Pick, By Axe: The Making of The Mutilator

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Christian Sellers

Critics may scoff and most film fans may turn their noses up at them, but the slasher genre is the perfect training ground for a young, wannabe filmmaker. With an almost non-existent budget, a simple premise, aided by a likeable … Continue reading →

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Coppola’s Dementia 13 Making Its Way to Blu-ray

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Christian Sellers

Over the last couple of years there have been countless Roger Corman productions that have made their way to Blu-ray and now the latest to be upgraded is Francis Ford Coppola’s commercial debut Dementia 13. Having completed work on a … Continue reading →

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Murder on Film? The Story of Snuff

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Christian Sellers

Although they had courted controversy throughout the latter half of the 1960s with a string of sexploitation pictures that became regular attractions around Times Square, little did Michael and Roberta Findlay know that their legacy would be that of a … Continue reading →

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