Category Archives: Sound Check – The Songs Stuck in My Head

Afflicted vs. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Daniel

If you have to watch one movie about creatures of the night, which of these two should it be? Depends on your tastes. A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (2014) A Persian film by an Iranian director…filmed in California. … Continue reading →

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The stuff of 80s horror nightmares

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Daniel

Why were Friday nights awesome in the 80s? You’d rent three movies and get the fourth free at the video store, pop loads of buttery popcorn, and then watch crappy midnight movies until four in the morning. 80s horror movies … Continue reading →

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Enter The Devil’s Carnival…and be prepared to sing!

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Daniel

The Devil’s Carnival appears to be a horror musical in installments. Part 2 and 3 are on the way. If you’ve seen Repo! The Genetic Opera, you’ll feel right at home, because they are both directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, … Continue reading →

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Taking out the 80s slash trash!

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Daniel

Digging into the bowels of 80s slashers, I’ve gathered together a handful to cover so let’s get right to it! THE FOREST (1982)   The Forest isn’t your ordinary backwoods cannibal movie. It’s a hot mess! You feel right at … Continue reading →

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Beware the Black Witch of the Projects

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Daniel

After The Blair Witch Project bored us for life…I mean, scarred us for life (no I don’t)…back in 1999, the hip hop community of the time came together to give us the story of the urban legend known as “The … Continue reading →

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Modern horror—the artistic, the routine, and the barely watchable

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Daniel

But I watched anyway! So let’s get right into what I experienced with these three very different films. NEVERLAKE (2013) If you like fancy frights, you might just enjoy Neverlake. This film is beautiful to look at and has the … Continue reading →

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If May and American Mary had a lovechild, her name would be Alyce Kills

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Daniel

Alyce Kills…but she takes her time in this slow burner. Alyce is this really weird, socially inept chick (only slightly less creepy than May). Alyce was always the outcast in her group of friends. But she does have one best … Continue reading →

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The Wolves of Kromer – a different kind of gay hairy beast

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Daniel

Before True Blood made vampires a metaphor for gay panic and before In the Flesh made zombies the same, the 1998 art film The Wolves of Kromer used werewolves as the monster of choice. And it also featured Boy George … Continue reading →

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Cleaning horror house: 70s, 80s, and 90s crap

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Daniel

Here’s a bunch of crap I’ve been re-visiting lately, so let’s see how they hold up. THE EERIE MIDNIGHT HORROR SHOW (aka: Enter the Devil) (1974) This Italian knock-off of The Exorcist was renamed to sound more like Rocky Horror, … Continue reading →

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Triple bite from a decade of vampire comedies

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Daniel

The 1980s ushered in a new decade of horror spoofs, and one creature of the night that was often took the brunt of the joke was the vampire. Conveniently, three vampire comedies from that era have hit Blu-ray simultaneously, so … Continue reading →

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