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Welcome to my website! If you’re visiting, you’re most likely a horror movie fanatic like myself. I became obsessed with horror movies around the age of two when my mother took me to the local video store in North Reading, MA. After accidentally stopping in front of the forbidden “Horror” section, I was immediately hypnotized by all the gloriously scary VHS covers.
Berserker, Nail Gun Massacre, Revenge
Berserker – 1987, US, 86m. Director: Jefferson Richard. Nail Gun Massacre – 1985, US, 85m. Director: Bill Leslie, Terry Lofton. Revenge – 1986, US, 100m. Director: Christopher Lewis. BERSERKER (1987) Campers venturing into Utah wilderness are murdered by the vengeful…
The Mutilator, Scream (1981), Terror Train
The Mutilator – 1984, US, 86m. Director: Buddy Cooper. Scream – 1981, US, 82m. Director: Byron Quisenberry. Terror Train – 1980, Canada, 97m. Director: Roger Spottiswoode. THE MUTILATOR (1984) (AKA: Fall Break) An appropriately titled bloodbath filmed in North Carolina…
Eyes of a Stranger, Psycho Cop, Schizoid
Eyes of a Stranger – 1981, US, 84m. Director: Ken Wiederhorn. Psycho Cop – 1989, US, 87m. Director: Wallace Potts. Schizoid – 1980, Israel/US, 89m. Director: David Paulson. EYES OF A STRANGER (1981) A serial rapist and killer is on…
Absurd, Blood Cult, Offerings
Absurd – 1981, Italy, 90m. Director: Joe D’Amato. Blood Cult – 1985, US, 89m. Director: Christopher Lewis. Offerings – 1989, US, 92m. Director: Christopher Reynolds. ABSURD (1981) (AKA: Horrible; Monster Hunter) A babysitter and two kids are terrorized by a…
Christmas Horror Revisited 🪓 Part 2
SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (1984) Young Billy’s crazy grandfather plays mind games with the kid by instilling in him the idea that Santa Claus punishes those who’ve been naughty. This is followed by Billy witnessing the murder of his parents…
Christmas Horror Revisited 🎄 Part 1
Black Christmas – 1974, Canada, 98m. Director: Bob Clark. Black Christmas – 2006, US, 95m. Director: Glen Morgan. Bloodbeat – 1983, US, 87m. Director: Fabrice-Ange Zaphiratos. Silent Night, Bloody Night – 1972, US, 84m. Director: Theodore Gershuny. To All a…
Fatal Exam, Funeral Home, It Follows
Fatal Exam – 1990, US, 114m. Director: Jack Synder. Funeral Home – 1980, Canada, 92m. Director: William Fruet. It Follows – 2015, US, 100m. Director: David Robert Mitchell. FATAL EXAM (1990) College students volunteer for a parapsychology study at a…
Dead-End Drive-In, Fright, The Kiss, Trog
Dead-End Drive-In – 1986, Australia, 92m. Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith. Fright – 1971, UK, 86m. Director: Peter Collinson. The Kiss – 1988, Canada, 101m. Director: Pen Densham. Trog – 1970, UK, 93m. Director: Freddie Francis. DEAD-END DRIVE-IN (1986) Worldwide economic collapse…
Alucarda, The Awakening, The Boneyard, Shocker
Alucarda – 1977, Mexico, 78m. Director: Juan López Moctezuma. The Awakening – 1980, UK, 100m. Director: Mike Newell. The Boneyard – 1991, US, 98m. Director: James Cummins. Shocker – 1989, US, 109m. Director: Wes Craven. ALUCARDA (1977) (AKA: Sisters of…
Cannibal Man, Wait Until Dark, The Worm Eaters
Cannibal Man – 1972, Spain, 97m. Director: Eloy de la Iglesia. The Dead Are Alive – 1972, Italy/West Germany/Yugoslavia, 105m. Director: Armando Crispino. Wait Until Dark – 1967, US, 107m. Director: Terence Young. The Worm Eaters – 1977, US, 89m.…