Originally aired Saturday, December 16, 2023.
Prince of Darkness (1987) Review [Lazarus’ Lair]
It’s pretty tough to go wrong when viewing an 80s horror movie directed by John Carpenter and also starring Donald Pleasence and from what I remember watching Prince of Darkness in the VHS tape rental days, I quite enjoyed it. I thought it would be a good idea to revisit it now after all these years and give it another viewing but I was a bit surprised that it wasn’t quite as I remembered it.
https://lazaruslair.wordpress.com/2023/10/27/movie-reviews-574-prince-of-darkness-1987/
32 Horror Movies So Disturbing And Disgusting You'll Never Unsee Them [Game Spot]
What's the defining characteristic of a great horror movie? If you thought of a film that lives rent-free in your mind years after you'd first seen it, you'd be bang on the money. For this list, we're looking at the horror movies that have stomach-churning gorefests, psychological terror that leaves you shaken once the end credits have rolled, and shocking concepts that were bound to cause controversy.
Gateway to Horror – How Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” Tuned Kids into the Genre [Nightmare Nostalgia]
The foulest stench is in the air, the funk of forty years since the universally proclaimed “King of Pop” released the infamous music video “Thriller”, a badass tune on his 1982 album of the same name, nationally to audiences everywhere, smells as fresh as it did since we first saw zombies dance across TV screens in 1983.
Full Moon founder Charles Band’s marriage to Robin Sydney was officiated by Joe Bob Briggs [JoBlo]
Full Moon founder Charles Band and actress Robin Sydney had an awesome wedding, with Joe Bob Briggs as officiant!
https://www.joblo.com/band-sydney/
The Woman In The Maze (2023) Review [The Nightmare Nook Horror Blog]
What's behind door No. 1? A lie? A secret that is dark, deadly and vengeful? Is that very same thing behind door No. 2? 3? 4? 5? Etc.
https://nightmarenookhorrorblog.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-woman-in-maze-2023.html?zx=293656ee5d9f3591
How to Write a Good Horror Story – An Ultimate Guide [Horror Tree]
Most people love a good scare. From early years playing peek-a-boo to enjoying ghost stories in teenage years, scary stories have always been appealing. Gothic movies are among the most popular genres in film and television. If you’re a natural at telling chilling stories, you can turn it into an exciting career. Most successful horror movies, such as The Shining, Frankenstein, and Dracula, existed as stories before going to the screen.
https://horrortree.com/how-to-write-a-good-horror-story-an-ultimate-guide/
Electrocuting an Elephant [Wikipedia]
Electrocuting an Elephant (also known as Electrocution of an Elephant) is a 1903 American, short, black-and-white, silent documentary film of the killing of the elephant Topsy by electrocution at a Coney Island amusement park. It was produced by the Edison film company (part of the Edison Manufacturing Company) and is believed to have been shot by Edwin S. Porter or Jacob Blair Smith.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocuting_an_Elephant
Le Ravissement de Frank N Stein [YouTube]
The viewer takes the perspective of Frankenstein's monster, waking up in a lab and moving through an alienating series of rooms, towards an unknown goal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmMyx2_4STg
Steel and Lace (1990) Review [Jiggy's Horror Corner]
Steel and Lace isn’t a movie I’d heard too much about before watching. In fact, while I had known of the movie in a vague sense, I think it’d be fair to say that I couldn’t have said a single thing if asked what it was about. All of this is to say that I went into this one pretty blind, and I have to admit that while I liked some of the ideas here, along with the effects, I’m not sure the execution was to my liking.
https://jigsawshorrorcorner.com/2023/12/13/steel-and-lace-1990/
Journey into Fear 9 [Comic Book Plus]
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=5367
MiedoBase TV [Official Website]
As part of LATIN HORROR‘s tenth anniversary in 2018, we introduced you to a fulfilled item from our bucket list: the companion website MiedoBase TV, a relational database whose focus is on horror, science fiction, and genre films. Why? Why not?
Horror Conventions 2024 [Puzzle Box Horror]
Greetings, fellow horror aficionados! Grab your garlic necklaces, sharpen your stakes, and make sure your flashlight batteries are fresh because we’re about to dive headfirst into the spine-chilling circus that is the Horror Conventions of 2024. If you thought your Aunt Mildred’s haunted porcelain doll collection was terrifying, just wait until you step into a convention hall filled with creatures that go bump in the night and cosplayers who take “creepy” to a whole new level. Join me, and all our weird friends, as we navigate the haunted landscape of this year’s frightful festivities. It’s time to embrace the darkness, but remember to keep an eye on your shadow—it might be attending its own panel discussion.
https://puzzleboxhorror.com/horror-conventions-2024/
Fright Favorites – Interview with author David J Skal [Latin Horror]
'Monster Show' historian on his latest literary contribution
https://latinhorror.com/fright-favorites-interview-with-author-david-j-skal/
If You Want to Make Real Movies, Avoid Real Sets [Modern Horrors]
My co-producer, Cameron Tremblay, and I graduated in the same film school class. He went to work in the locations department on big fancy American productions like Fringe, while I went to work in the sound department, taking whatever jobs I could get—usually unpaid, but sometimes they gave me fifty bucks and bought me a case of beer. And that was fine—you can’t expect to get decent paid work in the sound department straight out of school.
https://modernhorrors.com/if-you-want-to-make-real-movies-avoid-real-sets-the-insider/
Horror Favourites – Josh Monkarsh [Love Horror]
In a world gripped by a zombie apocalypse, where chaos reigns, one independent film is set to offer a unique blend of comedy, horror, and romance. As We Know It, directed by Josh Monkarsh, takes us back to the late 1990s in Los Angeles, where a struggling writer, James Bishop, finds himself navigating the ups and downs of a messy breakup while facing an impending apocalypse.
https://lovehorror.co.uk/interview/83344/horror-favourites-josh-monkarsh/
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) Review [Really Awful Movies]
The A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise is as personality-driven as its contemporaries are not. A reasonably competent stuntman stand in passes muster for most masked maniacs. But not so the Springwood Slasher, who’s as quick with a crack as he is with a scratch of a knifed glove.
https://reallyawfulmovies.com/2023/12/04/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-2010/
Manos – The Hands of Fate (1966) Full Movie [Internet Archive]
A family gets lost on the road and stumbles upon a hidden, underground, devil-worshiping cult led by the fearsome Master and his servant Torgo.
https://archive.org/details/ManosTheHandsOfFateFullMovie1080p