Halloween (1978)

Directed by John Carpenter.  Written by Carpenter and Debra Hill.  Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, PJ Soles, Nancy Loomis, Charles Cyphers, Brian Andrews, Kyle Richards, Tony Moran (as "the face") and Nick Castle (as "the shape"). Plot: Michael Myers escapes a mental institution and comes after Laurie Strode and her friends on Halloween. There … Continue reading Halloween (1978)

Friday the 13th (1980)

Written by Sean S. Cunningham and Victor Miller. Directed By Sean S. Cunningham. Starring Betsy Palmer, Kevin Bacon, Jeannine Taylor, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Mark Nelson, Peter Brouwer, Robbi Morgan, Laurie Bartram, Walt Gorney and Ari Lehman. This is for us obviously a classic. A pillar of the slasher genre. Some of this movie is … Continue reading Friday the 13th (1980)

The Exorcist (1973)

Written by William Peter Blatty. Directed by William Friedkin. Starring Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn, Max Von Sydow, and Jason Miller. Plot: 12 Year old Regan is plagued with strange happenings and her mother does everything she can to figure out what's wrong, eventually enlisting the help of two priests, one of which has problems of … Continue reading The Exorcist (1973)

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Written and directed by Robert Hiltzik. Starring Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet, Mike Kellin and Katherine Kamhi. Plot: shy and awkward Angela is sent to summer camp with a few disturbing secrets and anyone with less than noble intentions will find them out the hard way! Angela, Sweet Angela This is a … Continue reading Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Dorian Gray (2009)

Directed by Oliver Parker. Written by Toby Finlay, based on the 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Starring Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox, Fiona Shaw, Johnny Harris, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Pip Torrens and Rebecca Hall. Plot: an attractive young man has his beauty and spirit captured in an enchanted … Continue reading Dorian Gray (2009)

Black Sabbath (1963)

Directed by Mario Bava.  Written by Bava, Alberto Bevilacqua and Marcello Fondato. Starring Lidia Alfonsi, Susy Andersen, Mark Damon, Rika Dialina, Harriet Medin, Michele Mercier, Milly Monti, Glauco Onorato, Jacqueline Pierreux, Milo Quesada and Boris Karloff. Plot: your basic trilogy of terror where horror icon, Boris Karloff, introduces each one. DJ and I watched the … Continue reading Black Sabbath (1963)

Psycho (1960)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Written by Joseph Stefano (based on a novel by Robert Bloch). Starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire and Janet Leigh. Plot: Norman Bates has serious mommy issues that spill out into the world in some fatal ways. The first time you see this movie it is … Continue reading Psycho (1960)

The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

Directed by Roger Corman. Written by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell. Starring Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, David Weston, Patrick Magee, Nigel Green and Skip Martin. Plot: an evil prince worships Satan and enjoys the high life within his castle walls, while the Red Plague destroys the peasants living outside. This is the … Continue reading The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)

Written by Chris Thomas Devlin Directed by David Blue Garcia Starring Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Nell Hudson, Moe Dunford, Jacob Latimore, Jessica Allain, Alice Krige, William Hope, Owen Fouere and Mark Burnham as Leatherface Plot: after several decades, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of influencers invading his town Here comes the sun Going in … Continue reading Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)