Tag: Archived Review

Ghostquake (2012) – By Baron Craze

Danny Trejo, a name that has become more synonymous with the horror genre with each passing month, and stars in director Jeffery Scott Lando’s Ghostquake (originally known as Haunted High) which aired on the Syfy channel, with him performing duties as a janitor named Ortiz, who seems to a high degree of spiritual integrity. Screenwriters…


The Haunting of Whaley House (2012) – By Baron Craze

Every city, everywhere, has a legendary haunted house, one with a brutal history and numerous tall tales and perhaps many trespassers, sometimes the building becomes a tourist attraction where one gets a guided tour, such as with the Whaley House located in Old Town, San Diego, which still stands after the creation in 1857 now…


Evilspeak (1981) – By Baron Craze

Director Eric Weston (Hyenas [2011]) delivers a demonic possession flick that contains a cheaper version of Carrie White in the form of Stanley Coopersmith, portrayed by Clint Howard, in a film known as Evilspeak. This pre-political correctness flick eventually became a VHS lost relic to formats and audiences alike, a silly investment of time, but…


The Final (2010) – By Baron Craze

This movie serves as a standout among both the After Dark Horrorfest series and the numerous revenge style movies especially involving bullies and their victims, in the high school setting, and with location reveal thoughts traveling back for many to school shootings. Hence the word generates immediate mixed reactions that occurred, the overall condemnation of…


Zombie Holocaust aka Doctor Butcher M.D. (1980) – By Baron Craze

When the cannibal subgenre found the reign of its terror nearing the end and they witnessed the strong rise of the dead, with creation of more zombie films, producer Fabrizio De Angelis (The Beyond [1981]) decided why not combine the two genres, hence creating Zombie Holocaust. In the process, the Italian gore saturation of explicit…


The Wax Mask (1997) – By Baron Craze

When one sees the names Lucio Fulci and Dario Argento joining to together to work possibly on new horror projects, many across the horror genre have great aspirations for the future project. However, death played the spoils, as intended director Fulci passed on, March 13, 1996 (at the age of 68) and it crippled the…


20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) – By Baron Craze

When one hears the name Ray Harryhausen they either say who’s that or know of his masterful special effects skills, honoring and respecting his contributions to cinema, especially in both the horror and sci-fi genres. A classic creation of his which features Ymir, the beast from Venus celebrates its 62nd  anniversary in the film 20…


It’s in the Blood (2012) – By Baron Craze

When a horror fan mentions the name Lance Henriksen a flood of films come to mind such as Aliens (1986) and lately many b-movies, but as a quality actor, the performance, comes with intensity and passion for  each role and never fails in the delivery, and the same goes for his character Russell in It’s…


Willow Creek (2013) – By Baron Craze

Found Footage films seem to have earned a lasting impression on the horror genre, and the staying power always increasing mainly due to the fact of the cheapness for successful production, for wallets of budding filmmakers, however a strange element when a noted filmmaker, such as Bobcat Goldthwait enters into the subgenre with his version…


The Beyond (1981) – By Baron Craze

Attention: Only the true hardcore horror fans need apply here, as anyone familiar with the powerful and incredible visual presented in the Italian horror cinema, they already know about The Beyond, as a masterpiece to both Fulci fans and elements of extreme excessiveness. This movie doesn’t hold anything back, delivering gore, and strives forward providing…