The opening scene of this opus shows us what could almost be a kind of commercial of a windsurfer doing his thing on the water. However, suddenly he is attacked and killed by a shark. Following this, successful horror novelist Peter Benton teams up with wizened shark hunter Ron Hamer to try and find and …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 21- The Last Shark (1981)
A prelude shows a prank in which a socially awkward and sexually inexperienced student is lured into having his first sexual encounter. What he doesn't know is that the woman waiting for him in bed is actually a corpse stolen by medical students. On discovering this, Kenny becomes unhinged and is rightly traumatised. Three years …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 20- Terror Train (1980)
This film begins with the vile abuse of a small boy and his sister after they spied on their mother getting it on with her boyfriend. After Willy is tied up and gagged on a bed, his sister Lacey grabs a huge butcher knife, cuts the ropes that are holding her brother to the bed …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 19- The Boogey Man (1980)
This prime slice of Giallo starts with us witnessing the murder of a pharmacist. A woman sees the murderer leave the premises which places a target on her own head. Her boyfriend undertakes some amateur sleuthing to try to find out who could be her would-be assassin. Many twists and turns ensue with a few …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 18- Watch Me When I Kill (1977)
Allan (Anthony Perkins) wakes to find the family home is on fire. The fire kills his father and burns his sister. The trauma also makes him go blind. It was Allan who accidentally caused the fire as he placed cans of paint thinner too close to a heater making him take on a huge burden …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 17- How Awful About Allan (1970)
One of the fantastic things about growing up as a child of the '70s and 80's and being a horror fan were the Public Information Films that were shown at random times both day and night on British TV. These could convey any burning issue from the dangers of abandoned old refrigerators on rubbish tips …
After the frankly dreadful film from 2018 I wasn't looking forward to it's sequel. I even intended on not seeing the film but someone posted online that this was 'The Film of the Year'. Mission accepted. I had to see and review it. After the dodgy political posturing of the previous film ('The Night The …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 15- Halloween Kills (2021)
A convenience store is stalked by a killer after it has closed and the staff are restocking the shelves. Could the killer be the ex-boyfriend of one of the checkout workers who we saw earlier in the film making trouble? Or is it someone else? This film has links to the team who made The …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 14- Intruder (1989)
Janice Starlin sees that the sales of her cosmetics company are slumping as her customers see that she appears to be (shock horror) getting older (!) Dr Eric Zinthrop, a scientist, finds that he has been able to extract chemicals from royal jelly that can reverse the ageing process. Starlin agrees to become a human …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 13- The Wasp Woman (1959)
Sam Bowden is a lawyer who finds that a criminal, Max Cady who he prosecuted resulting in him going to jail (he had attacked a young woman) has been released from prison. Cady starts a harassment campaign against Bowden and his family and is seemingly hellbent on making Sam suffer for his incarceration. I knew …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 12- Cape Fear (1962)
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