There's no danger!-Joe I've seen Lamberto Bava's Demons (1985) a fair few times, but this year I decided to check out the 1986 sequel, the imaginatively titled Demons 2 for Day 20 of Fright Festival. Right off the bat, its as weird as the first one, albeit in an entirely different way. It's a sequel … Continue reading Death and Contagion
One Long Smorgasbord
Broke into the wrong goddamn rec room, didn't ya you bastard!- Burt Gummer Tremors (1990) is one of those films that's so incredibly close to perfect that it's hard to talk about. So that's why I figured I'd give it a shot for Day 19 of the Fright Festival. Directed by Ron Underwood, and starring … Continue reading One Long Smorgasbord
The Graves of Egypt
Seems I've spent the better part of my life amongst the dead.- John Banning For Day 18, I decided to hit up an old standby - the 1959 Hammer horror feature, The Mummy. It's one of my favourites, and I tend to default to it on those occasions I want to watch something but can't … Continue reading The Graves of Egypt
All Dead Here
One doesn't easily forget, Herr Baron, an arm torn out by the roots.- Inspector Krogh For Day 17, I decided to give Son of Frankenstein (1939) another watch, mostly since I haven't seen it in a few years. Of the three Karloff-led Frankenstein films, I prefer Bride of Frankenstein (1935) for various reasons - preeminent … Continue reading All Dead Here
A Game of Death
After fifteen years, I have returned.- Vitus Verdegast The first time I saw the 1934 Universal feature, The Black Cat, was in a college course on horror films. I had mixed feelings on it at the time; heretofore, my main exposure to Universal's horror output was the expected fare - Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, et … Continue reading A Game of Death
Never Believe What You Publish
Your appetite for blood intrigues me. We have a lot in common, you and I... - Dwight Renfield Day 15 of the Fright Festival and I went for something a bit more low key - Mark Pavia's 1997 adaption of Stephen King's The Night Flier. It's a gory little thriller that puts me in mind of … Continue reading Never Believe What You Publish
Hell is Overflowing
The plan is you drink a nice tall glass of shut the fuck up.- CJ Yesterday I was having a chat with a friend of mine, Rich (you should buy his book). Somehow or other we got on the subject of Zack Snyder and Rich reminded me of the existence of Snyder's 2004 remake of … Continue reading Hell is Overflowing
The Game is Finished
You play a good game, boy, but the game is finished. Now you die.- The Tall Man Given that it's (almost) Friday the 13th, I considered going for the obvious choice for today's Fright Festival entry, but instead I decided to go for something less cliché. Hence unlucky thirteen being 1979's Phantasm. The first time … Continue reading The Game is Finished
Six Men
You really think you summoned a ghost from your bathroom mirror?- Morjana Day 12 of the 2021 Fright Festival and I'm cheating a bit with this one. I actually saw Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury's 2020 effort Kandisha a month ago and decided to give it another watch so that I'd have an excuse to … Continue reading Six Men
I Shall Rise Again
Eat 'em! Eat 'em! Crunch crunch!- Jimmy Quinn I love this film. It has everything - flying monsters, secret cults, obstinate bureaucracy...Michael Moriarty as a small time crook. It's just fantastic. My earliest memories of it actually don't have anything to do with the film itself so much as the poster for it - or, … Continue reading I Shall Rise Again
