Warm Bodies
Warm Bodies is a 2012 American romantic zombie film based on Isaac Marion’s popular novel of the same name. Directed by Jonathan Levine, the film stars Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer. This film...
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Mad Monster Party (the onscreen title includes a question mark, i.e. Mad Monster Party?) is a 1967 American animated comedy film directed by Jules Bass and written by Mad Magazine creator Harvey...
View ArticleFleshlight Freaks
Fleshlight Freaks was a collection of horror and science-fiction themed sex toys for men and women, released for Halloween 2011. The Fleshlight is the most successful male masturbation toy ever...
View ArticleThe Mummy’s Hand
The Mummy’s Hand is a 1940 US horror film, produced by Ben Pivar for Universal Studios. Although it is sometimes claimed to be a sequel or follow-up to the 1932 film The Mummy, it does not continue...
View ArticleZombie (cocktail)
The Zombie is a cocktail made of fruit juices, liqueurs, and various rums, so named for its perceived effects upon the drinker. It first appeared in the late 1930s, invented by Donn Beach of...
View ArticleManiac Cop 2
Maniac Cop 2 is a 1990 American action horror film directed by William Lustig and written by Larry Cohen (It’s Alive; God Told Me To; Q: The Winged Serpent). It is the sequel to Maniac Cop (1988) and...
View ArticleJoe D’Amato (aka Aristide Massacessi, filmmaker)
“Sometimes I make movies which don’t interest me too much and after, with the money, I make the movies I want to make.” Joe D’Amato Italy’s king of trash sinema, Joe D’Amato spent most of his career...
View ArticleBaron Samedi and Haitian Loa (folklore and religion)
Baron Samedi (the slightly less impressive Baron Saturday in English, also Baron Samdi, Bawon Samedi, or Bawon Sanmdi) is one of the Loa of Haitian vodou, the spirits of the dead. Samedi is a Loa of...
View ArticleJungle Holocaust: Cannibal Tribes in Exploitation Cinema
The 1970s saw old taboos falling away in the cinema, and few horror film sub-genres benefited from the relaxation in censorship more than the cannibal film. In fact, this is a genre that scarcely...
View ArticleHo! Ho! Horror! Christmas Terror Movies
Christmas is generally seen as a jolly old time for the whole family – if you are to believe the TV commercials, everyone gets together for huge communal feasts while excited urchins unwrap whatever...
View ArticleBob Clark (director)
Benjamin ‘Bob’ Clark could have been one of the leading lights of the horror genre after making a series of popular and critically acclaimed shockers during the 1970′s. Yet despite being as prolific...
View ArticleUncle Sam
Uncle Sam is a 1996 horror film directed by William Lustig, and written by Larry Cohen. It stars William Smith (Grave of the Vampire), David ‘Shark’ Fralick, Leslie Neale, Bo Hopkins (Tentacles, Sweet...
View ArticleMad Monster Party?
Mad Monster Party (the onscreen title includes a question mark, i.e. Mad Monster Party?) is a 1967 American animated comedy film directed by Jules Bass and written by Mad Magazine creator Harvey...
View ArticleJungle Holocaust: Cannibal Tribes in Exploitation Cinema [updated]
The 1970s saw old taboos falling away in the cinema, and few horror film sub-genres benefited from the relaxation in censorship more than the cannibal film. In fact, this is a genre that scarcely...
View ArticleZombeavers
Zombeavers is a 2013 American sex comedy horror film co-written (with Al and Jon Kaplan) and directed by Jordan Rubin. It stars Bill Burr, Cortney Palm, Rachel Melvin, Hutch Dano, Jake Weary, Rex...
View ArticleThe Mad Ghoul [updated]
The Mad Ghoul is a 1943 American science fiction and Universal monsters horror film, also known as Mystery of the Ghoul. It was directed by James P. Hogan (his last film, before he died of a heart...
View ArticleCreature Feature (2010)
‘A monster legacy comes to life!’ Creature Feature (promoted as Creature Feature!) is a 2010 American ‘adult’ horror film. Produced by and featuring Tom Byron (This Ain’t Dracula XXX; Buffy the...
View ArticleVoodoo Island
‘The weird jungle of cobra plants that feed on women – and rip women apart!’ Voodoo Island is a 1957 horror film directed by Reginald Le Borg and written by Richard H. Landau. The cast includes Boris...
View ArticlePharoah’s Curse! – The Mummy on Screen
The Mummy can, in many respects, hold claim to being the most unloved of the classic movie monsters – if not, then surely the most inconsistently served. The oft-quoted line from Kim Newman, that the...
View ArticleDay of the Dead (1985)
Day of the Dead is a 1985 American horror film written and directed by George A. Romero and the third film in Romero’s Dead Series, being preceded by Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Dawn of the...
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