In July of 1985 George A. Romero released Day of the Dead. Romero describes the movie as, “tragedy about how a lack of human communication causes chaos and collapse even in this small little pie slice of society.” The film is about an underground bunker (like you see in the movies) inhabited by military and scientist when the world is inhabited by...
David Cronenberg’s Videodrome
In 1983 David Cronenberg released Videodrome starring James Woods, Deborah Harry (of Blondie fame) and Sonja Smits. IMDB describes Videodrome as, “A sleazy cable-TV programmer begins to see his life and the future of media spin out of control in a very unusual fashion when he acquires a new kind of programming for his station.” According to the...
Blacula (1972): Horror Classic meets Blaxploitation
Blacula was part of the Blaxploitation or Blacksploitation wave of the 70’s. In the early 1970’s the term was coined by NAACP head Junius Griffin. It’s considered an ethnic subgenre that contains films made specifically for black audiences. As we know, they had an impact on lots of us. Just ask Streebo! Blacula was directed by William Crain...
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
On April 22, 1935, Bride of Frankenstein was released. It was directed by James Whale. The film stars Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valarie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger and Elson Lanchester as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster’s Bride. This movie takes place after the original Frankenstein of 1931 (duh…like most sequels). Below are some videos from...
The Original Dawn of the Dead from 1978
I was looking through my “Classics Corner” posts and noticed I’d made terrible blunder. Dawn of the Dead has not been covered yet! So it’s time to rectify that. I’m not going to do a whole lot about the story since I believe most of us have seen it. I will focus on some fun clips and interviews! George A. Romero filmed Dawn of the...
American Psycho with Christian Bale
Before Christian Bale was “Batman” he was in American Psycho! While technically this may not be a “horror” movie, it’s still a cool movie. After seeing “Dark Knight Rises” last night….thought I’d go with something with Mr. Bale and this was the first movie that comes to mind. Enjoy! More videos!