I know I haven’t been posting on here much lately, but that’s mostly because I’ve been busy with work, and also because I’ve been trying to take in as many 2025 horror flicks as possible with a view to doing another massive, year-end top twenty like I did for 2024. But as the holidays are … More Movies: The Sacrifice Game (2023)
I know I did a book vs. movie comparison not terribly long ago (Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle, in case you missed it), but the process of doing that one made me want to jump into another one as soon as possible. And for a long time, I’d been itching to … More Book vs Movie: Hell House / The Legend of Hell House
I thought it was about time that I got around to talking about legendary French filmmaker Jean Rollin, who I don’t think I’ve ever covered in this series, much to my eternal shame. Rollin began his directing career in the early 1960s, and over the decades, became known in the horror community for his dreamlike, … More Movies: Fascination (1979)
Spanish filmmaker Amando de Ossorio is best remembered today for his cult classic Blind Dead movies (Tombs of the Blind Dead from 1971, Return of the Blind Dead from 1973, The Ghost Galleon from 1974, and Night of the Seagulls from 1975). Of those, I’ve only covered the first so far, but recently, a friend … More Movies: Demon Witch Child (1975)
When we last left Night Gallery, we were discussing episode 13 of season 2, so let’s move on to episode 14, which consists of three stories, none of which are particularly memorable (though the middle one is the best and is actually pretty good). The Different Ones The first tale, written by Rod Serling and … More Revisiting Night Gallery: Season 2, Episode 14 – “The Different Ones/Tell David…/Lagoda’s Heads”
Prequels are a tricky business at the best of times; even a good one runs the risk of succumbing to pointlessness (as large segments of the audience will have already seen what happens after this story, so there won’t be any surprises in store), and lazy fan service (hey, here’s how this beloved character got … More Movies: The First Omen (2024)
Between 1971 and 1978, the BBC had a delightful tradition of broadcasting a short film based on a classic ghost story every year around Christmas. The original annual run of the series consisted of eight episodes, five of which were based on stories by M.R. James, seven of which were directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark, … More Revisiting A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971-1978)
Even though I’m absolutely not religious in any way, shape, or form, I’ve always found something very appealing about the religious horror films of the 60s and 70s, particularly classics like Rosemary’s Baby, The Devils, The Exorcist, and The Omen. One movie along those lines that doesn’t get brought up nearly as much, though, is … More Book vs Movie: The Sentinel
Yeah, yeah, I know I’d been on a “new international films” kick with my past few reviews, but for this one, I decided to get back to a genre I’ve been sadly neglecting for quite a while: good old 1970s giallo goodness. Shudder has a decent selection of some more obscure titles, so I chose … More Movies: My Dear Killer (aka Mio Caro Assassino) (1972)
As I mentioned in my post about Thriller episodes, I’ve decided to switch to a one-episode-at-a-time format for both my Thriller series and this Night Gallery series, rather than the six-episode chunks I was tackling before. It’s just a lot less daunting and time-consuming overall. Hope y’all don’t mind. So when we last left Night … More Revisiting Night Gallery: Season 2, Episode 13 – “The Messiah on Mott Street/The Painted Mirror”
The Scare Salon 