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Barbara Steele then and now

Over 50 years after her first starring horror role in Mario Bava’s Black Sunday, horror icon Barbara Steele is back in The Butterfly Room—and she’s better than ever. BLACK SUNDAY (1960) One of the earliest films of Italian horror director … Continue reading

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Tamara – throwback to the age of horror movie novelizations

Growing up in the 1980s, I devoured novelizations of horror movies—Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Fog, Jaws 2, Dressed to Kill, April Fools’ Day, Poltergeist—always thrilled to discover embellishments by the writers or scenes from the screenplay that … Continue reading

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Double feature fun time with demons and witches

There’s nothing like watching horror flix back to back and having simple, cheesy, gory fun with the double feature. Like when I sat down to watch The Demon’s Rook and Hansel & Gretel Get Baked. THE DEMON’S ROOK (2013)   … Continue reading

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Which evil bitch is which?

How well do you know your wicked women from TV and horror movies? Answers below! ANSWERS: Pumpkinhead The Witches Are You Afraid of the Dark? Witching & Bitching Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones Outpost: Black … Continue reading

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The witch flick I’ve been waiting for!

2013 Spanish film Witching and Bitching is the first witch horror flick that gives me more than I could hope for. This is like Hocus Pocus and The Witches all rolled into one—for adults! It’s the movie The Lords of … Continue reading

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Tamara and The Woods – when good girls go witch!

In the tradition of all those other movies about schoolgirls delving into witchcraft and using special powers to get revenge on mean girls, I take a look at Tamara and The Woods. TAMARA (2005) Tamara is a teen movie that … Continue reading

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I totally would have hung with the witches in Salem

The 2002 film Salem Witch Trials (originally a 2-part mini-series) is a pretty good reminder of how life imitates art…that imitates life. Today we have activists, the PC police, loud mouths who won’t shut the fuck up—whatever you want to … Continue reading

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Just make sure you can tell it’s horror that came from the 80s!

That’s what it feels like the producers said when they gave the go ahead for Necropolis. It opens in Amsterdam 1686, but this witch is already looking and dancing like an 80s slut. Her satanic ritual doesn’t go as planned … Continue reading

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Modern horror impulse buyer beware 1

As a victim of my own disease—impulsiveness—many are the times I’ve bought horror just because it was there and maybe the cover looked good or I had nothing better to buy. So I’m starting a segment on movies you should … Continue reading

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The b-horror of scream king Jeff Dylan Graham

I love my actors and actresses who sell their souls and careers to the devil. So this time I take on some of the indie horror of cutie Jeff Dylan Graham. This barely scratches the surface of his filmography, but … Continue reading

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