Baron Craze’s Visions of Horror Ep 3 – January 15 to 21

Ground Meat – Pathological Silence

JANUARY 15, 2023 – SUNDAY

Killer Rats (2003) (aka: Rats)

R – 1h 32m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277986/

Anniversary: Yes/ 20-years

Genre: Horror/ Sci-fi/ Thriller

Director: Tibor Takács

Writer: Jace Anderson, Boaz Davidson, Adam Gierasch, Brian Irving

Stars: Sara Downing, Sean Cullen, Bailey Chase, Michael Hagerty, Ron Perlman

Co: Key DVD

Summary: Tabloid reporter Samantha (Sara Downing, “Never Been Kissed”) goes undercover at the Brookdale Institute to break a story about celebrity drug addicts, but she soon discovers that the real scoop is far more terrifying.

Out of: 3.4/10

Release Date: 1/15/2003

Taglines:

Born Hungry.
It’s too late to scream, they’re already here.
Flesh eating predators.

Trivia: Film in Sofia, Bulgaria

My Opinion: ~Listen to the Podcast~

Found: Freevee/Tubi

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JANUARY 16, 2023 – MONDAY

The Night Strangler (1973 TV Movie)

NR – 1h 14m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069002/

Anniversary: Yes/ 50-years

Genre: Crime/ Horror / Mystery

Director: Dan Curtis

Writer: Richard Matheson, Jeffrey Grant Rice (“The Night Strangler” based on some characters created by)

Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Scott Brady, Jo Ann Pflug, John Carradine, Al Lewis, Margaret Hamilton, Richard Anderson

Co: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Kino Lorber

Summary: A reporter hunts down a 144-year-old alchemist who is killing women for their blood.

Out of: 7.3/10

Release Date: 1/16/73

Taglines:

140 years ago he began to kill, rising from the caverns beneath the city to claim his victims. Every 20 years he must kill…to live.
A real horror story.

Loc:

Bradbury Building – 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Space Needle – 400 Broad Street, Seattle Center, Seattle, Washington, USA

Reference:

Follows:
- The Night Stalker (TV Movie 1972)
Followed by
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series 1974–1975)

My Opinion: ~Listen to the Podcast~

Found: on YouTube

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JANUARY 17, 2023 – TUESDAY – n/a

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Nim Vind – That Girl

JANUARY 18, 2023 – WEDNESDAY

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

R – 1h 24m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086320/

Anniversary: Yes/ 40-years

Genre: Horror

Director: Robert Hiltzik

Writer: Robert Hiltzik

Stars: Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet, Mike Kellin, Desiree Gould

Co: United Film Distribution Company (UFDC)

Summary: After a horrible boating accident kills her family, shy, sullen Angela moves in with her eccentric Aunt Martha and protective cousin Ricky. One summer, Martha sends the kids to Camp Arawak. Soon after their arrival, bizarre, increasingly violent accidents claim the lives of various campers. Who is the twisted individual behind these murders? The disclosure of the murderer’s identity is one of the most shocking climaxes in the history of American cinema.

Out of: 6.2/10

Release Date: 11/18/83

Taglines:

You’ll go there on a bus…and come back in a bag!
Dear Mom and Dad, I’ve been at Sleepaway Camp for almost three weeks, now, and I’m getting very scared….
Someone is watching you. Someone is waiting for you. Someone wants to scare you to death…Literally!
The camp’s activity for today…Murder!
…You won’t be coming home!
Summer camp has never been so scary!
A nice place for summer vacation. A perfect place to die!
This place puts the “RIP” in “R&R”!
“Carrie” meets “Friday the 13th.”

Trivia:

The original artwork for the Sleepaway Camp Survival Kit DVD box set, which included the unauthorized sequels, was recalled after the American Red Cross complained about its trademarked red-cross logo appearing on the cover.
The film became an unexpected hit, and something of a cult favorite for horror movie buffs. It made 30 times more than what was spent on it.
Desiree Gould – RIP – 5/24/2021 – LAST HORROR FILM – Tales of Poe

Reference:

Followed by
- Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
- Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)
- Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor (1992)
- Return to Sleepaway Camp (Video 2008)
Homage paid to:
- Psycho (1960) shower scene
- Friday the 13th (1980)

My Opinion: ~Listen to the Podcast~

Found: Crackle/ Freevee/ Peacock/ Plex/ Pluto TV/ Tubi

Found #2: Sleepaway Boxset

The Jasons – Camp Arawak

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JANUARY 19, 2023 – THURSDAY

The Raven (1963)

G – 1h 26m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057449/

Anniversary: Yes/ 60-years

Genre: Comedy/ Horror/ Fantasy

Director: Roger Corman

Writer: Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Matheson

Stars: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Hazel Court, Jack Nicholson

Co: American International Pictures (AIP)

Summary: A magician, who has been turned into a raven, turns to a former sorcerer for help.

Out of: 6.5/10

Release Date: 1/25/63

Taglines:

The supreme adventure in terror!
THE TERROR BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT!
The Macabre Masterpiece of Terror!
Wits and wizardry run a-fowl!

Reference:

Follows
- House of Usher (1960)
- The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
- The Premature Burial (1962)
- Tales of Terror (1962)
Followed by
- The Haunted Palace (1963)
- The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
- The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)

My Opinion: ~Listen to the Podcast~

Found: Tubi

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JANUARY 20, 2023 – FRIDAY

The Vampire Bat (1933)

1H 5M

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024727/

Anniversary: Yes/ 90-years

Genre: Drama/ Horror / Mystery

Director: Frank R. Strayer

Writer: Edward T. Lowe Jr.

Stars: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, George E. Stone, Dwight Frye

Co: Majestic Pictures

Summary: When corpses drained of blood begin to show up in a European village, vampirism is suspected to be responsible.

Out of: 5.7/10

Release Date: 1/10/33

Taglines:

These are the TALONS of The Vampire Bat (original ad)
THRILLS! CHILLS! Shudder at the Mad Blood-Thirst of a Human Fiend! (Print Ad- New York Sun, ((New York NY)) 20 January 1933)
A Picture That Will Thrill You- That Will Chill You to the Bone! (Print Ad- Albany Evening News, ((Albany NY)) 29 June 1933)

Trivia:

To keep production costs down, low-budget studio Majestic Pictures filmed at night on Universal’s European village set, which was used for Frankenstein (1931). The interior of Lionel Atwill’s house is the set from The Old Dark House (1932).
The sound of the howling wolves was obviously being performed by humans.

My Opinion: ~Listen to the Podcast~

Found: Prime/ Plex/ Pluto TV/ Tubi

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JANUARY 21, 2023 – SATURDAY

Hell Baby (2013)

R – 1h 38m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2318527/

Anniversary: Yes/ 10-years

Genre: Comedy/ Horror

Director: Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon

Writer: Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon

Stars: Rob Corddry, Leslie Bibb, Michael Ian Black

Co: Gravitas Ventures

Summary: An expectant couple who moves into the most haunted house in New Orleans call upon the services of the Vatican’s elite exorcism team to save them from a demonic baby.

Out of: 4.9/10

Release Date: 1/20/2013 (Sundance Film Festival)

Tagline:

The Devil got a baby mama.
They ignored the legend, they missed the signs, but the truth can’t be denied. Get ready for a tiny little bundle of terror.

Trivia:

Both Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon had complete creative freedom and wanted the movie to be “pointless”. The film has a very small budget, and the cast mainly did their roles with little to no pay.

See Review: Here

Reference: Spoofs: