Tag: Horror

Testament of Horror for January 9 to January 15, 2022

JANUARY 9 BORN ON JANUARY 9 1989 – Nina Dobrev, starred in the TV Series “The Vampire Diaries,” “Never Cry Werewolf,” “Flatliners [2017]” and “The Final Girls.” 1973 – Howard J. Ford, director of “The Lockdown Hauntings,” “Distant Shadow,” “The Dead” and “The Dead 2.” 1973 – Angela Bettis, starred in “May,” “Carrie [2002],” “Toolbox Murders,”…


New Releases for January 11 to 17, 2022

JANUARY 11 Halloween Kills [2021] 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray PRINCIPAL CAST: Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Anthony Michael Hall DIRECTOR: David Gordon Green PRODUCER: Jason Blum, Bill Block SYNOPSIS: The Halloween night when Michael Myers returned isn’t over yet. Michael manages to free himself from Laurie Strode’s (Jamie Lee Curtis) trap to resume his…


Legend of the Hillbilly Butcher (2012) – By Baron Craze

Whacked Movies and Sledgehammer Studios in combination with writer and director Joaquin Montalvan creator of Mobius [2009] and writer Eunice Font, designed a gritty sick horror complete with cannibalism and good down-home cooking followed by a few rules on both family values and punishments for trespassing. However, one must note the style first, using old…


Testament of Horror for January 1 to January 8, 2022

JANUARY 1 BORN ON JANUARY 1 1983 – Dana DeLorenzo, starred in “Ash vs Evil Dead – TV Series” and “The Moleman of Belmont Avenue.” 1969 – Verne Troyer, actor in “Gnome Alone,” “Wishmaster” and “Pinocchio’s Revenge.” 1949 – Don Keith Opper, screenwriter for “Infection,” “Ghost in the Machine,” “Critters,” “Critters 2,” “Critters 3” and “Critters…


New Releases for January 1 to 10, 2022

JANUARY 4 Black Friday [2021] Blu-ray/DVD PRINCIPAL CAST: Bruce Campbell, Devon Sawa, Michael Jai White DIRECTOR: Casey Tebo SYNOPSIS: On Thanksgiving night, a group of disgruntled toy store employees begrudgingly arrive for work to open the store at midnight for the busiest shopping day of the year. Meanwhile, an alien parasite crashes to Earth in a meteor….


The New Jersey Con and Film Festival November 2021 – By Baron Craze

A Bloody Good Time!!!   This event to me, is similar to a child anticipating adventures in trick-or-treat, yes, it’s similar each time, however little nuances constantly evolving change the experience every time, and that’s how I feel about the NJ Horror Con. We all know it occurs for the same three days Friday through…


Hole (2010) – By Baron Craze

The discovery for many reviewers and horror fans learning of the rising talents of Joaquin Montalvan came from his low-budget horror film Legend of the Hillbilly Butcher [2014], whose entire filmmaking style bucks the system of formats and structure and eclipses the boundaries of sick twisted creations of horror. Four years prior to the ‘Butcher”…


Remembrance of the Dead for November 2021

In life, death aka the Grim Reaper stalks us all, no one can beat this hunter, many of us either mark our flesh with his image or have his likeness on our walls, desks, and shelves, all to force us to strive forward, knowing it seeks us out at some point. As many artists want…


Beautiful Prison (2016) – By Baron Craze

Horror films always incorporate other genres, and director Joel Vallie who co-wrote with Eric Machiela, does just that with his dramatic and romantic movie Beautiful Prison, distributed through Midnight Releasing. His movie, created and filmed in Mexico, contains subtitles for the translating of Spanish speaking moments, but overall, it is in the English language, some…


Testament of Horror for December 19 – 25, 2021

DECEMBER 19 BORN ON DECEMBER 19 1980 – Jake Gyllenhaal, starred in “Relic,” ”Velvet Buzzsaw,” “Life,” “Zodiac” and “Nightcrawler.” 1977 – Irina Voronina, appeared in “Piranha 3DD,” “Hood of Horror” and “Ring of Darkness.” 1972 – Alyssa Milano, appeared in “The Canterville Ghost,” “Embrace of the Vampire” an episode of “The Outer Limits” and more. 1969 –…