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The Hand (1981)
Let's hear it for "The Hand", one of the best movies ever made about a crawling hand. Well, no, let me rephrase that: what I meant to say was, "The Hand" kinda sucks. It was 1981, the year of such...
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I Dismember Mama (1972): Poor Albert and Little Annie
"I Dismember Mama", aka "Poor Albert & Little Annie" (1972) has one of those notorious titles that I have always seen lurking on the outskirts of my awareness, on video shelves, in magazine...
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Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)
Welcome to the wacky world of "Invasion of the Bee Girls", where certain honeys are more than they seem to bee, and even the very act of sexual intercourse can result in your death at the...hands?...of...
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Flesh For Frankenstein (1973), aka Andy Warhol's Frankenstein
Whenever I think of the most disturbing films I've ever seen, "Flesh For Frankenstein" (1973) has got to be near the top of the list. The concept of Frankenstein and his experiments is something that...
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Horror Express (1972)
If you watched scary movies on TV in the 70s and early 80s, "Horror Express" was inescapable--if you don't recognize the title, you probably thought of it the same way I did, as "that movie with the...
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April Ghouls 2014 roundup!
I don't know how you spent your weekend, but I spent mine staying up all night watching movies with a bunch of fellow horror geeks at the second annual April Ghouls Drive-In Monsterama at the Riverside...
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Farewell to H.R. Giger.
"My paintings seem to make the strongest impression on people who are, well, who are crazy. A good many people think as I do. If they like my work they are creative...or they are crazy."...
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Marilyn Burns (1950-2014)
I will never forget the way Marilyn Burns drew me into the terrifying heart of "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre". After obsessing over it for years--a 1981 re-release played local theaters and no sensible...
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Lisa and the Devil vs. The House of Exorcism
With "The House of Exorcism" featured as part of the lineup at next week's Drive-In Super MonsterRama, I thought this was a perfect excuse to gush about one of Mario Bava's most surreal works. If...
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The Boogey Man (1980) and Boogeyman II (1983): Death By Common Household Items.
In late 1980 came a piece of low-low-budget filmmaking called "The Boogey Man", directed by German director Ulli Lommel. Although technically the story bears only passing resemblance to John...
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Drive-In Super Monster-Rama 2014!
And oh yeah, this is tomorrow night. Â Hope to see some of you there, say hi!
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Drive-In Super Monster-Rama 2014 recap!
Few things are as exciting for me as the annual drive-in festivals hosted at the Riverside Drive-In. Considering I talk to people there who make the drive from as far away as Canada, I feel lucky I...
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Warlock Moon (1973)
"Warlock Moon" is one of those rare surprises, a fantastic obscure flick from 1973 that I never ran across until a few days ago, when it burst into my life and demanded that I start adoring it...
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Seven 70's Cannibal flicks off the beaten path
If horror movies sometimes reflect whatever we're paranoid about as a society at any given moment, the horror films of the 70s revealed that, along with the idea of getting possessed or attacked by a...
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Shriek Of The Mutilated (1974)
Alright, I have to get something off my chest. I hate when people say a movie is "so bad it's good." If you enjoyed a movie for any reason, then mission accomplished, you were entertained. And...
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Legend of Boggy Creek - 1973 newspaper ad.
Fantastic 1973 ad for "The Legend Of Boggy Creek". I love the lengthy text!
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Kyra Schon -- iconic Living Dead Girl -- talks about why her character just...
The cultural phenomenon that is the 1968 horror film "Night of the Living Dead" has long been promoted using the countenance of one of its more noteworthy ghouls: poor little nine-year-old Karen...
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Shock (1977) aka Beyond The Door II (1979)
Alternate titles turn me on. I love the way movies used to be re-released and retitled, as if changing what the movie's called suddenly made it a brand new property, like when "God Told Me To" was...
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April Ghouls 2015! This weekend!
Here comes the April Ghouls Drive-In Monster-Rama 2015 at the Riverside Drive-In in Vandergrift, PA--with an absolutely fantastic lineup not be missed! Come out and get the full drive-in horror...
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