I’m Going to Texas Anyway!

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Amanda By Night

Sure, it says you don’t have to go there to get your chainsaw massacre, but I’m leaving for the Lone Star State tomorrow night anyway and will be back next week. Who knows if carnage awaits but a girl can still dream, right?

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Return To Sleepaway Camp Trailer 2

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Dusk

I posted this over at our sister site but it’s too cool not to show off here. Return To Sleepaway Camp Trailer #2. The film releases to DVD on November 4th. Who’d have thought a retro slasher could get a full-blown sequel in this age of remakes? Certainly not I, sirs. Check out the embed above or on our YouTube channel.

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I’m Burning, I’m Burning… For You!

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Amanda By Night

Since it’s been a not-great work week, I thought it might be nice to have something pretty to look at. And tomorrow is FRIDAY! YAY!

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Retro Slashers Double/Triple Features

Posted on September 27, 2008 by Thomas Ellison

Fight those slasher remake blues with a Retro Slasher double or triple feature in the comfort of your own living room.  Horror movie marathons were common back during the glory days of 42nd Street and southern drive-inns and the following suggestions are for fans looking for a nostalgic slasher fix.  If any Retro Slasher readers have suggestions for a kick ass slasher combination feel free to write them in the response section.  I’m interested in seeing your ideas. 

Heavy Metal Maniacs Unleashed:  Terror on Tour,  Rocktober Blood

Silent but Violent: Silent Scream,  Silent Madness

Enjoy an evening in the Theater of Blood: Stage Fright, The Flesh and Blood Show

Tom Savini’s Greatest Slits: The Prowler, Maniac, The Burning, Eyes of a Stranger

Tom Savini’s “I didn’t have a damn thing to do with that film”: The Ripper, Nightmare

Pledges in Peril: Hell Night, The Initiation, Killer Party

Don’t Watch this Triple Avalanche of Horror Alone: Don’t Go in the Woods, Don’t Go in the House, Don’t Answer the Phone.  +++A word of WARNING, if you try to watch these three films back to back you’re going to lose some brain cells.

Killers on Campus: The Dorm that Dripped Blood, Final Exam, Graduation Day

William Castle’s early Slasher Entries: Homicidal, Strait-Jacket

A Buck Flower Bonanza: Camp Fear, Berserker.  ++These two films belong together.  One features a lost druid and his pet monster roaming the woods of California.  The other stars a lost Viking and his pet bear roaming the woods of Utah. 

Guilty Pleasure Slashers: Bloody Movie, Nail Gun Massacre, Satan’s Blade.  ++All three are pretty bad but oooh so entertaining.

Scream all Night Long with Jamie Lee Curtis: Prom Night, Terror Train

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Mother Superior 1925 – 2008

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Amanda By Night

It might be a little late in mentioning, but Lilyan Chauvin who played the incredibly terrifying Mother Superior in Silent Night, Deadly Night passed away on June 26th of this year.

Some things about Miss Chauvin you might not know:

  • She was quite beautiful (She was actually compared to Greta Garbo)
  • She was a DGA Director (how cool is that?!?) – The Guild actually gave her a memorial in their main theater on August 16th, 2008.
  • Her filmmography was intense. She had well over 100 film and movie credits to her name.
  • She taught acting and her students included such people as Raquel Welch and Suzanne Sommers

Apparently she knew she was very sick because she left this message behind:

 

To my Family, Friends, Students, Fellow Actors and my Industry as a whole,
I have not left you… you made me who I am or who I was… I tried to guide and learn from you. If you look in the mirror, I will be there- because I have looked into your souls. I am eternally grateful for each and every one of you making my life here so complete. Merci – and be kind to each other…
-Lilyan Chauvin

Of course, I know her best as the bible-thumping nun from hell but it’s obvious that she not only left an indelible mark on horror but was also a well respected and much loved woman who deserves some note.

Please visit her Official Website and memorial blog. There’s just a ton about Lilyan you can learn about!!!

Rest in Peace Lilyan. Watching Silent Night, Deadly Night this year just won’t be the same.

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Retro Slashers: The Trailer

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Dusk

Check out this fantastic little advertisement my buddy Rob Long created for the website!!

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Child’s Play Downloadable Audio Commentary

Posted on September 21, 2008 by Dusk

The recent big deal DVD re-release of Child’s Play eschewed director Tom Holland in favor of franchise writing/producing Team Mancini. So the boys at Icons Of Fright independently set up a recording of a Tom Holland track moderated by Tim Sullivan, and the result is a nifty free downloadable commentary mp3. I love when guys do things like this because there’s nothing better than fans being pro-active and not just content to complain on message boards. Wake up and smell the cappuccino! If companies do a half-arsed job of something, there are always creative ways to take matters into our own hands (okay, now I sound a little militant, but it’s the thought that counts).

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Killer Band!

Posted on September 21, 2008 by Amanda By Night

Anyone here remember White Sister? Well, I hope so because they were the band featured in the clever movie-within-a-music-video-within-a-movie at the beginning of Killer Party. That’s one band I always thought was created for a film. I mean, they just look too much of their time, you know? But I was wrong. This band was for real, and they rocked. According to their website White Sister opened up for many a bigger named act in the 80s and eventually signed with EMI America before suffering internal problems and breaking up.

One of the things I adore about Killer Party is that it holds a sense of real fun. You can see it in this opening scene with the band; you can also see it in the spirited performances, the pacing, the costume party… all of it! It’s a movie that has been on my mind lately because every year, like clockwork, when the leaves start to change I get a hankering for one of my all time favorite slashers.

Am I talking about Halloween, you ask?

No silly! Killer Party, which might not have any of the subtleties of that John Carpenter classic, is still a great entry into the sub-genre. The three lead girls are amazing. Why they never went on to bigger fame will always be a mystery to me. Each one adeptly captured the fun and confusion of being on your own for the first time. Well, there was no confusion on Phoebe’s part, she was just there to Par-tae!

Now that Killer Party hits its 20 year anniversary since its release in 1988 (man, has it really been that long?!?), I say it’s time to get the band back together! Well, White Sister has already beaten me to the punch, because they’ve been playing random gigs since at least 2006, based on their site.

I just picked up their CD Fashion by Passion which features the song April that we all know and love from the greatest movie to feature a beautiful – blonde – girl – who – gets – possessed – and – climbs – across – the – ceiling – of – an – old – abandoned – frat – house – where – some – guy – named – Alan – died – in – a – prank – gone – wrong! It’s available on Amazon, so what are you waiting for?

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Beyond The Door O-Ring

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Dusk

It’s a good time to remind that Code Red’s DVD of Beyond The Door is out this week. Picked up a nice little tidbit on their Blog that further enhances the company’s reputation as a collector’s service:

“BEYOND THE DOOR streets on September 16th and we thought we’d let you know its first pressing, which is only 2,500, will have a collector’s edition limited o-card. All future pressings of BEYOND THE DOOR will not have this collectible o-card, so grab them before they’re gone!”

For the uninitiated, an o-card is a type of card insert to the DVD sleeve. Anchor Bay used to produce similar items as a way to show off theatrical poster art – no idea if they still do that. Indeed, if they even release retro horror anymore.

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Mutilator Goodies

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Dusk

Here are some photos of stuff from Buddy Cooper’s The Mutilator I’d like to share with you. Click for larger versions:


The NC beachhouse the film was shot at.


The hook from that infamous scene.


The actual clapboard used in the film.

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