Tag: Halloween

Death Valley (1982)

Directed by Dick Richards.  Written by Richard Rothstein.  Starring Catherine Hicks, Wilford Brimley, Edward Herrmann, Peter Billingsley, Stephen McHattie and Paul Le Mat. Plot: a little boy on vacation with his mother runs afoul of a serial killer So, Catherine Hicks, her new beau, Paul Le Mat, and her son, Peter Billingsley, go on a … Continue reading Death Valley (1982) →

Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak On A Plane (2007)

Directed by Scott Thomas.  Written by Thomas, Sidney Iwanter and Mark Onspaugh.  Starring David Chisum, Derek Webster, Erick Avari, Kevin J. O'Connor, Kristen Kerr, Mieko Hillman, Richard Tyson, Serah D'Laine, Siena Goines and Todd Babcock. Plot: a genetically engineered virus turns passengers aboard a 747 into zombies I'd start with laying out the plot a … Continue reading Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak On A Plane (2007) →

Demons (1985)

Directed by Lamberto Bava.  Written by Bava, Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini and Dardano Sacchetti.  Starring Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey and Fiore Argento (Dario's daughter). Plot: a group of people invited to the screening of a new movie find themselves trapped in the theater with demons This movie is one of those, so-bad-it's-good movies.  The sound … Continue reading Demons (1985) →

Cockneys vs. Zombies (2012)

Directed by Matthias Hoene.  Written by Hoene, James Moran and Lucas Roche.  Starring Harry Treadaway, Georgia King, Michelle Ryan, Honor Blackman and Alan Ford. Plot: a gang of inept young crooks fight zombies in the east end of London 2 brothers decide to rob a bank.  There reason is pretty sweet, but their skills aren't.  … Continue reading Cockneys vs. Zombies (2012) →

The Conjuring 2 (2016)

Directed by James Wan.  Written by Wan, David Johnson and Chad and Carey Hayes.  Starring Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Frances O'Connor, Madison Wolfe, Franka Potente and Lauren Espisito. Plot: Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to London to help a single mother and her 4 children in a haunted house Before Ed and Lorraine even go … Continue reading The Conjuring 2 (2016) →

The Conjuring (2013)

Directed by James Wan.  Written by Chad and Carey Hayes.  Starring Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor, Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Joey King, Shannon Kook and Mackenzie Foy. Plot: a family is being terrorized by a dark presence so they call on Ed and Lorraine Warren for help This movie is sort of The Exorcist meets Dead … Continue reading The Conjuring (2013) →

Maximum Overdrive (1986)

Written and directed by Stephen King.  Starring Emilio Estevez, Laura Harrington, Pat Hingle, Yeardley Smith and Frankie Faison. Plot: a mysterious comet turns earth's machines into blood-thirsty killers and a group of survivors are trapped inside a truck stop by a group of homicidal trucks Not even Stephen King likes this movie apparently, but we … Continue reading Maximum Overdrive (1986) →

Severed: Forest of the Dead (2005)

Directed by Carl Bessai.  Written by Bessai, Julian Clarke and Travis McDonald.  Starring Paul Campbell, Sarah Lind, J.R. Bourne, Patrick Gallagher and Julian Christopher. Plot: environmental activists, lumberjacks and members of a big corporation must work together after an enhanced form of tree sap turns people into zombies In this little indie feature, lumberjacks have … Continue reading Severed: Forest of the Dead (2005) →

Children of the Corn (1984)

Directed by Fritz Kiersch.  Written by George Goldsmith, based on a short story by Stephen King.  Starring Linda Hamilton, Peter Horton, Courtney Gains, John Franklin, and Robby Kiger. Plot: a couple gets trapped in a small town where the children have take over, killing all the adults in the name of He Who Walks Behind … Continue reading Children of the Corn (1984) →

The Funhouse Massacre (2015)

Directed by Andy Palmer.  Written by Ben Begley and Renee Dorian.  Starring Robert Englund, E.E. Bell, Jere Burns, Mars Crain, Courtney Gains, Clint Howard, Sebastian Siegel, Scottie Thompson and Candice De Visser. Plot: a group of maniacs escape from an asylum and descend upon a funhouse where they take up killing again because everyone just … Continue reading The Funhouse Massacre (2015) →