The pandemic has made many think of the treatment of the aged. Many are not in a good situation for various factors sometimes beyond their control. The Horror genre has perpetuated many images of the old in making them those that are acted upon or do and control activities and others. Complex in the case of drama and arc within a film or book, one not easily achieved. Neglected often is the work and process behind these characters and the actors of both sexes that inhabit their roles. More to these people that bring the atmosphere in brief moments than…
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.
ENTOMBED ** Norway 2020 Dir: Kjell Hammerø. 88 mins Isolation was a slightly upbeat song from the band Joy Division. Now even more so it has become a theme for the horror film. ENTOMBED (2020) is another entry in the ‘down in a hole” sub-genre along with 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (2016), the original MARTYRS (2008), the SAW series and others that in my opinion are thrillers. ENTOMBED (2020) is the work of Kjell Hammerø who wrote, directed and edited the eighty-eight-minute film. The story is in the bleak near-future filled with fog where zombies known as Walkers are menacing the…
COVEN *** USA 2020 Dir: Margaret Malandruccolo. 80 mins The Teen Witch genre has a new entry in the form of Thriller Pictures release COVEN (2020). The picture is not to be confused with several other films called Coven, The Coven or the series work from the outlandishly fun series American Horror Story. These films are part of the entertainment cycle that spring up when you get a big budget success like THE CRAFT (1996). For film makers, they become easy to make. COVEN (2020) features ‘comely’ college girls who are intent on resurrecting their god Ashura. The coven features…
FLEE THE LIGHT ** Canada 2021 Dir: Alexandra Senza. 81 mins Folk Horror is upon us opening up intriguing possibilities of story. Countries have their own stories even regions presenting a vast area with which to create. FLEE THE LIGHT (2021) from Canada by writer Jennifer Mancini and director Alexandra Senza is a slow burn story of two sisters, Andra (Annie Tuma) and Delfi (Ariana Marquis) who encounter an ageless demonic force in the darkness. Andra is a psychology student who is accepted to a prestigious grad school. Delfi is the younger sister who is tired, confused, and prone to…
THE SLIME PEOPLE ** USA 1963 Dir: Robert Hutton. 76 mins THE SLIME PEOPLE (1963) is a “Poverty Row’ studio Science fiction film directed by Robert Hutton with actors in rubber suits coming out of a service elevator to destroy Los Angeles. This film was featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000 which I abhor the series concept of making fun of these films as cheap. Is there anything wrong with a creature feature film? Today that same designation means much the same as it did yesteryear minus the ‘bug-eyed monster’. The Fifties Science fiction pulp books with lurid covers of…