Sometimes all you need is a good villain to really make a film. This movie features one such scoundrel as personified by Charles Laughton. Oftentimes when you see Laughton in a film […]
Don’t Knock On… – The Strange Door (1951)
What is Wrong With a Little Blood? – Valley of the Zombies (1946)
Released in 1946 by Republic Pictures, Valley of the Zombies does not feature a single shambling corpse, which in the end, might be a little misdirection but the film turns out to […]
Long in the Tooth – Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010)
The third and final movie of the Lost Boys franchise is here and it takes place a little time after the second one. During the end credits of The Tribe, Edgar Frog […]
Fangs Are a Little Dull – Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008)
The Lost Boys is a successful horror film from 1987 that is looked upon quite favourably as one of the best vampire movies ever made. So why not make a sequel twenty-one […]
A Whole Lotta Vampire Fun – The Lost Boys (1987)
Have you ever moved to a new town and found yourself in the local restaurant/corner store/big box outlet where the people who work there warn you about some of the town’s current […]
There Is Always a Cost – The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957)
If you like women in prison films then you will most likely be disappointed in this one as it is not like those you classically associate with the genre. Yes, there are […]
Featuring the Charismatic… Christopher Lee! – Theatre of Death (1967)
Christopher Lee is a brazen, brash, boisterous and bombastic theatre owner who might just be a murderer or simply a zealot for the craft and those that work for him. There are […]
Actually… Not Bad! – Scarecrow (2013)
Sharknado. Ghostquake. Ice Twisters. Piranhaconda. Sand Sharks. Sharktopus. Dinocroc vs. Supergator. Mansquito. Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon. Ghost Shark. One thing about all of those films you can say, aside from […]
Is It So Evil To Want To Extend Your Life? – Evils of the Night (1985)
When making a horror movie, at least the most basic kind, there are only a few things you need to make it really successful. Having a killer or a monster is essential. […]
Powers of the Mind or Losing His Mind – I Bury the Living (1958)
“Science has learned that man possesses powers which go beyond the boundaries of the natural. This is the story of one confronted by such strange forces within himself.” Thus opens the film […]
The Telltale Mind 