Six people driving to a teaching conference in Atlanta are detoured through a town called Pleasant Valley. The town is holding its bicentennial celebrations and the new arrivals are greeted like guests of honour by the sheriff and townsfolk. Things take a turn for the worst though as they are dispatched one-by-one with the townsfolk …
Continue reading Day 22- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)
A young girl is seen escaping from a building, bloodied and battered. The girl is Lucie Jurin who was abducted and tortured for over a year. She is placed into care where she befriends Anna. Years later, Lucie finds the couple who abducted her and goes back to enact revenge on them. Martyrs is a French film …
Continue reading Day 21- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Martyrs (2008)
Three very irritating backpackers (they're classic 'Bro' types, they use the word 'Gay' as a pejorative a lot) leave Amsterdam for Slovakia because, y'know, there's hot chicks there. They go to a club, meet some 'hot chicks' but things start to go seriously awry. When one of the bros has supposedly checked out, the remaining …
Continue reading Day 20- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Hostel (2005)
You may remember at the end of the excellent Evil Dead 2 that our hero Ash was transported back in time. This is where the franchise's third entry takes place, the year 1300 to be precise. I remember that this film coincided with the UK finally getting a severely cut version of the first film …
Continue reading Day 19- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Army of Darkness (1992)
I read online recently that someone regarded Vampire Circus as to be akin to a Carry On film and that it was a laughable Hammer entry. With such strong sentiments I thought a rewatch would be in store. These opinions certainly weren't in line with how I remembered the film when I watched it on …
Continue reading Day 18- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Vampire Circus (1972)
This Steven Spielberg-directed movie made for TV and adapted from Richard Matheson's short story still packs a punch. David Mann is a travelling businessman venturing to an appointment across California but is slowed down considerably by an ominous truck that at first inconveniences him until things suddenly take a much darker tone. This film could …
Continue reading Day 17- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Duel (1971)
Grave robbers open an ancient tomb that contains gold but also just so happens to be cursed. Add to the mix some vapid fashion photographers and models from New York who are in Egypt for a photoshoot and you have gory fun fun fun! This 1981 film is very low-budget but enjoyable enough. I quite …
Continue reading Day 16- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Dawn of the Mummy (1981)
A cloaked figure plays the organ surrounded by a band comprising of robot musicians who are collectively known as Dr Phibes' Clockwork Wizards. The organist is Anton Phibes and he has quite a backstory. He was thought to have been killed in a car crash in 1921 when he was rushing home after hearing of …
Continue reading Day 15- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971)
When Disha, a new student, joins JC College this proves to be very disruptive. Not only with the male students (she is very attractive and even the lead character who is engaged to someone else has his head turned) but also because unexplained and somewhat sinister things start to happen. Cars inexplicably breaking down, tyres …
Continue reading Day 14- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Krishna Cottage (2004)
Take a very mediocre movie. Apply an 'edgy' and highly questionable marketing campaign to try and sell it to the public. Step back and see what happens. Starlet Terry London and her producer visit a country in South America. Unfortunately, they cross paths with a female junkie biker gang who kill the starlet and several …
Continue reading Day 13- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Snuff (1976)
Meathook Cinema 