January 1, 2020
Scix Maddix
People who don't know Johnny Carson still know Jack Nicholson's famous ad-libbed line here A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future. Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) has been hired on [...]
December 22, 2019
Scix Maddix
During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger. Watching old movies can be a tricky thing: innovative movies that became copied can come across as cliche to modern audiences. This is one of those movies. This was the first of the holiday horror films and originally intended as the [...]
December 7, 2019
Scix Maddix
A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town. It's a tale as old as time. A boy fails to follow the rules, chaos ensues. Billy (Zach Galligan) gets an unusual Christmas gift from his hapless inventor father Rand (Hoyt Axton): [...]
October 19, 2019
Scix Maddix
In the cabinet, Dr. Caligari (Werner Krauss) keeps a man, a somnambulist named Cesare (Conrad Veidt). Now, "somnambulist" is just a fancy word for sleepwalker, but Cesare is a sort of mindless zombie slave that does the doctor's bidding. And what does the doctor bid? Murder. It's a framed tale. Franzis (Friedrich Feher) points out [...]
October 6, 2019
Scix Maddix
A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead, only to fall in love with him for real. Who can resist Kim Novak, spell or no spell? Novak plays Gillian, a New York City witch who is a bit bored with life. She and her cat [...]
August 25, 2019
Scix Maddix
Janet and Brad become contestants on a game show... but wind up as captives instead. "Not a sequel or a prequel but an equal" is how the creators describe it. In modern terminology it's an AU of Rocky Horror, one where Brad and Janet have a very different experience than the one we know so [...]
August 11, 2019
Scix Maddix
A private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn. Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) takes a missing persons case to find Johnny Favorite, a lost crooner with ties to an occult Louisiana underworld. Louis Cyphre [...]
Gremlins (1984) is a classic Christmas Comedy-Horror that Stands Up to the Test of Time [Holiday Retro Review]
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari is an Expressionist Trip with an Original Twist [RETRO REVIEW]
Shock Treatment (1981): Not a Sequel, nor a Prequel, but an Equal to Rocky Horror [RETRO REVIEW]
Angel Heart Still Unsettles in this Sexy, Steamy Southern Noir Supernatural Mystery (1987) [RETRO REVIEW]
HOUSE is wonderfully wacky forgotten horror.
The Shining Wishes You a Happy New Year, A Look Back at the Cost of Art
Black Christmas (1974) Started it All [Holiday Retro Review]
Gremlins (1984) is a classic Christmas Comedy-Horror that Stands Up to the Test of Time [Holiday Retro Review]
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari is an Expressionist Trip with an Original Twist [RETRO REVIEW]
Bell, Book and Candle (1958) Still Casts a Spell [Retro Review]
Shock Treatment (1981): Not a Sequel, nor a Prequel, but an Equal to Rocky Horror [RETRO REVIEW]
Angel Heart Still Unsettles in this Sexy, Steamy Southern Noir Supernatural Mystery (1987) [RETRO REVIEW]
HOUSE is wonderfully wacky forgotten horror.
The Shining Wishes You a Happy New Year, A Look Back at the Cost of Art
Black Christmas (1974) Started it All [Holiday Retro Review]
Gremlins (1984) is a classic Christmas Comedy-Horror that Stands Up to the Test of Time [Holiday Retro Review]
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari is an Expressionist Trip with an Original Twist [RETRO REVIEW]
Bell, Book and Candle (1958) Still Casts a Spell [Retro Review]
Shock Treatment (1981): Not a Sequel, nor a Prequel, but an Equal to Rocky Horror [RETRO REVIEW]
Angel Heart Still Unsettles in this Sexy, Steamy Southern Noir Supernatural Mystery (1987) [RETRO REVIEW]
HOUSE is wonderfully wacky forgotten horror.
The Shining Wishes You a Happy New Year, A Look Back at the Cost of Art
Black Christmas (1974) Started it All [Holiday Retro Review]
Gremlins (1984) is a classic Christmas Comedy-Horror that Stands Up to the Test of Time [Holiday Retro Review]
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari is an Expressionist Trip with an Original Twist [RETRO REVIEW]
Bell, Book and Candle (1958) Still Casts a Spell [Retro Review]
Shock Treatment (1981): Not a Sequel, nor a Prequel, but an Equal to Rocky Horror [RETRO REVIEW]
Angel Heart Still Unsettles in this Sexy, Steamy Southern Noir Supernatural Mystery (1987) [RETRO REVIEW]