Silent Night, Deadly Night is not necessarily one of the “must sees” for the casual horror fan looking for a campy thrill. It’s savage, violent and punishing. The story opens with young Billy Chapman whose dreams of a white Christmas are obliterated when he witnesses a deranged criminal, dressed in […]
Patrick J. Doody
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I’ll be totally honest with you dear reader, I’d never seen the 1971 horror film Willard until I received my review copy of this Blu-ray. Sure, I knew it was about rats. Yes, I guessed the rats committed some violent acts. That was it. After watching, I admit it’s not […]
My big brother was lucky enough to see Return Of The Living Dead in theaters. I was 12 years old at the time and obsessed with renting R-Rated zombie flicks, but hadn’t made the crossover of sneaking into films for the over 17 crowd. I do remember hanging on his […]
Rollercoaster is on my “must watch around the 4th of July” list. The reason is that the main action of the story takes place on 4th of July when a madman devises a plan to extort money from five major amusement park corporations by threatening them with homemade bombs he […]
Nightmares, a horror movie made up of four stories, is a film you barely remember watching on cable in the 80s. Lance Henricksen as a priest being chased down in the desert by a demonic car? Veronica Cartwright terrorized by a giant rat? Emilio Estevez fights a video game voiced […]
The Blu-ray release of Scarecrows fills me with memories of discovering bizarre, low budget horror movies on late night cable. Sadly, I missed this one the first time around, but as usual Scream! Factory has a release stuffed with all the goodness I needed to enjoy the film for the […]
There is a moment in Frogs when Ray Milland announces, “I still believe man is master of the world” to which Sam Elliot responds, “Does that mean he can’t live in harmony with the rest of it?” That exchange sums up the message in the new Scream! Factory double Blu-ray, […]
My Shout! Factory angel sends me movies. Sometimes I ask for them, sometimes they just appear magically on my doorstep. Sadly though, sometimes I don’t have enough hours in the day to write reviews. So, when the double feature Blu-ray of Breakin’ and Breakin’ Two: Electric Boogaloo showed up I […]
There is a moment early in the film Class Of 1984 where you think the young, idealistic teacher – fighting against all odds at a dangerous inner city high school – is about to reach a troubled student and help him turn his life around. You know, a feel good […]
I vividly remember seeing this in theaters with my big brother Mike. This was 1986 and a great time to be a movie going punk like myself. I have not seen the film since, but I’ve always held onto its memory with a warm embrace like holding a steaming hot […]