A serial killer known as 'The Banana Killer' (bananas are found at the site of his murders) is terrorising a town in Southern California. He turns out to be akin to the missing link between man and an ape. He falls in love with a local young woman and resorts to kidnapping her when she …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2024- Day 31- Schlock (1973)
When the lead in a new opera version of Macbeth is run over, her young understudy has to step in. However, there are shady goings-on with a killer on the loose. I love Opera. I remember the kills were shown as part of a horror module I took at university, and I couldn't wait to …
A curfew has been placed on all women in Miami Beach due to a killer being on the loose. Could it be the work of a random serial killer or the local Egyptian caterer who is sacrificing young women to an ancient god? I first heard of Hershell Gordon Lewis' Blood Feast through reading Incredibly …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2024- Day 29- Blood Feast (1963)
This Italian film concerns an acting troupe rehearsing a musical who find out that they are locked in their theatre with an actor cum serial killer who has escaped from a nearby psychiatric hospital. This Micheal Soavi-directed shocker is a banger from start to finish. I love that the characters are either bitchy, conniving, horny …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2024- Day 28- Stage Fright (1987)
After he is bitten by a giant poisonous killer snake, Jason Kincaid finds that he has a psychic bond with the reptile from hell. The premise of this film is like a foreshadowing of the future masterpiece Jaws The Revenge. There are other links with everyone's favourite shark in that Mr Snake likes to fling …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2024- Day 27- Spasms (1983)
A psycho black cat is on the prowl and killing people. Lucio Fulci 'freely adapts' Edgar Allan Poe's story. I never knew that Fulci had shot a film in Britain. And it's glorious! Beautifully shot by Sergio Salvati, this is one of the most picturesque Fulci movies I've ever seen. Add to proceedings a fantastic …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2024- Day 26- The Black Cat (1981)
A couple go camping in the woods. When they're advised not to go in a certain direction, obviously, they venture there. When they save a little girl's life, the girl's hillbilly father invites them to dine with him and stay in their tent on his land. The next morning they meet his son- who just …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2024- Day 25- Geek! (1986)
A woman living alone in a remote house in woodland feels like she's being watched and that someone may have invaded her home. A man calls around out of the blue to use her phone as his car has broken down. And so ensues a night of psychological sparring with the stranger who seems to …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2024- Day 24- The Caller (1987)
An archaeologist frees an evil spirit, which then possesses a doll known as Dolly Dearest. You know exactly what you're getting with this horror movie. I love evil, creepy dolls. Of course, Child's Play is the big hitter of this subgenre. But I prefer the other films that followed, such as this movie, Toys and …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2024- Day 23- Dolly Dearest (1991)
As the film's title suggests, a monster is hiding in people's closets and killing them. However, a rookie journalist, scientists, and the army are hot on its trail. With this being a Troma film, I was expecting, at the very least, some spectacular gore. But no, this is a *gag* horror comedy that's so bland …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2024- Day 22- Monster in the Closet (1986)
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