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Category Archives: Reviews
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) Review
After three successful, if somewhat critically mauled, feature films, Paramount finally decided to lay their lucrative Friday the 13th franchise to rest with what promised to be The Final Chapter.
Scream (1996) Review
By the mid-nineties, the slasher film seemed like a bad dream. ‘Horror’ had become a dirty word and filmmakers were instead producing what had become known as ‘psychological thrillers.’
Psycho 2 (1983) Review
Throughout his half a century career, Alfred Hitchcock had always resisted directing a sequel.
Red Mist (2008) Review
I never thought I’d live long enough to see a remake of Aenigma – Lucio Fulci’s blending of Carrie and Patrick, which featured killer snails and death by Tom Cruise poster. But that’s essentially what the recent British horror … Continue reading
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.
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993) Review
There are very few trilogies that end with their strongest story, so it often comes as a disappointment when the third and final film of any series is released.
Gutterballs (2008) Review
CAUTION: CONTAINS EXPLICIT MATERIAL After the glossy makeover that Scream had given to the genre, the slasher film came dangerously close to becoming acceptable, safe and almost cool.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Review
As the slasher boom came to an end, with most major studios bowing out of the genre and leaving just the independent filmmakers to milk the concept dry, a struggling director by the name of Wes Craven had penned a … Continue reading
Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008) Review
It had been twenty years since Robert Hiltzik had directed a feature film, with 1983’s Sleepaway Camp being his one and only effort to date. His follow up, Return to Sleepaway Camp, would ignore the first two sequels (both directed … Continue reading
The Burning (1981) Review
Whilst throughout the seventies special makeup effects artists such as Stan Winston and Rick Baker had become renowned for their work, their achievements were still often eclipsed by the recognition that the directors and actors would receive.