FRIDAY THE 13TH ***** USA 1980 Dir: Sean S. Cunningham 95 mins Borrowing the format and structure of HALLOWEEN and the shock tactics of CARRIE, while adding a new kind of horror star to the mix (make-up FX legend Tom Savini), this movie became as influential in its own…
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HANUKKAH * USA 2019 Dir: Eben McGarr. 106 mins A Jewish slasher movie modelled partly on IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA with straight-from-the-horror-convention casting and composer Harry Manfredini and stunt co-ordinator Kane Hodder among the credits. It opens with a long-haired, cadaverous Sid Haig as a notorious serial killer who…
GET GONE * USA 2019 Dir: Michael Thomas Daniel. 91 mins Writer-director Michael Thomas Daniel’s film builds a joyless (and mostly bloodless) backwoods slasher scenario around possibly the least appealing protagonists imaginable…unless someone decides to make a Wrong Turn sequel set at a “Britain First” meeting. The obnoxious oxygen thieves…
The SLASHER mobile horror app celebrated its two years online, working as an advocate for the horror genre. SLASHER has been disrupting mainstream social media, providing a safe space for horror fans and creators, by not censoring horror themes on it’s platform, such as special effects, makeup, and more. Through advocacy of…
REDWOOD MASSACRE: ANNIHILATION * USA 2020 Dir: David Ryan Keith. 104 mins Shot in Scotland, this is British filmmaker David Ryan Keith’s American-styled sequel to his 2014 slasher flick THE REDWOOD MASSACRE. Ten years after the original events, author Jon Campling, whose absurd manbun is the most entertaining thing about…