Tag: Gothic Horror

Sleepy Hollow (1999) – By Creepy Crazy Cathy (3C)

October 30, 2024
Film Reviews
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Sleepy Hollow is a story by Washington Irving and has many adaptations including the original from 1922 and even a Disney telling/story. This version was directed by Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2007]) and screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker (Brainscan [1994]) and came to theaters in November 1999 from Paramount Pictures….

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Gothic Life by Aurelio Voltaire (Book Review) – By Baron Craze

July 20, 2024
Book Reviews

I thoroughly enjoyed the book The Gothic Life it’s extremely fun to read, it does easily convey the entire lifestyle to be gothic and how to design the smallest of areas, face it, fans of this genre all dream of the Victorian mansion but when that is unavailable then just a room will do. However,…

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From a Whisper to a Scream (1987) – By Baron Craze

August 14, 2023
Film Reviews

I feel anthology stories will always be a part of the horror genre for example one of the first was Dead of Night [1945], by the 60s the gain more popularity with such classics as Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors [1965] and Spirits Of the Dead [1968] a trend that extended into the 70s with…

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Tales of Terror (1962) – By Baron Craze

October 12, 2022
Film Reviews

For horror fans anthology films hold a special place, it often features numerous directors and writers showcasing their talents, and other times they feature a common tread amongst them. This time around it’s the incredible director and producer Roger Corman (The Pit and the Pendulum [1961] and The Masque of Red Death [1964]), using more…

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Horror Icon: Bram Stoker – By Baron Craze

August 10, 2022
Articles

In this year of 2022, marks an incredible remembrance for one of the premier authors, Abraham “Bram” Stoker (November 8, 1847 – April 20, 1912) in just seeing those dates he would have been 175-years-old and his death marks 110-years-ago, and his significance to the cinematic horror genre is without a doubt extremely impactful has it also…

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Award-Winning Duo Pen Psychological Horror Book Inspired By True Events Press Release

July 13, 2022
Horror NewsPress Releases

For Immediate Release: Selected as one of Apple’s Most Anticipated Books for Summer, River of Ashes by Alexandrea Weis, and Lucas Astor (Vesuvian, Aug 2, 2022) is a gripping Southern Gothic series debut inspired by real people and places, including the abbey located in the actual town of St. Benedict, Louisiana. Reminiscent of the Gothic…

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The Plague of the Zombies (1966) – By Baron Craze

April 9, 2022
Film Reviews

Hammer Film studios started to suffer from two major issues first the dullness of their stories and that lead to a lack of return on investments, which effected heavily trimmed budgets. However, a few skillful artists would deliver some strong performances and give fans a glimmer of gothic horror. Hence director John Gilling, who already…

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The City of the Dead (1960) – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2020
Film Reviews

Seeing some social media questions circulating lately concerning the viewing of gothic witch stories, a few comments mention Mario Bava’s Black Sunday [1960] and others noted The Love Witch [2016] the latter is more horror-comedy, although many point to The Witch (2015) however omitted from the lists this often overlooked and relatively unknown production. There…

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A Blood Story (2015) – By Baron Craze

April 30, 2020
Archived Reviews

Horror fans that seek a return to the gothic dramas of the 70s, from the classic studios of AIP and Hammer, will find comfort in writer and director Joe Hollow’s A Blood story, with a passionate rekindling of the legendary Elizabeth Bathory, complete with a Shakespeare faire of mature fantasy storytelling for all to enjoy….

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Count Dracula (1970) – By Baron Craze

November 30, 2019
Archived Reviews

The story of Dracula, still has the power to sink the fangs into the audience and suck them into another world, Bram Stoker, never likely predicted that his novel would ever garnish this attention all these years later, but the filmmakers conjured the eternal blood drinker, and this time at the helm the legendary Jesse…

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