It’s that time of year again, so as you remove the razor blades from the apples and wonder why certain candies taste funny, check these flicks out.
BLACULA ( 1972)
Despite the black exploitation nature, it really isn’t a bad vampire picture with William Marshall giving a very commanding performance, A Nubian prince is bitten by Dracula himself, reawakens to the present day to seek out his lost love now reincarnated again.
Nightlife will never be the same.
SCARY FUN
What keeps you alive (2018)
Two women in love realize they’re really not cut out for each other. See what I did there?
CHILLER SUSPENSE
Wishmaster (1997)
This movie doesn’t get enough recognition. An evil djinn grants your most desirous of wishes, with the results of getting more than you bargained for. Plenty of cameos of horror icons like Robert England and Tony Todd passing through to give it a bit of class. There is a good deal of humor but the horror is played straight.
SCARY FUN
Crawl (2019)
In the tradition of JAWS, comes this triple down feature with Crocodiles munching their way through a river soaked town. Mangia everybody.
SCARY FUN
The Void (2016)
Possibly the most Lovecraftian story that Lovecraft didn’t write. This throwback gives a nod toward old school practical effects and delivers in spades. Throw in killer cults, failed experiments and a doorway to wherever and you got a party going on. Sit tight, the gore is going to hit the fan.
SCARY FUN
Beyond the Door (1974)
Not remotely in the same class as The Exorcist, but in an odd way it certainly sits at the back of the room. A young mother pregnant with her third child behaves erratically, which may be due to the unborn child being the antichrist. Expect the usual tropes that were already cliche even at that time. Still there’s a few creepiness to be mined here.
SCARY FUN
The girl with all the Gifts (2016)
Zombie films are such a tired genre, but along comes Train to Busan to give us a new perspective. The Girl with all the gifts offers up another unique approach. The world is already ravaged by hordes of infected zombies because of a fungal disease, but hope lies with an intelligent but curious little girl imprisoned by a military/ science facility. Suffering from the same affliction, and being a hybrid may hold the key in finding a cure, only things don’t go as planned in this dystopian landscape.
SCARY FUN
The Body Snatchers (1945)
Why get your hands all dirty digging up cadavers when they’re are live victims about. Mood period piece courtesy of Robert Wise and Val Newton. They don’t come better than this.
OLD SCHOOL CLASSIC
Overlord (2018)
What’s a world war 2 movies without a few nazi soldiers and inhuman creatures trying to obliterate our American GIs, Hey…would I be mistaken if somehow this seems like an adaptation of the video game Wolfenstein…no; Nevermind.
SCARY FUN
Zodiac (2007)
If you’re ever wondering what inspired Netflix’s Manhunter series, look no further than David Fincher’s crime thriller, based on a true story on the procedural hunt for the real-life serial killer Zodiac. Not technically a horror film but the eeriness may have you looking over your shoulder now and then.
CHILLER SUSPENSE
