CHILDREN OF SIN ** USA 2022 Dir: Christopher Wesley Moore. 95 mins Having been part of panel discussions at Conventions and chatting with people I know I have long ago said that Horror film plots are becoming crime films. Is this wrong to do after all Science fiction has done it for years? When an issue like conversion therapy is used as a theme and you stitch on a slasher motif, you get a two-headed monster. CHILDREN OF SIN (2022) is a duel cranium beast that sets up real-life horrors only to morph into a silly spectacle of cliches and…
Author: Terry Sherwood
Terry Sherwood
Terry Sherwood Born in Ottawa Ontario, Canada; Terry is a "Monster kid ', film fan and popular culture person. Once worked in television as a commercial writer/ Director. Writer of the SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET site covering aspects of the Horror Genre from Books, Comics, to Film old and new. He has previously written for WE BELONG DEAD and MONSTERMANIA magazines, The Spooky Isle UK website, Horror hound and Turner Classic Movies. Published Book of own writings titled SCREEN AND SCREEN AGAIN: ESSAYS ON THE HORROR FILM on amazon world wide plus contributed to other genre books. Chaired numerous convention panel discussions on Horror and Comics Terry is member of The Horror Writers Association and Dracula Society in U.K.
GLASSHOUSE *** South Africa 2021 Dir: Kelsey Egan. 97 mins The film is often a product of the society it is produced from. GLASSHOUSE (2021) comes from South Africa, which has undergone a seismic change in the last forty-plus years. The subtle film with the emphasis on slow burn style and story brings the idea of truth, self and identity with the horrid notion that we are all replaceable. GLASSHOUSE (2021) is not a post-apocalyptic zombie plague film, which is refreshing as that genre has been done to undeath. The story is simple, you have a family all superbly played…
ALL THE KIND STRANGERS *** USA 1974 Dir: Burt Kennedy. 75 mins Made for Television movies were a new outlet during the seventies long before streaming services. In many ways, they were a throwback to early television that featured such ground break series as Hallmark Hall of fame, Philco Playhouse and the famous Playhouse 90. The difference was that these were live broadcasts in most cases and on limited sets. ALL THE KIND STRANGERS (1974) flows on the small screen as likely ‘movie of the week’. The film opens with a black top highway and twangy acoustic music theme sung…
ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS *** USA 1957 Dir: Roger Corman. 62 mins No this is not a film on sexual diseases or etiquette at a seafood restaurant. This is a Roger Corman opus as only he could produce in those halcyon days of the late fifties. The Drive-in culture flourished in North America, rock and roll was unruly and people just wanted to get out and find their ‘thrill on Blueberry Hill”. Atomic testing and experiments gave birth to new monsters and mayhem on the silver screen. Why not a bunch of psychic giant crabs that kill a research…
THE CREEPING FLESH *** UK 1973 Dir: Freddie Francis. 92 mins Those days of yore when the evil practices came from ‘Pagan’ continents. The hideous practices of the voodoo, ancient curses, potions, and deadly artifacts. In these times of demonic children and houses, possessed toys, killers that lurk next door etc, the horror of the deemed uncivilized world seems tame yet comforting. THE CREEPING FLESH (1973) directed by Freddie Francis and written by Peter Spenceley and Jonathan Rumbold, with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing is like a comfortable chair and cup of hot chocolate on a cold winter evening. The feeling…