Day 6- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Cry of the Banshee (1970)

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 …

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Day 4- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Last House on the Left (1972)

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 …

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Day 3- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Color Me Blood Red (1965)

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 …

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Day 2- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- The Stepfather (2009)

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 …

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Day 1- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Maniac (1980)

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 …

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Meathook Cinema Hall of Fame- Behind The Candelabra (2013)

Scott Thorsen is a film set animal trainer. On meeting Bob Black in a gay bar he is then taken to a performance by Liberace. Black knows the flamboyant performer and so takes Scott to meet him backstage. Liberace is taken with Thorsen and employs him but they quickly become lovers with Thorsen then becoming …

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