After a horrific motorcycle accident, Rose Miller awakens from a coma in the mysterious Keloid Clinic that specialises in plastic surgery. She now has an insatiable thirst for blood and a 'stinger' in her armpit that she uses to 'feed' off the blood of other humans. This, in turn, transforms them into rabid zombies. Rabid …
In Larry Cohen's film, an ancient Aztec winged reptilian creature has made their home on the top of the Chrysler Building in New York. Bungling criminal Jimmy Quinn is trying to hide after a botched robbery and uncovers the creature's lair. Q- The Winged Serpent is a doozy of a film. A homage to the …
Continue reading ABC of Horror- Day 17- Q- Q- The Winged Serpent (1982)
I first heard of Phantasm when its sequel came out. Barry Norman reviewed it and admitted that he hadn’t even heard of the first film. Neither had I. Fortunately, my sister in law had a friend who had closed down their video business, and so gave her a lot of the videos he used to …
There are so many major films that I remember seeing on TV when they were shown for the first time. These first screenings were such big news in the UK. Jaws, Superman and The Omen all spring to mind. It was high time that I reinvestigated The Omen. It tells the story of Robert Thorn …
The teens on Elm Street seem to be dreaming of the same grotesque man in their dreams (or should that be nightmares). In their dreams, he uses as a weapon a leather glove that he has fashioned with long, sharp blades. When one girl, Tina Grey, actually dies horribly during one of her nightmares, it’s presumed …
Continue reading ABC of Horror- Day 14- N- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
William Lustig’s depraved classic Maniac was massively controversial when it was first released in 1980. It garnered the ultimate accolades for an exploitation film- it was HATED by Siskel and Ebert (Gene Siskel said he made it to the shotgun murder then had to leave the preview screening as he couldn’t stomach anymore!) and was …
Jessica, her husband Duncan and their friend Woody arrive at a new house in the country that Jessica and Duncan have bought. When they arrive they are surprised to find someone squatting there. They ask this person, Emily to join them for their evening meal and then to sleep there for the night. The next …
Continue reading ABC of Horror- Day 12- L- Let’s Scare Jessica To Death (1971)
A film for everyone who finds clowns really sinister and scary (or sexy because of that). A young couple are busy making out at Make Out Point when they see what looks like a falling star and, so, go to investigate. It’s there that they find, of all things, a circus tent. The alien beings …
Continue reading ABC of Horror- Day 11- K- Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)
This film is basically Jason in Space. This movie massively divided fans. Some loved the innovation but some hated it to such an extent that they viewed it as the worst in the series. Yes, they even hated it more than Part 5: A New Beginning. But I loved this movie. I even went to …
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 r*pe 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 ABC of Horror- Day 9- I- I Spit On Your Grave (1978)
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