Baron Craze’s Visions of Horror – Season 1: Episode #41 December 24 to December 31 December 31, 2023
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https://www.blogtalkradio.com/baroncrazeradio/2024/01/01/baron-crazes-visions-of-horror-ep41

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

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Benito’s Vocal Portfolio – Oogie Boogie Song (Nightmare Before Christmas Cover) https://benitosvocalportfolio.bandcamp.com/

Sunday, December 24, 2023

The Nightmare Before Christmas [1993]

Rated PG – 1h 16m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107688/

Anniversary: 30 Years

Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy

Director: Henry Selick

Writer: Tim Burton, Michael McDowell, Caroline Thompson

Stars: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara, L. Peter Callender, Randy Crenshaw, Judi M. Durand, William Hickey, Edward Ivory

Co: Buena Vista Pictures

Summary: Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.

IMDb Rating: 7.9/10

Release Date: 10/9/1993

Taglines:

  • Tim Burton’s classic returns in 3-D so real, it’s scary.
  • We’re changing the face of 3-D
  • A ghoulish tale with wicked humour & stunning animation.

Trivia:

  • It took a group of around 100 people three years to complete this movie. For one second of film, up to 12 stop-motion moves had to be made
  • Vincent Price was originally cast as Santa Claus. However, after the death of Price’s wife, his own health began to fail and his voice performance was very frail and weak

References:

Reference in:

  • The Creeps (1997)
  • Sleepy Hollow (1999)
  • Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)
  • Scarewaves (2014)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: DVD

Also Saw: Black Christmas [1974]

Edge Of Paradise – Sally’s Songs https://www.instagram.com/edgeofparadise/ https://www.facebook.com/EdgeOfParadiseBand/ https://twitter.com/edgeofparadise

Outer Night – Kidnap the Synthy Claws https://christmasasaurus.bandcamp.com

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Dead Evil – Silent Night, Deadly Night https://deadevilofficial.bandcamp.com/

Monday, December 25, 2023

Silent Night, Deadly Night [1984]

Rated R – 1h 19m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088117/

Anniversary: No

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Director: Charles E. Sellier Jr.

Writer: Paul Caimi, Michael Hickey

Stars: Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero, Robert Brian Wilson, Britt Leach, Linnea Quigley

Co: TriStar Pictures

Summary: Little Billy witnesses his parents getting killed by Santa after being warned by his senile grandpa that Santa punishes those who are naughty. Now Billy is 18 and out of the orphanage, and he has just become Santa himself.

IMDb Rating: 5.8/10

Release Date: 11/9/1984

Taglines:

  • You’ve made it through Halloween, now try and survive Christmas
  • Santa’s Here!
  • He knows when you’ve been naughty
  • .. disturbing… The movie they tried to ban.
  • If “A Nightmare on Elm Street” gave you sleepless nights, or if “Halloween” made you jump in every shadow or if every “Friday the 13th” was more frightening than the others… THEN BEWARE!

References:

Spoofed in:

Reference in:

  • Don’t Open Till Christmas (1984)
  • Video Violence 2 (Video 1988)
  • Slaughter of the Innocents (1993)
  • Black Christmas (2006)
  • Grindhouse (2007)
  • Lost Boys: The Tribe (Video 2008)
  • Friday the 13th (2009)
  • Halloween II (2009)
  • Silent Night (2012)

Followed by:

  • Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)
  • Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (Video 1989)
  • Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (Video 1990)
  • Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (Video 1991)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: DVD

Also Saw: Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 [1987], Silent Night, Zombie Night [2009], Silent Night, Bloody Night [1972], Silent Night [2012], The Comedy of Terrors [1963]

The Browns – Silent Night, Deadly Night https://thebrownsmania.bandcamp.com/

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Death By Neon – The Exorcist – Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield cover) https://deathbyneon.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/iamdeathbyneon/

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

The Exorcist [1973]

Rated R – 2h 2m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/

Anniversary: 50 Years

Genre: Horror

Director: William Friedkin

Writer: William Peter Blatty

Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Linda Blair

Co: Warner Bros.

Summary: When a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.

IMDb Rating: 8.1/10

Release Date: 12/26/1973

Taglines:

  • What an excellent day for an exorcism!
  • Something almost beyond comprehension is happening to a girl on this street, in this house …and a man has been sent for as a last resort. This man is The Exorcist.
  • The Scariest Film Of All Time Returns To Cinemas.
  • Something beyond comprehension is happening to a girl on this street, in this house . . . a man has been sent for as a last resort. That man is The Exorcist.
  • The Devil Inside
  • The Scariest Movie Of All Time Has Returned. In The Version You’ve Never Seen Before.
  • Somewhere between science and superstition, there is another world. The world of darkness.
  • Nobody expected it, nobody believed it, and nobody could stop it. The one hope, the only hope: THE EXORCIST

Loc:

  • 3600 Prospect Street, Georgetown, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
  • Hitchcock Steps – 36th & Prospect Streets, Georgetown, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Trivia:

  • Due to death threats against Linda Blair from religious zealots who believed the film “glorified Satan”, Warner Bros. had bodyguards protecting her for six months after the film’s release.

References: Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

Reference in:

  • Black Christmas (1974)
  • Beyond the Door (1974)
  • The Antichrist (1974)
  • Exorcism (1975)
  • The House of Exorcism (1975)
  • Curse of Bigfoot (TV Movie 1975)
  • The Omen (1976)
  • The Sentinel (1977)
  • Suspiria (1977)
  • Martin (1977)
  • Spectre (TV Movie 1977)
  • Good Against Evil (TV Movie 1977)
  • Ruby (1977)
  • Cathy’s Curse (1977)
  • Halloween (1978)
  • The Amityville Horror (1979)
  • The Godsend (1980)
  • The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
  • Maniac (1980)
  • Full Moon High (1981)
  • The Evil Dead (1981)
  • Devil Returns (1982)
  • Poltergeist (1982)
  • Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
  • Ghostbusters (1984)
  • Dead End (1985)
  • Crawlspace (1986)
  • Witchboard (1986)
  • High School Spirits (1986)
  • Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)
  • Slaughterhouse Rock (1987)
  • Poltergeist III (1988)
  • Nightmare Sisters (1988)
  • Witchcraft (1988)
  • Witchcraft II: The Temptress (1989)
  • Giggles (1992)
  • Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
  • The Craft (1996)
  • The Frighteners (1996)
  • Children of the Corn: The Gathering (Video 1996)
  • Scream (1996)

Followed by:

  • Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
  • The Exorcist III (1990)
  • Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
  • Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)
  • The Exorcist (TV Series 2016–2018)
  • The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
  • The Exorcist: Deceiver (2025)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: Pluto/ DVD

Myuu – The Exorcist Theme (Tubular Bells Cover) https://www.instagram.com/myuusic/ https://www.thedarkpiano.com/ https://myuu.bandcamp.com/ https://twitter.com/myuusic https://www.youtube.com/@Myuu https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6728673/ https://www.facebook.com/myuusic/

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Wednesday, December 27, 2023

The Children [2008]

Rated R – 1h 24m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172571/

Anniversary: 15 Years

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Director: Tom Shankland

Writer: Paul Andrew Williams, Tom Shankland

Stars: Rachel Shelley, Eva Birthistle, Jeremy Sheffield, Stephen Campbell Moore, Hannah Tointon

Co: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Summary: A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.

IMDb Rating: 5.9/10

Release Date: 12/5/2008

Tagline: You brought them into this world. Now … They will take you out.

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: Tubi

Angry Snowmans – Children Are Mean https://www.facebook.com/AngrySnowmans/ https://twitter.com/angrysnowmans https://angrysnowmans.bandcamp.com/

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Thursday, December 28, 2023

To All a Goodnight [1980]

Rated R – 1h 27m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086449/

Anniversary: No

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Director: David Hess

Writer: Alex Rebar

Stars: Jennifer Runyon, Forrest Swonsen, Linda Gentile

Co: Intercontinental Releasing Corporation (IRC)

Summary: A group of teenagers at a party find themselves being stalked by a maniacal killer in a Santa Claus costume.

IMDb Rating: 4.6/10

Release Date: 1/30/1980

Tagline: You’ll scream till dawn!

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: YouTube

Siblings Of Samhain – Goodnight Forever https://siblingsofsamhain.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/siblingsofsamhain/ https://www.instagram.com/siblingsofsamhain/

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Friday, December 29, 2023

The Old Dark House [1963]

Approved – 1h 26m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057379/

Anniversary: 60 Years

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Comedy

Director: William Castle

Writer: Robert Dillon, J.B. Priestley

Stars: Tom Poston, Robert Morley, Janette Scott, Joyce Grenfell, Peter Bull

Co: Columbia Pictures

Summary: In England, an American car salesman ends-up spending a stormy night at the mysterious and deadly mansion of a client’s family.

IMDb Rating: 5.5/10

Release Date: 10/30/1963

Taglines:

  • READY! SET! LAUGH! Join the fun in a nut-house of terror! (movie poster)
  • The Key to Spooks, Kooks, and Coffin Nooks… where the host with the most turns into a Ghost… and you… die…LAUGHING! (movie poster)
  • Scared stiff? Take a coffin-break!… to steady your nerves…and stifle your laughter! (movie poster)
  • You’ll Die Laughing! It Runs Riot!

Reference In: House of the Long Shadows (1983)

Version of: The Old Dark House (1932)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: DVD

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Saturday, December 30, 2023

Elves [1989]

Rated PG-13 – 1h 29m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099496/

Anniversary: No

Genre: Horror

Director: Jeffrey Mandel

Writer: Jeffrey Mandel, Mike Griffin, Bruce A. Taylor

Stars: Dan Haggerty, Julie Austin, Deanna Lund

Co: Action International Pictures (AIP)

Summary: A young woman discovers that she is the focus of an evil Nazi experiment involving selective breeding and summoned elves, an attempt to create a race of supermen. She and two of her friends are trapped in a department store with an elf, and only Dan Haggerty, as the renegade loose-cannon Santa Claus, can save them.

IMDb Rating: 4.2/10

Release Date: 10/24/1989

Taglines:

  • ‘Twas the night before Christmas, And all through the town, Blood-thirsty Elves are about to get down!
  • They don’t work for Santa anymore!

References:

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: YouTube

Angry Snowmans – Elves Of The North Pole https://www.facebook.com/AngrySnowmans/ https://twitter.com/angrysnowmans https://angrysnowmans.bandcamp.com/

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Iron Boss – Train Kept A Rollin’ https://www.facebook.com/ironbossofficial/ thx & lab: https://smallstone.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/smallstonerecords https://www.instagram.com/smallstonerecords/

Sunday, December 31, 2023

Terror Train [1980]

Rated R – 1h 37m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081617/

Anniversary: No

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Director: Roger Spottiswoode

Writer: T.Y. Drake, Daniel Grodnik, Judith Rascoe

Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Johnson, Hart Bochner

Co: Twentieth Century Fox

Summary: Three years after a prank went terribly awry, the six college students responsible are targeted by a masked killer at a New Year’s Eve party aboard a moving train.

IMDb Rating: 5.8/10

Release Date: 10/3/1980

Taglines:

  • Experience the most terrifying ride of your life on the Terror Train.
  • The boys and girls of Sigma Phi. Some will live. Some will die.
  • Don’t waste money on a return fare. You won’t be coming back!
  • A nightmare journey to hell… All aboard… if you dare!
  • Terror wears many disguises… All of them deadly!

Trivia:

  • Magician David Copperfield once said of this movie that he appeared in: “Film is a magnifying glass for magic, so I had to be very careful. What you see on screen is exactly what the extras saw during shooting.”

References: Halloween (1978)

Remade as:

  • Train (2008)
  • Terror Train (2022)

Reference in:

  • Scream (1996)
  • Something to Scream About (Video 2003)
  • Halloween II (2009)

Featured in:

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: Plex/ Tubi

Also Saw: New Year’s Evil [1980], Bloody New Year [1987], The Strange World of Planet X [1958], Vengeance of the Zombies [1973]

The Baseball Bats – Happy New year (ABBA cover) https://bitytheband.bandcamp.com/

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

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