Review Day 14: Splatter: Naked Blood (1996) The body horror subgenre really came into the scene and got noticed with the early works of David Cronenberg, with his films Shivers (1975), Rabid (1977), Videodrome (1983) and The Fly (1986) making their mark on horror fans and mainstream cinema alike. Body horror has also been quite … Continue reading
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[31 Days Of Horror ’20] Review: Deathgasm (2015)
Review Day 13: Deathgasm (2015) The horror/comedy is not always the easiest genre to get right, however is there any country that has proved they can do it and do it well more than New Zealand? With fantastic horror/comedies such as Braindead (1992), What We Do In The Shadows (2014), Black Sheep (2006) and Housebound … Continue reading
[31 Days Of Horror ’20] Review: Next Of Kin (1982)
Review Day 12: Next Of Kin (1982) Australian cinema has a long history of making horror films, one just need look into Ozploitation films to see that. There are those films that really made the horror genre in Australia stand out from the likes of Wake In Fright (1971) an outback psychological nightmare to Wolf … Continue reading
[31 Days Of Horror ’20] Review: The Rental (2020)
Review Day 11: The Rental (2020) Dave Franco isn’t the name you might think of when you hear about horror, but he has made his directorial debut with horror/thriller The Rental (2020). He co-wrote the script with Joe Swanberg and opted to direct the film instead of star as originally planned. The man has had … Continue reading
[31 Days Of Horror ’20] Review: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)
Review Day 10: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) The 2010’s have produced some memorable and excellent horror films, almost changing the game with some fresh new films. Making her feature directorial debut with A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014), Ana Lily Amirpour has certainly made a big splash, fitting right … Continue reading
[31 Days Of Horror ’20] Review: One Missed Call (2003)
Review Day 09: One Missed Call (2003) The late 90s and early 00s was such a peak time for Japanese horror, with films like Ringu (1998), Ju-On (2002) and Pulse (2001) making waves worldwide. These films scared and terrified audiences, bringing in different shades of horror and themes. Notable Japanese director Takashi Miike known for … Continue reading
[31 Days Of Horror ’20] Mini Reviews: The Unholy (1988) and Shakma (1990)
Mini Review Day 07: The Unholy (1988) It is of no surprise that after the success of The Exorcist (1973), many films used the same or a similar formula of demonic terror and horror. The impacts of The Exorcist can still be felt today almost 50 years on. Combine this with the Satanic Panic of … Continue reading
[31 Days Of Horror ’20] Review: Let’s Scare Jessica To Death (1971)
Review Day 06: Let’s Scare Jessica To Death (1971) The era of the 70’s was indeed an interesting one, seeing the rise of more gruesome and spooky films, as well as the psychological horror. Don’t Look Now (1973) may be the better known film for 70’s psychological horror, along with The Omen (1976) and Alice, … Continue reading
[31 Days Of Horror ’20] Review: The Curse Of The Werewolf (1961)
Review Day 05: The Curse Of The Werewolf (1961) Hammer Films perhaps best known for their Gothic style horror films starting in the 50’s gained popularity for takes on popular characters with films such as Dracula (1958), The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) and The Mummy (1959). The focus was more so on vampire films with … Continue reading
Bede’s Bad Movie Tweet-A-Thon #88: On Deadly Ground
Hey, everyone! Welcome to the 88th edition of my Bad Movie Tweet-A-Thon series. Apologies for this edition being late. As you already know last month here on SuperMarcey.com, I posted up poll with three bad movies and I said that whichever one out of those three films had the highest votes, I would watch and … Continue reading
[31 Days Of Horror ’20] Mini Reviews: The Corpse Vanishes (1942) and Fiend Without A Face (1958)
Mini Review Day 03: The Corpse Vanishes (1942) The 1940’s provided some excellent horror films with the likes of The Wolf Man (1941), Cat People (1942) and The Picture Of Dorian Gray (1945), on the other side of that were many films made for less. One of those films is The Corpse Vanishes (1942), a … Continue reading
[31 Days Of Horror ’20] Mini Reviews: Waxworks (1924) and Maniac (1934)
Mini Review Day 01: Waxworks (1924) German expressionist cinema was quite popular back early in the 20th century, with films such The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari (1920), Nosferatu (1922) and Metroplis (1927) perhaps being the three best known ones. They are considered classics, and much loved even today, as the German expressionist movement is still … Continue reading
Bede’s 2020 31 Days Of Horror Viewing List
Yep, its almost that time of the year once again everyone! Now that October in finally upon us, that means only one thing…It’s the Halloween season! Even it’s pretty much a given that 2020 so far has been feeling like we have actually been living a horror film every day of it but for me … Continue reading
Marcey’s 31 Days Of Horror Viewing List for 2020
I am back again! Yes I managed to complete 31 Days Of Horror last year, I watched 31 horror films I hadn’t seen before and reviewed each of them. You can find those here. This year my challenge is made up of 31 films that I haven’t seen before, and some may be a surprise … Continue reading