Tag: Horror Review

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Archived Reviews

John McNaughton in 1985, then an aspiring director-to-be, worked for producers Waleed and Malik Ali of MPI a localized video firm, who wanted to have their own horror film, crafted in the slasher genre, and granted John a $111,000 budget and one month to complete the movie. As a result, the movie generated incredible fear…

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Gargoyles (1972) – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Television Reviews

Earlier in 2019, the world saw the burning of Notre Dame, in Paris France, and thought, the tragedy occurred perhaps from the removal of the gargoyles this coincidentally came about when readers of The Horror Times requested (in high demand) a review of the 1972 television film. This originally broadcasted on CBS in November 1973,…

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Moth (2016) – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Film Reviews

Moth is a Hungarian mystery-horror film that combines both the found footage genre and a narrative cinematography found in standard horror movies coming from screenwriter József Gallai (Echoes [2018]), who directed it alongside with Gergö Elekes (Bodom [2014]) releasing the movie through Wild Eye Releasing. It is uncommon for found footage films to incorporate the narrative…

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The Afflicted (2011) – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Archived Reviews

The Afflicted, renamed Another American Crime for overseas release in Germany, a sickening horror film produced by Midnight Releasing in association with Afflicted Picturehouse, and written and directed by Jason Stoddard, on a streamline budget of $180,000. Inspired by the Theresa Knorr case, the movie roughly follows the real life events through a tragic timeline, but translates into…

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Head Count (2018) – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Film Reviews

Elle Callahan stepped into the director’s seat for her first full length feature Head Count, a challenging thriller, with horror undertones, she heads this indie project most efficiently, even though limited resources reined in much of the film’s intentions. She of course, like many others wore multiple hats, not an uncommon trait for beginner projects,…

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Dracula (1931) – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Archived Reviews

Dracula the name itself is a true icon in not just the horror cinema, but as a whole to all disciplines of entertainment, from novels and comic books, to stage productions, films, music and memorabilia, the role made many famous by donning the cape to addressing themselves as Count Dracula. Universal Pictures interpretation to base…

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Altar (2016) – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Archived Reviews

Matthew Sconce, director of Altar, presents a found footage, now before you roll your eyes and groan, this time he adds a twist, by including the mixture of the slasher genre complete with doomsayer similar to that in The Birds (1963) and of course, Crazy Ralph from Friday the 13th (1980). However, Sconce delivers a…

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Satan’s School for Girls (1973) – By Baron Craze

April 30, 2019
Television Reviews

Once more it’s time to revisit the television horror, namely this campy production which first aired on September 19, 1973 from the skilled hands and mind of producer Aaron Spelling through the distribution of the American Broadcastings Company (ABC) from director David Lowell Rich, who earlier that same year did The Horror at 37,000 Feet…

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The Mutilator (1984) – By Baron Craze

April 30, 2019
Archived Reviews

The mid-eighties the horror genre truly was an interesting time, the slasher genre had a slowdown, but preparing for unsuspecting rebirth with the release of A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984, and creating two stars Robert Englund and Johnny Depp, while creating another chapter in Wes Craven’s life. It also had the home video…

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Gehenna: Where Death Lives (2016) – By Baron Craze

April 30, 2019
Film Reviews

It is actually refreshing when a horror movie, presents stunning cinematography of opening moments, with lush beautiful scenery, however that’s where the scenic moments tend to fall off for director Hiroshi Katagiri with this his first feature debut. He wrote the screenplay with the assistance of Nathan Long (Guyver: Dark Hero [1994])) and Brad Palmer…

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