Five teens are travelling from Mexico to Dallas for a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert when the hitchhiker they pick up blows her brains out in their van. They then go to report it but encounter ‘the family’ on the way. If you're travelling to go and see Lynyrd Skynyrd rather than Lou Reed in the early …
Continue reading The Texas Chainsaw Massscre Reviewed- Day 5- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
You heard the one about the horror franchise that goes from interesting straight to video fare to a multi-million dollar remake starring the hottest up and coming actors and took a shed load of money at the box office? That’s what happened in 2005 with the original film being remade with Ryan ‘Tranmere Rovers’ Reynolds …
Continue reading Amityville Reviewed- Day 9- The Amityville Horror (2005)
There was a long standing tradition for Turkish remakes of huge Hollywood blockbusters. These remakes have miniscule budgets and are made quickly so that they can be released soon after the original. The Exorcist was remade in Turkey for a tiny proportion of the original’s budget. This means that we get hilarious special effects, truly …
Continue reading Day 31- 31 Days of Halloween- Seytan (aka Turkish Exorcist)- 1974
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