New York writer Jennifer Hills relocates temporarily to a lakeside idyll in Connecticut to write her first novel. A local gang of four men attack, humiliate and rape her. They then order one of the gang to go back and kill her. He lies to them and says he has but they then learn that …
Continue reading Day 11- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- I Spit On Your Grave (1978)
This Jack Hill directed sexploitation/horror film concerns Howard Thorne, the head of a company that produces and distributes pornographic stills, books and records. He is also a serial rapist and we see him stalking, chasing and attacking his victims. Mondo Keyhole feels like an amazing time capsule as to 60's alternative culture (as suggested by …
Continue reading Day 10- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Mondo Keyhole (1966)
A famous plastic surgeon causes a car accident in which his daughter’s face is disfigured. The surgeon coincidentally has a new theory he's dying to test out which involves transplanting whole faces. This could save his daughter’s maimed features but this procedure involves donors- willing or not. I first saw this film when I was …
Continue reading Day 9- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Les Yeux Sans Visage/Eyes Without a Face (1960)
This Hindi film concerns a young woman who finds she is possessed on the eve of her wedding. Can her family save her? As this is a Bollywood film there are song and dance routines (one that brilliantly lapses into hip-hop), comedic turns and plenty of jollity along the way. But this is a horror …
Continue reading Day 8- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Mantram (2017)
Michael Powell's controversial Peeping Tom is due to be released on Blu-Ray in January, a fact I didn't know until after I chose the film as one of the entries in this year's 31 Days of Halloween. The blurb for the new release contains this nifty plot synopsis- 'Mark, a focus puller at the local …
Continue reading Day 7- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Peeping Tom (1960)
Vincent Price stars in this British horror film as Lord Edward Whitman, a witchfinder. A local witch places a curse on Whitman for his brutal witch-finding ways. This involves taking possession of Roderick, a loyal servant of Whitman. Roderick starts to bump off all of the Whitman clan one by one. The first notable aspect …
Continue reading Day 6- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Cry of the Banshee (1970)
I don't remember seeing Psycho on the rental video shelves in the early to mid-80s and had to wait until the late '80s when the film was released on sell thru before I could see it. Its inclusion in the compilation Terror In The Aisles certainly whetted my appetite. I also remember buying a book …
Continue reading Day 5- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Psycho (1960)
Two teenage girls venture into the big bad city to go to a concert. They try to score some pot but quickly discover that the gang they are trying to score from are, in fact, a gang of psychopaths. As expected, things go from bad to worse for the girls as they are humiliated, tortured …
Continue reading Day 4- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Last House on the Left (1972)
Artist Adam finds that his paintings are so much better when he starts to use human blood on his canvases as well as paint. Ironically the gallery owner who sells his work and the art buyers now love his new artworks not knowing that he's using blood and bumping people off to make sure he …
Continue reading Day 3- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Color Me Blood Red (1965)
A remake of the 1987 film. Sometimes remakes are so bad that it's almost like they were made to make the original film seem even more brilliant. This is the case with The Stepfather. This retread is a brilliant example of how to make a film that has no suspense, no characters the audience actually …
Continue reading Day 2- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- The Stepfather (2009)
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