Corpse Bride (2005)
The awesome Holly of Holly's Horrorland and Emma of Little Gothic Horrors are hosting the Tim Burton Blog Bash, and I thought it would be a good opportunity to finally get around to watching his 2005...
View ArticleNinja the Mission Force (2012)
One of these days I'm gonna talk about Brad Jones (aka The Cinema Snob), because I've got a LOT to say! For now, I'll be discussing the Dark Maze Studios (now Neon Harbour Entertainment) comedy...
View ArticleHalloween Greetings
Hello, my ooky friends. Tis the time for hijinks of the ghostly and macabre variety! This year I shall be looking at a variety of things that you may find interesting. I'll also be writing some gloomy...
View ArticleMonster Mash (1995)
The first film I'll be looking at this October comes courtesy of a very familiar song. No doubt you've heard Monster Mash, by Bobby 'Boris' Pickett? If not, it's a classic Halloween staple that's...
View ArticleThe Monster Club (1980)
1980's The Monster Club is a sort-of Amicus film. I say sort-of, because while it's made, produced, and acted (among other things) by many of the same people behind Amicus, and it shows, that company...
View ArticleMad Monster Party (1967)
Among other things, animation studio Rankin-Bass are mainly known for stop-motion movies such as Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and Santa Claus is Coming to Town. They didn't just...
View ArticleThe Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)
Despite seeing massive popularity in its heyday, the Beach Party series had definitely waned by the mid 60's, only a few short years after the series had even began. Funny how trends work! 1966 saw the...
View ArticleAmuck (1972)
Pretty much everything I've reviewing for October so far this year has had a similar theme of monster get-togethers (Ghost in the Invisible Bikini almost sorta technically counts, because it's at least...
View ArticleThe Vampire Lovers (1970)
Lesbian vampire movies are a dime-a-dozen, and while they existed in Europe as early as the 1960's, it was the Hammer horror film The Vampire Lovers that most consider to have started the subgenre's...
View ArticleVampyros Lesbos( 1971) and She Killed in Ecstasy (1971)
By far the most famous muse of Spanish exploitation filmmaker Jesus 'Jess' Franco was Soledad Miranda, who appeared in a bundle of his movies in the late 60's/early 70's, and was well on the way to...
View ArticleSpermula (1976)
You're probably thinking the same thing I once thought-"Spermula? Really?!", and to answer your question, no actually, this movie isn't a porn parody of Dracula. Spermula is just a futuristic science...
View ArticleThe Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
For all the movies I've seen (and I've seen a looooooot), there are still quite a few glaring blind spots. One in particular was A Nightmare Before Christmas. Well I'm glad to say I've finally watched...
View ArticleCoraline (2009)
Last time I reviewed a Neil Gaiman adaptation, I was less than kind to him as a writer, given I'd just watched a truly awful episode he wrote for Doctor Who, and was less than enthused about what I'd...
View ArticleVincent (1982)
When it comes to stop-motion, Tim Burton is mainly known for A Nightmare Before Christmas, and more recently Corpse Bride, and Frankenweenie  is the 1982 short film VincentThe plot focuses on a young...
View ArticleThe Apostle (2012)
*Note. This review is currently blank. I had intended to look at this awesome Spanish/Galician stop-motion horror film called O Apostolo, but the English subtitles for the Video-on-Demand option on the...
View ArticleHalloween 2016
Happy Halloween, everyone! I hope you've all had/are having/will have a great day, filled with many spooky delights!As for my Halloween, I was working like a madman yesterday preparing all the...
View ArticleOrgy of the Dead (1965)
Orgy of the Dead is certainly a title that sticks out! Does this 1965 movie live up to that name though? Not really, as rather than a necro-porn flick, it's actually more of a nudie-cutie, written (but...
View ArticleBritish Intelligence (1940)
I've made it a mission in life to watch every movie Boris Karloff was in, and today, that goal has taken me to the 1940's wartime thriller British Intelligence...During World War I, a German spy named...
View ArticleBlonde Ice (1948)
I've been on a bit of a noir kick as of late, and once such film I've watched is 1948's Blonde Ice, noteworthy for its especially evil femme fatale, which certainly piqued my interest!...Claire...
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