https://www.blogtalkradio.com/baroncrazeradio/2023/12/31/baron-crazes-visions-of-horror-ep40

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

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Sunday, December 17, 2023

Secret Santa [2015]

Not Rated – 1h 18m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5201934/

Anniversary: No

Genre: Horror, Comedy

Director: Mike McMurran

Writer: Mike McMurran

Stars: Annette Wozniak, Geoff Almond, Keegan Chambers

Co: Wild Eye Releasing

Summary: Secret Santa is a feature length film that tells the story of a group of eccentric college kids, struggling to get through the hectic exam period. This Horror/Comedy is a tribute to B-Movie Slashers but also takes the conventions and turns them upside down. A liquor filled party is planned. Adding a Secret Santa exchange for fun. Little do our characters know… A killer is in town and has a special present for all the good (and bad) girls and boys. Dare to open your present? It might be your last!

IMDb Rating: 4.8/10

Release Date: 11/28/2015

Tagline: These Presents are going to be killer!

Trivia: All the gore f/x were done practically.

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: Freevee/ Plex/ Tubi

Angry Snowmans – Oh Santa Claus https://www.facebook.com/AngrySnowmans/ https://twitter.com/angrysnowmans https://angrysnowmans.bandcamp.com/

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Monday, December 18, 2023

Monster Party [2018]

Unrated – 1h 29m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6556576/

Anniversary: 5 Years

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Director: Chris von Hoffmann

Writer: Chris von Hoffmann

Stars: Julian McMahon, Robin Tunney, Bill Engvall, Sam Strike, Virginia Gardner, Brandon Michael Hall

Co: RLJE Films

Summary: Three small-time thieves specializing in home burglary pose as caterers for a fancy dinner party at the Malibu mansion of the extravagantly wealthy Dawson family. But their plan for the perfect heist goes horribly wrong when they discover that the Dawsons and their guests are actually a support group of recovering serial killers. When one of the addicts can’t resist the urge to attack, this simple cash grab becomes an all-out battle for survival where no one is safe.

IMDb Rating: 5.5/10

Release Date: 10/1/2018

Taglines: N/A

Trivia: BODY COUNT: 18

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: Tubi

Also Saw: Secret Santa [2018]

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

All Through the House [2015]

TV-MA – 1h 28m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4278962/

Anniversary: No

Genre: Horror

Director: Todd Nunes

Writer: Todd Nunes

Stars: Ashley Mary Nunes, Jessica Cameron, Melynda Kiring, Jennifer Wenger, Johanna Rae

Co: Gravitas Ventures

Summary: A deranged masked Santa-Slayer comes to town for some yuletide-terror. He leaves behind a bloody trail of mutilated bodies as he hunts his way to the front steps of the town’s most feared and notorious home.

IMDb Rating: 4.4/10

Release Date: 10/31/2015

Tagline: There is a CREATURE stirring…

Features: Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)

References:

• Psycho (1960)
• The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
• Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982)
• Alone in the Dark (1982)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: Plex/ Freevee/ Prime

Also Saw: P2 [2007]

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Christmas Evil [1980]

AKA “You Better Watch Out”

Rated R – 1h 40m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081793/

Anniversary: No

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Director: Lewis Jackson

Writer: Lewis Jackson

Stars: ‎Brandon Maggart, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dianne Hull, Andy Fenwick, Brian Neville

Co: Cannon Film Distributors

Summary: A toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Claus is not real, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work, and embarks on a Yuletide killing spree.

IMDb Rating: 5.5/10

Release Date: November 1980

Taglines:

• You’d better take care…Santa is coming to town!
• Who’s been naughty?
• 1st came “Halloween”… then “Friday the 13th”… and now this Christmas you better believe in Santa… or he’ll slay you.
• …the night he dropped in.
• This Christmas you better believe in Santa… or he’ll slay you.
• He’ll sleigh you.
• Better Watch Out… Better Not Cry… Or You May DIE!

Trivia:

• Writer/director Lewis Jackson spent several years collecting all the yuletide props seen in Harry’s house.
• The film’s producer, Edward R. Pressman, died on January 17, 2023, while costar Mark Margolis died on August 3, 2023.

References:

• Frankenstein (1931)
• Psycho (1960)

Reference in: Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: Plex/ Tubi

Also Saw: Christmas Bloody Christmas [2022]

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Thursday, December 21, 2023

Santa’s Slay [2005]

Rated R – 1h 18m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393685/

Anniversary: No

Genre: Horror, Comedy, Fantasy

Director: David Steiman

Writer: David Steiman

Stars: Rebecca Gayheart, Fran Drescher, Bill Goldberg, Douglas Smith, Emilie de Ravin, Robert Culp, Dave Thomas, James Caan

Co: Lionsgate

Summary: Santa Claus is actually a demon who lost a bet with an angel, so he becomes the giver of toys and happiness. But when the bet is off, he returns to his evil ways.

IMDb Rating: 5.3/10

Release Date: 10/25/2005

Taglines:

• He’s making a list… pray you’re not on it.
• Spreading holiday fear this Christmas.

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: Tubi

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Friday, December 22, 2023

 

Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978]

Rated PG – 1h 55m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077745/

Anniversary: 45 Years

Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Philip Kaufman

Writer: W.D. Richter, Jack Finney

Stars: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Kevin McCarthy, Robert Duvall

Co: United Artists

Summary: When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city’s residents one body at a time.

IMDb Rating: 7.4/10

Release Date: 12/21/1978

Taglines:

• Get some sleep
• Watch out! They get you while you’re sleeping!
• Sleep . . . Sleep . . . and be born again into a world without fear and hate!
• On December 20th, try to stay awake
• Pray for the human race…
• You’ll never close your eyes again.
• From deep space… (advance one sheet)
• The seed is planted…terror grows. (advance one sheet)

Trivia:

• Harry the homeless banjo guy’s banjo playing was performed by Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia. The song being played (and sung) is the traditional “Going Down the Road Feeling Bad”

References:

• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
• The Stepford Wives (1975)
• Shivers (1975)
• The Tenant (1976)
• Rabid (1977)

Reference in:

• The Hidden (1987)
• Seedpeople (1992)
• The Puppet Masters (1994)
• 100 Years of Horror (TV Series 1996)
• The Faculty (1998)
• 28 Days Later (2002)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004)
• Messengers (2004)
• The Unborn (2009)

Featured in: Terror in the Aisles (1984)

Remade as: Body Snatchers (1993)

Remake of: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Version of:

• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
• Body Snatchers (1993)
• The Invasion (2007)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: DVD

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Saturday, December 23, 2023

Hellbound: Hellraiser II [1988]

Rated R – 1h 38m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095294/

Anniversary: 35

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Director: Tony Randel

Writer: Peter Atkins, Clive Barker

Stars: Doug Bradley, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Kenneth Cranham, Imogen Boorman, Sean Chapman

Co: New World Pictures

Summary: Kirsty is brought to an institution after the horrible events of Hellraiser (1987), where the occult-obsessive head doctor resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites and their demonic underworld.

IMDb Rating: 6.4/10

Release Date: 12/23/1988

Taglines:

• They will tear your soul apart. Again.
• The Horror Continues.
• Clive Barker takes us on a descent into…
• It will tear your soul apart… again.
• Time to play.

References:

• The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
• From Beyond (1986)

Reference in:

• Basic Instinct (1992)
• House on Haunted Hill (1999)
• Final Destination 2 (2003)
• Horror Business (Video 2007)
• Boogeyman 2 (2007)
• The Void (2016)

Edited into: Hellraiser (1987)

Follows: Hellraiser (1987)

Followed by:

• Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
• Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)
• Hellraiser: Inferno (Video 2000)
• Hellraiser: Hellseeker (Video 2002)
• Hellraiser: Deader (Video 2005)
• Hellraiser: Hellworld (Video 2005)
• Hellraiser: Revelations (2011)
• Hellraiser: Judgment (Video 2018)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: DVD

Pashang – Hellraiser Theme https://www.instagram.com/pashang_audio/ THX & LAB: https://www.facebook.com/RetroSynthMusic/

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Envenomed – Horror Movie (Skyhook Cover) https://envenomed.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/EnvenomedOfficial https://www.instagram.com/envenomed_official/