April 25, 2023 10p from NJ, https://www.blogtalkradio.com/baroncrazeradio/2023/04/26/baron-crazes-visions-of-horror-ep13

Ground Meat – Pathological Silence

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March 26, 2023 – Sunday

The Ranger [2018]

NR – 1h 17m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6598072/

Anniversary: 5-years

Genre: Horror

Director: Jenn Wexler

Writers: Jenn Wexler, Giaco Furino

Stars: Chloë Levine, Jeremy Holm, Granit Lahu, Jeremy Pope, Bubba Weiler, Jeté Laurence, Larry Fessenden

Co: Shudder/ Uncork’d Entertainment

Summary: Teen punks, on the run from the cops and hiding out in the woods, come up against the local authority – an unhinged park ranger with an axe to grind.

Out of: 5.1/10

Release Date: 3/12/18

Taglines:

  • Each year, millions visit our national parks. Not everyone gets to leave.
  • Be one with nature [international poster]
  • This isn’t the place for you kids to party.

Trivia: Jenn Wexler got ideas from 1980’s Slasher films.

My Opinion:

  • psychopathic National Park Ranger. Some of the best slashers of the 1980s took place in the backwoods
  • never fully lives up to its potential despite the cool titular killer and an adequate performance by Jeremy Holm, and that’s principally because co-writer/director Jenn Wexler is seemingly more interested in a bunch of pathetic punkers and atrocious loud music than in atmosphere or scenery
  • Following an incident in a Punk club, 5 Punk kids are running from the police only to seek shelter in a remote cabin in a national park. This first half plays out like a teenage crime drama just before taking a sharp turn into predictable slasher territory.
  • Nothing extraordinary, but being fair, the acting is good, effects and gore up to standards and story is not much worse, than most of the main stream slasher films.
  • Unlikeable characters

Found: Private

Derek & Brandon Fiechter – Frightmare Woods https://www.facebook.com/dfiechter2/ https://www.facebook.com/bfiechter2/ https://twitter.com/branf88  https://twitter.com/dfiechter2

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Harley Poe – Demons https://www.facebook.com/harleypoe/ https://www.instagram.com/joe_whiteford/

March 27, 2023 – Monday

The Demons of Ludlow [1983]

Unrated – 1h 32m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0223128/

Anniversary: 40-years

Genre: Horror

Director: Bill Rebane

Writers: William Arthur, Alan Ross

Stars: Paul Bentzen, Stephanie Cushna, Carol Perry, C. Dave Davis, Debra Dulman

Co: Astral Video, in 2021 finally got a Blu-ray release from Arrow Video

Summary: A murderous demon lurks inside an antique piano in a picturesque coastal town.

Out of: 3.7/10

Release Date: 9/2/83

Tagline: Can you escape the curse of Ludlow?

Trivia: Many of the same actors from this film are also in the film The Devonsville Terror [1983] released in October of that yr.

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found:

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Venues – Uncaged Birds https://www.facebook.com/VENUESofficial/ https://www.instagram.com/venuesofficial/

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March 28, 2023 – Tuesday

The Birds [1963]

PG – 1h 59m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056869/

Anniversary: 60-years

Genre: Drama/ Horror/ Mystery

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writers: Daphne Du Maurier, Evan Hunter

Stars: Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright

Co: Universal Pictures

Summary: A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.

Out of: 7.6/10

Release Date: 3/28/63

Taglines:

  • Based on Daphne Du Maurier’s classic suspense story!
  • Introducing ‘Tippi’ Hedron, A Fascinating New Personality
  • Suspense and shock beyond anything you have seen or imagined!
  • It could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made!
  • Nothing You Have Ever Witnessed Before Has Prepared You for Such Sheer Stabbing Shock!
  • The Birds is coming!
  • …And remember, the next scream you hear could be your own!

Loc: 835 Bay Hwy, Bodega Bay, California, USA  (The Tides Restaurant)

Budget: $2,500,000

Trivia:

  • 3,200 birds were trained for the movie. He said the ravens were the cleverest, and the seagulls were the most vicious.
  • When audiences left the U.K. premiere at the Odeon, Leicester Square, London, they were greeted by the sound of screeching and flapping birds from loudspeakers hidden in the trees to scare them further.

Followed by:

  • The Birds II: Land’s End (TV Movie) [1994]

Edited into:

  • The Green Fog [2017]

Featured in:

  • The Horror Show (TV Movie) [1979]
  • Terror in the Aisles [1984]
  • The Hitchcock Classics Collection [1985]
  • Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies [1990]
  • The Hitcher [2007]
  • My Soul to Take [2010]
  • Hitchcock/Truffaut [2015]
  • 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene [2017]

Referenced in:

  • Night of the Living Dead [1968]
  • A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin [1971]
  • Frogs [1972]
  • Messiah of Evil [1973]
  • Day of the Animals [1977]
  • Damien: Omen II [1978]
  • The Swarm [1978]
  • Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! [1978]
  • Scanners [1981] Exploding gas station sequence
  • The Black Cat [1981]
  • Wacko [1982] The Alfred Hitchcock High football team is called “The Birds.”
  • Coming Soon [1982]
  • Body Double [1984]
  • Psycho III [1986]
  • Maximum Overdrive [1986]
  • Howling III [1987] A poster for this can be seen over Donny’s bed.
  • Cannibal Hookers [1987] Poster is shown in the Hollywood Book & Poster shop.
  • Blood Sisters [1987] Marnie mentions the film
  • Video Violence [1987] Video case is shown in a video store.
  • Halloween: 25 Years of Terror [2006]
  • Kaw [2007] Actor Rod Taylor in both movies with birds attacking people.
  • The Messengers [2007] the crow attack on a man is tribute to the classic movie
  • Hack! [2007]
  • Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story [2007]
  • The Psycho Legacy [2010]
  • Hitchcock [2012]
  • Birdemic 2: The Resurrection [2013]
  • Night of the Wild ([TV Movie) [2015]
  • The Love Witch [2016] The opening car driving scene. Cited by director as an influence.
  • Scream VI [2023] A character on the subway is dressed as Melanie Daniels from this film.

References:

  • Shadow of a Doubt [1943]

Spoofed:

  • High Anxiety [1977]
  • From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money [1999]

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: Blu-ray

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March 29, 2023 – Wednesday

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Heavy Justice – When Inmates Run the Asylum https://www.facebook.com/HeavyJustice https://heavyjustice.bandcamp.com/ THX: Against PR

March 30, 2023 – Thursday

Asylum [2008]

R – 1h 33m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804443/

Also saw: 13 Eerie [2013]

Anniversary: 15-years

Genre: Horror

Director: David R. Ellis

Writer: Ethan Lawrence

Stars: Sarah Roemer, Jake Muxworthy, Mark Rolston, Travis Van Winkle, Ellen Hollman, Andrea Powell, Lin Shaye

Co: MGM Home Entertainment

Summary: Six college students discover their dorm was once an insane asylum that conducted gruesome lobotomies on its teenage inmates during the 1930’s.

Out of: 4.0/10

Release Date: 3/20/08

Tagline: Once you’re in, you can never get out.

Budget: $9,000,000

Trivia: This movie was filmed at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: DVD

*****                                                                   *****                                                   *****

Autumns Eyes – Haunting Your Daughter

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March 31, 2023 – Friday

The Haunting of Molly Hartley [2008]

PG-13 – 1h 25m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045655/

Anniversary: 15-years

Genre: Drama/ Horror/ Thriller

Director: Mickey Liddell

Writers: John Travis, Rebecca Sonnenshine

Stars: Haley Bennett, Jake Weber, Chace Crawford, Shannon Woodward, Shanna Collins, AnnaLynne McCord, Marin Hinkle

Co: Freestyle Releasing

Summary: A girl with PTSD attempts to refresh her life at a new school, but soon finds it impossible when she’s afflicted by not only bullying and bad memories, but also the supernatural.

Out of: 3.9/10

Release Date: 10/31/08

Taglines:

  • This Halloween her past is yet to come.
  • This Halloween, High School can be Hell.
  • The past awaits her.

Budget: $5,000,000

Gross: $15,418,749

Reference: Followed by:

  • The Exorcism of Molly Hartley (Video 2015)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: Crackle/ Freevee/ Tubi

*****                                                                   *****                                                   *****

The Other – Puppet on a String

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April 1, 2023 – Saturday

Attack of the Puppet People [1958]

Approved – 1h 19m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051381/

Also saw: Destroyer [1988]

Anniversary: 65-years

Genre: Sci-fi/ Horror

Director: Bert I. Gordon – RIP 3/8/23 – 100YRS OLD – Satan’s Princess, The Spider, The Food of the Gods

Writers: Bert I. Gordon (story), George Worthing Yates

Stars: John Agar, John Hoyt, June Kenney, Michael Mark, Marlene Willis, Susan Gordon

Co: American International Pictures (AIP)

Summary: Lonely, deranged puppet-master designs a machine that shrinks people.

Out of: 5.2/10

Release Date: 4/1/58

Taglines:

  • Terror Comes In Small Packages!
  • Doll dwarfs versus the crushing giant beats!

Trivia:

  • This film was rushed into production by American International and Bert I. Gordon to ride the success of Universal-International’s The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957).

Reference in:

  • The Spider (1958)
  • Escape Room (2017)

Featured in:

Features: The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)

Remake of: The Devil-Doll (1936)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: DVD

Survive – Master of Puppets [Metallica cover] https://www.facebook.com/survive333/ https://www.youtube.com/@SURVIVEOFFICIAL/  thx: https://www.facebook.com/grandsounds https://twitter.com/GrandSounds lab: https://sliptrickrecords.com/ https://www.instagram.com/sliptrickrecords/ https://www.facebook.com/sliptrickrecords/ https://sliptrickrecords.bandcamp.com/music https://twitter.com/sliptrickrds

Bloody Hammers – Welcome to the Horror Show https://www.facebook.com/BloodyHammers/ https://twitter.com/BloodyHammers https://www.instagram.com/bloodyhammers/