A cruise ship leaves Crystal Lake en route to New York. Jason hitches a ride. Chaos ensues. The first time I heard about this film was when there was a report on its production in the classy film magazine Premiere. I’m sure a number of their readers were disgusted to see such a piece of …
Tina Shepherd has telekinetic powers. As a child she witnesses her alcoholic father attacking her mother and goes onto Crystal Lake in a boat to escape. She uses her powers to destroy the jetty her father is on and he drowns but his body is never found. Years later, Tina returns to the lake to …
Continue reading Friday the 13th Reviewed- Day 7- Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood (1988)
Tommy Jarvis returns to Jason’s grave to destroy his body and make sure he never returns to kill more people. But, unfortunately, he inadvertently resurrects Mr Voorhees (a metal railing that Tommy has impaled Jason’s body with is electrocuted by lightning) and resurrects the very lucrative Universal horror franchise. That sequence is great with a …
Continue reading Friday the 13th Reviewed- Day 6- Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives (1986)
Alice, the final girl from the first Friday the 13th, is murdered by an assailant two months after this initial spate of murders. It’s not hard to guess who this is as Alice had just found Mrs Voorhees’ severed head in her fridge. A new bunch of counsellors are arriving at a camp close to …
Continue reading Friday the 13th Reviewed- Day 2- Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
A runner, Laura, literally drops dead after winning a 200-meter race. Her sister, who is in the Navy, comes to town for the graduation ceremony in which her sister will be honoured. A killer then starts bumping off Laura's teammates. But who is this murderer and what is their motive? I still can't believe that …
This 1980 slasher movie concerns a jilted lover who kills his ex prior to her wedding day. He's now been released from prison and intends on repeating history as he's after a soon-to-be bride. The film borrows heavily from Halloween (the piano score, the autumnal street shots etc etc) and even the title card for …
Some of my favourite childhood memories involved me being in a local video shop (and there were quite a few in my area) and poring over the lurid and sleazy artwork for the horror movies. In the 80's video shops were like art galleries for weirdos and I was (and proudly still am) one of …
Continue reading Meathook Cinema Hall of Fame- Visiting Hours (1982)
Every week I'll be recommending one of my favourite soundtracks and why I like them. Hopefully this will inspire you to investigate more, buy the album or dig it out of your collection if you already have it so that you bask in it's glory again. This week is the turn of the Paul Zaza/Carl …
There's a video for this list here. 10. The Mutilator Family horror here! Teenager Ed accidentally kills his mother whilst cleaning a rifle for his father (imagine what a headfuck that would be). After his father (Big Ed) discovers his dead wife's body, he has a breakdown. Fast forward a few years, and Big Ed …
I'm currently writing an article about my childhood in the 80s, the massive part that video played during that period with regard to my obsession with cult/horror films, and so I've decided to compile lists of my favourite horror movies from each year from that awesome decade. These will all lead up to a list …
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