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/