Baron Craze’s Visions of Horror – Season 1 Episode #31 – October 15 to October 21 October 23, 2023
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https://www.blogtalkradio.com/baroncrazeradio/2023/10/22/baron-crazes-visions-of-horror-ep31

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Ground Meat – Pathological Silence https://www.facebook.com/groundmeatmetalmusic https://groundmeatmetal.bandcamp.com/

Sunday, October 15, 2023

Sex of the Witch (1973)

AKA “ Il sesso della strega”

Not Rated – 1h 35m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195248/

Anniversary: 50 Years

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Director: Angelo Pannacciò

Writer: Franco Brocani, Angelo Pannacciò

Stars: Susanna Levi, Jessica Dublin, Sergio Ferrero

Co: Lightning Video

Summary: In a secluded mansion, the Hilton patriarch dies, leaving several nieces and nephews. Soon, one of the heirs is murdered by a strange killer, under the instructions of a mysterious woman who seeks the demise of the Hilton family line.

IMDb Rating: 4.3/10

Release Date: 10/18/1973

Taglines: N/A

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Show ~

Found: Blu-ray

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Also Saw: Haunt (2019)

Hexenizer – The Fucking Horney Witch of Hell https://www.facebook.com/hexenizer/ https://hexenizer.bandcamp.com/

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Monday, October 16, 2023

The Devil’s Plaything (1973)

AKA “Vampire Ecstasy”

Rated X – 1h 43m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070066/

Anniversary: 50 Years

Genre: Horror

Director: Joseph W. Sarno

Writer: Joseph W. Sarno

Stars: Nadia Henkowa, Anke Syring, Ulrike Butz, Nico Wolferstetter, Flavia Keyt

Co: Saga Film (Sweden)

Summary: A lesbian vampire’s soul is kept on in the bodies of her descendants.

IMDb Rating: 4.7/10

Release Date: 10/16/1973

Tagline: Pleasures That Fire The Flesh…Horrors That Freeze The Blood

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Show ~

Found: DVD

Also Saw: Night of the Eagle [1962], Hell Night [1981], Prince of Darkness [1987], Bay Cove [1987]

Ghost Iris – The Devils Plaything https://www.facebook.com/GHOSTIRIS/ https://www.ghostiris.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ghostirisdk/ https://ghostiris.bandcamp.com/ THX: https://holdtight.co/ https://www.instagram.com/holdtightco/ https://twitter.com/HoldTight_co https://www.facebook.com/holdtightco/

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

The War of the Worlds (1953)

Rated G – 1h 25m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046534/

Anniversary: 70 Years

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director: Byron Haskin

Writer: H.G. Wells, Barré Lyndon

Stars: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Lewis Martin, Robert Cornthwaite, Sandro Giglio, William Phipps, Paul Birch, Jack Kruschen, Vernon Rich

Co: Paramount Pictures

Summary: A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.

IMDb Rating: 7.0/10

Release Date: 7/29/1953

Taglines:

  • Amazing! terrifying! The most savage spectacle of all time!
  • A mighty panorama of earth-shaking fury!
  • They came to CONQUER the EARTH!
  • Amazing! Astounding! Terrifying!
  • Don’t Tell How It Ends!
  • Now after two years in the making! H.G. Wells’ most famous and fantastic story comes to the screen.
  • Mighty panorama of Earth-shaking fury as an army from Mars invades!
  • The original invasion!

Loc:

  • Westminster Presbyterian Church – 1757 North Lake Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA (First church Forrester searches)

Trivia:

  • Most of the soldiers in the movie aren’t actors; they’re actual National Guard troops going through real maneuvers.
  • None of the original Martian war machines exist today. They were made out of copper, and after production, they were reportedly donated to a Boy Scout copper drive.
  • Reportedly, real army men would salute actor Les Tremayne, thinking he was a real General.

Followed by: War of the Worlds (TV Series 1988–1990)

Referenced in:

  • Chopping Mall(1986)
  • Aliens(1986)
  • Mosquito (1994)
  • Vampirella (Video 1996)
  • Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (Video 2008)

Edited into: The Giant Claw (1957)

Featured in: Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)

Versions of:

  • War of the Worlds (Video Game 1981)
  • The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981)
  • War of the Worlds (TV Series 1988–1990)
  • War of the Worlds (2005)
  • The War of the Worlds (Video 2005)
  • War of the Worlds (Video 2005)
  • Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of ‘The War of the Worlds’ (Video 2006)
  • War of the Servers (2007)
  • Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of the War of the Worlds Alive on Stage! The New Generation (2013)
  • The War of the Worlds (TV Mini Series 2019)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Show ~

Found: Pluto

Also Saw: Ghostlight (2013), Mortal Remains (2013)

Plan 9 – War Of The Worlds https://www.facebook.com/Plan9misfitstribute/

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

The Spider (1958)

Not Rated – Passed – 1h 13m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051570/

Anniversary: 65 Years

Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Family

Director: Bert I. Gordon

Writer: László Görög, George Worthing Yates, Bert I. Gordon

Stars: Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Gene Persson

Co: American International Pictures (AIP)

Summary: Teenagers from a rural community and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider.

IMDb Rating: 4.6/10

Release Date: September 1958

Taglines:

  • IT MUST EAT YOU TO LIVE! (original print ad-all caps)
  • 50 TONS OF CREEPING BLACK HORROR! (original print ad – all caps)
  • ..won’t kill it! Flames…can’t burn it! Nothing…can stop it!
  • The Spider will eat you alive!

Reference in:

  • The Deadly Spawn (1983)
  • Bees (Video 1998)
  • Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)

Featured in:

  • Earth vs. the Spider (TV Movie 2001)
  • Eight Legged Freaks (2002)

Edited into: Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania (TV Movie 1999)

References:

  • The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
  • Attack of the Puppet People (1958)

Remade as: Earth vs. the Spider (TV Movie 2001)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Show ~

Found: Tubi/ Pluto/ Crackle/ Freevee/ Plex;

Also Saw: The Returned [2013], Cannibal Ferox [1981]

The Cascades – The Spider [NO INFO ON THE BAND] THX & LAB: https://echozone.bandcamp.com/ http://www.echozone.de/ https://www.instagram.com/echozonelabel/ https://www.facebook.com/EchozoneMusic/

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Dance with the Dead – Nightmare On Elm Street theme (DWTD remix) https://www.instagram.com/dwtd/ https://dancewiththedead.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/dancewiththedeadmusic/

Thursday, October 19, 2023

A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984]

Rated R – 1h 31m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087800/

Anniversary: No

Genre: Horror

Director: Wes Craven

Writer: Wes Craven

Stars: Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakely, Amanda Wyss, Nick Corri, Charles Fleischer

Co: New Line Cinema

Summary: Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.

IMDb Rating: 7.4/10

Release Date: 11/9/1984

Taglines:

  • She is the only one who can stop it… if she fails, no one survives.
  • If Nancy doesn’t wake up screaming she won’t wake up at all.
  • The kids of Elm Street don’t know it yet, but something is coming to get them in their dreams.
  • 1,2 Freddy’s Coming For You!
  • From Suspense Master Wes Craven, the director of The Hills Have Eyes and The Last House On The Left, comes a new film of fantasy terror.
  • Watch This!
  • You Won’t Be Sleeping Alone.
  • There’s something out there..
  • Don’t Fall Asleep!
  • Welcome to your nightmare.
  • Midnight, Baseball Bats and Boogeyman.
  • Come to Freddy.
  • What’s In A Dream Anyway?
  • Dream A Little Nightmare Of Me.
  • Meet The Glove.
  • It’s Like Something From A Nightmare.
  • The First Word In Terror From The Director Of Scream.
  • Sleep Kills
  • A scream that wakes you up, might be your own…
  • Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep…or you’ll meet the terrifying Freddy.

Loc:

  • 1419 N. Genesee Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (Glen’s house)
  • 1428 N. Genesee Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (Nancy’s house)
  • Evergreen Cemetery – 204 North Evergreen Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA (cemetery)

Trivia:

  • New Line Cinema was saved from bankruptcy by the success of the film and was jokingly nicknamed “The House that Freddy Built”.
  • The very first time Freddy is seen in the movie, he isn’t being played by Robert Englundbut by special effects man Charles Belardinelli, as Belardinelli was the only one who knew exactly how to cut the glove and insert the blades.

Followed by:

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)
  • Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
  • New Nightmare (1994)

Reference in:

  • The Initiation (1984)
  • Silent Night, Deadly Night(1984)
  • The Stuff (1985)
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
  • Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives(1986)
  • Evil Dead II (1987)
  • The Monster Squad (1987)
  • Bloody New Year (1987)
  • Deranged (1987)
  • Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)
  • Demon Queen (Video 1987)
  • Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
  • Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
  • Cheerleader Camp (1988)
  • Hobgoblins (1988)
  • Alien (1989)
  • Redneck Zombies (Video 1989)
  • Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan(1989)
  • Shocker(1989)
  • Hell’s Trap (1989)
  • Rush Week (1989)
  • The Chilling (1989)
  • Slumber Party Massacre III (1990)
  • Zombie Cop (1991)
  • 976-Evil II (1991)
  • The People Under the Stairs (1991)
  • Blood Massacre (1991)
  • Leprechaun (1992)
  • Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
  • The Craft (1996)
  • Scream(1996)
  • Wishmaster (1997)
  • Scream 2 (1997)
  • Strangeland (1998)
  • I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
  • Asylum of Terror (Video 1998)
  • Cut (2000)
  • The American Nightmare (2000)
  • Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (Video 2000)
  • Behind the Scream (Video 2000)
  • Hellraiser: Resurrection (Video 2000)
  • You’re Next (2011)
  • It Follows (2014)
  • Lake Fear (2014)
  • Charlie’s Farm(2014)
  • The Final Girls (2015)
  • Ouija: Origin of Evil(2016)

Spin-offs:

  • Freddy’s Nightmares (TV Series 1988–1990)
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street (Video Game 1989)
  • Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street: Real Nightmares (TV Series 2005)

Remade: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

References:

Features: The Evil Dead (1981)

Featured in:

  • Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
  • Scream: The Inside Story (TV Movie 2011)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Show ~

Found: Blu-ray

Also Saw: Trailer Park of Terror (2008)

Chris Keya – Elm Street https://chriskeya.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/chris_keya/ https://twitter.com/RealChrisKeya thx & lab: https://retrosynthrecords.com/ https://twitter.com/RetroSynthMusic https://retrosynthrecords.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/RetroSynthMusic/

Dead Evil – A Nightmare On Elm Street https://deadevilofficial.bandcamp.com/

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Astrovamps – Boris Karloff https://alice-in.bandcamp.com/

Friday, October 20, 2023

Targets (1968)

Rated R – 1h 30m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063671/

Anniversary: 55 Years

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Peter Bogdanovich

Writer: Peter Bogdanovich, Polly Platt, Samuel Fuller

Stars: Boris Karloff, Tim O’Kelly, Nancy Hsueh, James Brown, Sandy Baron

Co: Paramount Pictures

Summary: An aging horror star questions his place in modern Hollywood, while a disturbed young man goes on a killing spree.

IMDb Rating: 7.3/10

Release Date: 8/13/1968

Taglines:

  • TARGETS are people…and you could be one of them!
  • Why Gun Control?
  • REMARKABLE! TERRIFYING AND THRILLING! (original poster-all caps)
  • “I just killed my wife and my mother. I know they’ll get me. But before that, many more will die…”

Reference in: Scream Queen Hot Tub Party (Video 1991)

Reference: Nosferatu (1922)

Features: The Terror (1963)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Show ~

Found: DVD

Link to Buy: https://www.amazon.com/Targets-Criterion-Collection-Blu-ray-Karloff/dp/B0BVYFHRWN/ $28

Also Saw: Son of Dracula [1943], Killer High [2018] (TV Movie)

Hrabia – Boris Karloff https://www.facebook.com/hrabianrock/ https://hrabia.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/hrabia_official/

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Karl Casey – The Dead Zone https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudio https://whitebataudio.com/ https://karlcasey.bandcamp.com/

Saturday, October 21, 2023

The Dead Zone (1983)

Rated R – 1h 43m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085407/

Anniversary: 40 Years

Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Drama

Director: David Cronenberg

Writer: Stephen King, Jeffrey Boam

Stars: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom, Anthony Zerbe

Co: Paramount Pictures

Summary: A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability.

IMDb Rating: 7.2/10

Release Date: 10/21/1983

Taglines:

  • He can see the future. But can he escape it?
  • In his mind, he has the power to see the future. In his hands, he has the power to change it.

Trivia:

  • Director David Cronenberg fired a .357 Magnum loaded with blanks just off camera to make Smith’s flinches seem more involuntary; this was Christopher Walken’s own idea.

References: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Short 1949)

Featured in: Cat’s Eye (1985)

Remade in: The Dead Zone (Video 2002)

Referenced in:

  • The Frighteners (1996)
  • Stir of Echoes (1999)
  • Detention of the Dead (2012)
  • Blood Slaughter Massacre (2013)

Spoofed in:  Scary Movie (2000)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Show ~

Found: DVD

Also Saw: The Barn [2016], The Roost [2005]

Misty Grey – Dead Zone https://www.facebook.com/mistygreydoom/ https://www.instagram.com/greymistdoom/ thx & lab: https://www.shadowkingdomrecords.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ShadowKingdomRecords/ https://www.instagram.com/shadowkingdomrecords/ https://shadowkingdomrecords.bandcamp.com/

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

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