https://www.blogtalkradio.com/baroncrazeradio/2023/06/15/baron-crazes-visions-of-horror-ep21

Ground Meat – Pathological Silence

https://www.facebook.com/groundmeatmetalmusic

https://groundmeatmetal.bandcamp.com/

May 21, 2023 Sunday

Edge of the Axe [1988]

NR – 1h 31m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094627/

Also saw: Carnosaur [1993]

Anniversary: 35-years

Genre: Horror/ Mystery/ Thriller

Director: José Ramón Larraz

Writers: Joaquín Amichatis, Javier Elorrieta, José Frade, Pablo de Aldebarán

Stars: Barton Faulks, Christina Marie Lane, Fred Holliday, Patty Shepard, Alicia Moro, Jack Taylor, Conrado San Martín, May Heatherly

Co: CEL Home Video

Summary: An axe murderer terrorizes a small Northern California mountain community, while two young computer-obsessed adults attempt to solve the killings.

Out of: 5.3/10

Release Date: 5/20/88

Taglines:

  • There is nothing silent about nights in Paddock County.
  • It takes a lot of guts to make a movie like this

Trivia: Final film for actress Patty Shepard.

Featured in: Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror (2013)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to the Podcast ~

  • A killing before the opening credits roll, normal – Scream [1996] ; My Bloody Valentine [1981]

Found: Prime/ Tubi

Booze Control – Attack of the Axemen https://boozecontrol.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/boozecontrol

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

Stoker – Haunted https://www.facebook.com/StokerGothicRock https://stoker.bandcamp.com/music

May 22, 2023 Monday

America’s Most Haunted [2013]

NR – 1h 25m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2330458/

Anniversary: 10-years

Genre: Comedy/ Horror

Director: Chris Randall

Writers: Chris Randall, Joe Anderson

Stars: Brad Norman, James Karen, Brittany Risner, David Gries, Joe Anderson, Evan Koons, Daniel Falicki, Victoria Mullen

Co: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

Summary: The crew of a popular ghost hunting show gets more than they bargained for when they come across a location that’s actually haunted.

Out of: 4.5/10

Release Date: 5/18/13

My Opinion: ~ Listen to the Podcast ~

  • Similar to Grave Encounters [2011]; in the vein of Saturday Morning Mystery [2012]

Found: Tubi/ Freevee

Jameson Raid – Haunted https://www.facebook.com/JamesonRaid99 thx: https://www.facebook.com/hrrecords/

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

Ghoultown – I Spit on Your Grave https://www.facebook.com/Ghoultown.official/

May 23, 2023 Tuesday

I Spit on Your Grave [1978]

R – 1h 47m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077713/

Anniversary: 45-years

Genre: Horror/ Thriller

Director: Meir Zarchi

Writer: Meir Zarchi

Stars: Camille Keaton, Richard Pace, Eron Tabor, Anthony Nichols, Gunter Kleemann, Alexis Magnotti

Co: Cinemagic

Summary: An aspiring writer is repeatedly assaulted, humiliated, and left for dead by four men she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.

Out of: 5.6/10

Release Date: 5/23/78

Taglines:

  • After it was all over… she waited… then she struck back in a way only a woman can!
  • Day of the Woman … The ultimate day of terror!
  • …An Act of Vengeance
  • This woman has just cut, chopped, broken, and burned four men beyond recognition… but no jury in America would ever convict her! I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE … an act of revenge (US 1983 re-release)
  • More devastating than Deliverance!

Budget: $650,000

Trivia:

  • Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) was filmed in the same locations in late 1980.
  • The model in the iconic poster shot seen from the rear, clutching a knife, was Demi Moore. This was confirmed in her memoir “Inside Out.”

 Reference in:

  • Demented (1980)
  • Mother’s Day (1980)
  • House on the Edge of the Park (1980)
  • The New York Ripper (1982)
  • Re-Animator (1985)
  • Weird Science (1985)
  • Deranged (1987)
  • Video Violence (Video 1987)
  • Video Violence 2 (Video 1988)
  • Kingdom of the Vampire (1991)
  • Fear in the Dark (TV Movie 1991)
  • I’ll Kill You… I’ll Bury You… I’ll Spit on Your Grave Too! (Video 1995)
  • The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
  • Scream (1996)
  • Ringu (1998)
  • Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)
  • Horror Business (Video 2007)
  • I Spill Your Guts (2012)
  • Descent (2007)
  • Screaming in High Heels: The Rise & Fall of the Scream Queen Era (2011)

Followed by: I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu (2019)

References:

  • The Virgin Spring (1960)
  • Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (TV Series 1969–1970)
  • I Drink Your Blood (1971)
  • The Last House on the Left (1972)
  • The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

Remade as:  I Spit on Your Grave (2010)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to the Podcast ~

Found: Plex/ Pluto TV/ Tubi/ Blu-ray

Grave Robber – I Spit on Your Grave https://www.facebook.com/graverobberpunk/

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

Room Experience – Strangers in the Night thx: http://www.burningmindsgroup.com/

May 24, 2023 Wednesday

The Strangers [2008]

R – 1h 26m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482606/

Anniversary: 15-years

Genre: Horror/ Mystery/ Thriller

Director: Bryan Bertino

Writer: Bryan Bertino

Stars: Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler, Gemma Ward, Kip Weeks, Laura Margolis, Glenn Howerton

Co: Rogue Pictures

Summary: After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple find themselves in a violent struggle, in which they go beyond what either of them thought capable in order to survive.

Out of: 6.1/10

Release Date: 5/30/08

Taglines:

  • Lock the door. Pretend you’re safe.
  • We tell ourselves there’s nothing to fear – but sometimes, we’re wrong.
  • Because you were home.
  • Inspired By Real Events
  • What are you afraid of?
  • What would you do if this was happening to you?

Budget: $9,000,000

Gross: $82,410,456

Reference:

  • Psycho (1960)
  • Repulsion (1965)
  • Torso (1973)
  • Helter Skelter (TV Mini Series 1976)
  • Carrie (1976)
  • The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
  • Halloween (1978)
  • When a Stranger Calls (1979)
  • The Shining (1980)
  • Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
  • Nightmare (1981)
  • Blue Velvet (1986)
  • Funny Games (1997)

Reference In:

  • The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
  • Knock Knock 2 (2011)

Followed By: The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to the Podcast ~

Found: DVD

Wasteland Rocks – Perfect Strangers (Deep Purple Cover) https://www.facebook.com/BandWasteland/

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

Lugosi – They Came from Outer Space https://lugosidublin.bandcamp.com https://www.facebook.com/LugosiDub/

May 25, 2023 Thursday

It Came from Outer Space [1953]

Approved – 1h 21m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045920/

Anniversary: 70-years

Genre: Horror/ Sci-fi

Director: Jack Arnold

Writers: Harry Essex, Ray Bradbury

Stars: Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer, Russell Johnson, Kathleen Hughes, Robert Carson, Edgar Dearing, Alan Dexter, George Eldredge

Co: Universal Pictures

Summary: A spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strangely.

Out of: 6.5/10

Release Date: 5/26/53

Taglines:

  • Terror In 3-D… Reaching From The Screen To Seize You In Its Grasp!…
  • Thrills That Almost Touch You! through the magic of 3-DIMENSION
  • Amazing sights the human eye has never before seen!
  • Fantastic sights leap at you!
  • NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED BEFORE! (original print ad – all caps)
  • THE OUTER SPACE ROCKET SHIP! THE THUNDERING AVALANCHE! (original ad – all caps)
  • XENOMORPHS INVADE OUR WORLD! They can look like humans or change into objects of awesome terror!
  • From Ray Bradbury’s great science fiction story!
  • Nothing Like This Has Happened to You Before!
  • What is the awesome secret of the thing from the eye of the Universe?
  • Exploding from the eye of the universe. It came to rule the world in a kingdom of fear! How can you escape!…from a sight you cannot see!…From a force you cannot feel!…From a fear you cannot face!
  • The Night the Earth Will NEVER FORGET!
  • It could happen today – or has it already?
  • They came from space – but were they friends or foes?
  • Amazing Sights Leap at You in 3-DIMENSION
  • Amazing! Exciting! Spectacular!
  • A helicopter’s churning blades whirl inches from your head!
  • In scientifically perfected, eye-resting, full sepia Monocolor!

Budget: $800,000

Trivia:

  • Although credited to Harry Essex, most of the script, including dialogue, is copied almost verbatim from Ray Bradbury’s initial film treatment.
  • The idea of the desert sands singing a song would be a plot element of Stephen King’s 1984 short story, Beachworld.

Reference in:

  • It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
  • Strange Invaders (1983)
  • Night of the Comet (1984)
  • The Visitants (1986)
  • Night of the Creeps (1986)
  • Howling III (1987)
  • Matinee (1993)

Followed by: It Came from Outer Space II (TV Movie 1996)

Edited into: The Monolith Monsters (1957)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to the Podcast ~

  • Classics during this period are gems like Thing From Another World [1951]; The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951); Creature from the Black Lagoon [1954], Them [1954]; Tarantula [1955]; Forbidden Planet (1956); and The Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1956]
  • Jack Arnold uses Theremin music to great effect

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/scifi-ether-b-78375/

  • A must for 1950’s sci-fi lovers

Found: DVD

Mob Rules – Outer Space https://www.facebook.com/mobrulesband https://mobrules.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mobrulesband/ thx: https://www.facebook.com/SPVsteamhammer

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

Anvil – Don’t Look Back https://www.facebook.com/anvilmetal/

May 26, 2023 Friday

Don’t Look [2018]

NR – 1h 11m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3070506/

Also saw: Brides of Blood [1968]

Anniversary: 5-years

Genre: Horror

Director: Luciana Faulhaber

Writers: Luciana Faulhaber, Jessica Boucher, Danielle Killay

Stars: Luciana Faulhaber, Lindsay Eshelman, Javier E. Gómez, Jeff Berg, Curtis K Case

Co: Wild Eye Releasing

Summary: In the tradition of classic horror movies, “Don’t Look” is the story of five friends who leave NYC for a weekend they’ll never forget.

Out of: 2.8/10

Release Date: 5/26/18

My Opinion: ~ Listen to the Podcast ~

Found: Plex/ Tubi

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

Pure Obsessions & Red Nights – God’s Creatures https://www.facebook.com/pureobsessionsrednights/ https://pureobsessionsrednights.bandcamp.com/

May 27, 2023 Saturday

Nailbiter [2013]

R – 1h 22m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2122424/

Also saw: A Haunting at Silver Falls [2013]

Anniversary: 10-years

Genre: Horror

Director: Patrick Rea

Writers: Patrick Rea, Kendal Sinn

Stars: Erin McGrane, Meg Saricks, Michelle Davidson, Aaron Laue, Emily Boresow

Co: Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Summary: The Maguire family is forced to take sudden refuge from a deadly tornado in a seemingly abandoned storm cellar.

Out of: 4.2/10

Release Date: 5/28/13

Taglines: Fear will surface

My Opinion: ~ Listen to the Podcast ~

Found: DVD

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

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