Tag: Slasher

The Boonies (2021) – By Baron Craze

March 8, 2022
Film Reviews

Often filmmakers will pay homage to the films that inspirated them to venture into filmmaking, or to give a nod to another artist, but it’s truly a fine and delicate line between the realms between this and blatantly ripping films in general, and sadly this falls flatly into the latter grouping. Director Lance Parkin who…

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Halloween II (1981) – By Baron Craze

December 31, 2021
Articles

It surprises no one that after Halloween [1978] became a box office hit that the producers and studios would want a sequel, especially since the film assisted in the launch of the slasher genre with Friday the 13th [1980], though a few blips proceeded it. In 1981, before the filming actually started, over 10-movies on…

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Swamphead (2011) – By Baron Craze

November 30, 2021
Film Reviews

First time directors and writers Dustin Drover and Justin Propp delivered their lowbrow comedy horror film to the masses of horror fans with style and true gusto by having it released on Wild Eye Releasing. Their movie combines multiple elements presented in a crib-sheet format, rather than the larger extent of bigger budget films and…

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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) – By Baron Craze

September 25, 2021
Articles

I know a lot of Friday the 13th fans especially like part 6, but it’s how we got to this point which reveals some key aspects. First, let’s backtrack a little a bit, (no I’m not going to a full timeline) I believe we can all agree The Final Chapter (part 4) was the preverbal…

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Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2021
Articles

An important item to understand about this movie is the filmmakers didn’t concern themselves with continuity too much, they wanted the plot and storyline quickly done and a simple scenario, a group of folks in middle of nowhere are stalked, slashed, stabbed, and slaughtered. They weren’t attempting to make a lot of scenes, rather speed…

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Expressway to Your Skull (2014) – By Baron Craze

April 30, 2021
Archived Reviews

Michael Okum delivers in all areas, with his horror movie, Expressway to Your Skull, and truly grips hold of the viewer and pulls them into the storyline, with a slow and patient build-up to achieve a full-length thrill ride, which excels the audience in to purchasing the movie to see all of the uniqueness in…

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Slasher House (2012) – By Baron Craze

March 31, 2021
Archived Reviews

Eleanor James, a talented actress takes center stage in writer and director MJ Dixon’s Slasher House, marking her blazing career of twenty-six horror films, from starring in director Johannes Roberts’ Forest of the Damned [2005] to Jason Croot’s Le Fear II: Le Sequel [2016]. However, in this demented story, many things hide themselves in plain…

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Famine (2011) – By Baron Craze

March 31, 2021
Archived Reviews

Screenwriter and director Ryan Nicholson, a name synonymous with gruesome creations, in this case Famine fulfills the wish list for many dedicated horror fans and exceeding the extremism for excessive gore which spreads itself in tidal waves of bloodlust. Ryan, who is most noted for his film Gutterball [2008], a film that fitted fans with…

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April Fool’s Day (1986) – By Baron Craze

March 30, 2021
Articles

Within the horror genre, there are plenty of unique films for multiple reasons, a classic design, cool characters, phenomenal locations, exquisite storyline, and then there’s those movies with those special twist endings commonly found in Scream [1996] and thereafter such as the recent No Escape [2020]. However, this concept existed before these movies, with one…

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The Curse of Dracula (2019) – By Baron Craze

February 28, 2021
Film Reviews

  It’s always interesting to see horror films coming from different parts of the world, the nuances that they incorporate into their storytelling, and this time we return to Slovenia, that had a long absent in producing horror flicks, Short Night of Glass Dolls [1971]; then Killbillies [2015] from director Tomaz Gorkic, now presents this movie…

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