Halloween & Halloween II
Halloween (1978) was not the first holiday-themed slasher movie, but its success triggered a slew of identikit festival fright flicks called things like April Fool’s Day, Silent Night Deadly Night and […]
Tag Archives: Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Is there a series with more ironic subtitles than Friday the 13th? The Final Chapter was only the fourth instalment, followed by A New Beginning which it wasn’t, because the next film […]
Mandy
Red (Nicolas Cage) sees red in this red-filtered revenge horror that opens with King Crimson’s Starless from the album Red. I wish I could tell you there was more than […]
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
For Halloween I set myself the limit of only spending as much on my costume as Kevin Spacey’s latest film took at the box office, so I’ve got hold of […]
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Not only does Friday the 13th mark the day Donald Trump descended upon the UK, it’s also Jason Vorhees’ birthday (not sure how that works). So let’s raise a glass […]
Ghost Stories
Friday the 13th is upon us, the day we celebrate one of horror’s most ridiculous icons (right). What better way to celebrate than by watching Ghost Stories, Jeremy Dyson (The League […]
Hell Night
Linda Blair stars in Hell Night – not a documentary about the recent American election, but a slasher movie from 1981. Four college kids spend a night in a murder house […]
Friday the 13th Part 3
Last week, genre maestro, composer and Albert Einstein lookalike John Carpenter described Friday the 13th as “very cynical movie-making; it just doesn’t rise above its cheapness.” He’s right of course, but […]
The Boy
From Magic to Saw, creepy dolls have been as important to horror as nudity and Jamie Lee Curtis. With their dead eyes and motionless faces, they’re the genre’s answer to Henry Cavill. The latest […]
The House on Sorority Row
Last night I watched 1983 slasher The House on Sorority Row, because – actually, no, I don’t have to explain myself to you. A group of sorority sisters are getting ready for […]
Screen Goblin 