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Sleepaway Camp Excels at Being So Bad it’s Good [Retrospective]

Sleepaway Camp is one in a long line of summer camp slashers to see release in the wake of Friday the 13th. But there is one thing that sets it apart from the legion of Friday imitators: It was t...

Early slasher movies that should have become classics - The Burning -Shameless ripoffs that gave the original a run for its money

Early Slasher Movies That Should Have Become Classics

There are not a lot of slasher movies that have become classics in the horror genre. Psycho is widely thought of as the grand-daddy of the sub-genre and is viewed as one of the best horror titles of a...

Welcome to Spring Break

Welcome to Spring Break is a Lost ’80s Title That Should Stay Lost [Retrospective]

In Welcome to Spring Break, Diablo, a sadistic gang leader from a small tourist town is executed by way of electric chair. But, wait. He may be back from the grave and slaying spring breakers wit...

Back to the ’80s: April Fool’s Day (1986)

Welcome to Back to the ’80s. This recurring feature aims to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly from horror’s most beloved decade. Regardless of which category a particular film falls under...

New Year's Evil

New Year’s Evil is a Banal Holiday Horror Offering

In New Year’s Evil, Diane Sullivan, the host of a live New Year’s Eve broadcast gets a sinister phone call from a creep suggesting that he will kill someone when the clock strikes midnight in ea...

Blu-ray art for Michael Soavi's StageFright.

‘Stagefright’ is Coming to Blu-ray

[soliloquy id=”4143″] Stagefright had recently gone out of print on DVD and online resellers were beginning to command a high asking price for a new copy. The good news for anyone looking ...

Poster for Jack Sholder's Alone in the Dark

Alone in the Dark Retrospective – Slasher Film With An Oscar Winning Cast

[soliloquy id=”4245″] A group of violent and highly psychotic mental patients are unintentionally released from lockdown due to a power outage at the institution where they reside. The esc...