Retrospectives
Children Of The Corn – 30 Years Behind The Rows
Based on the Stephen King short story, Children of the Corn actually takes numerous liberties with the source material. But in many ways, King’s incredibly dark story simply couldn’t be ...
Retrospective – Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer
Henry is a testament to how powerful a film can be even without much of anything to work with at all. Based loosely on the story of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas, it was made for only $100,000 and its...
The Phantasm Franchise – A Viewing Guide
Phantasm is one of the few horror movies to benefit from its sequels. Not that the original isn’t a horror classic, but watching it alone, there’s a great deal left unexplained. What you...
“They’re All Going To Laugh At You” – A Retrospective On Carrie
Halfway through writing his debut novel, convinced that he knew nothing of the female experience, a writer threw the entire manuscript into the trash. The writer was Stephen King and the novel was Car...
Friday The 13th Part 2 Retrospective- An Overlooked And Essential Slasher Film
While it was a big success in theaters, Friday the 13th Part 2 doesn’t seem as widely regarded by any but the fairly hardcore horror fans. People don’t want Jason in the potato sack, as t...
Savage Streets is a Brutal, Revenge-Fueled Exploitation Thriller
Brenda (Linda Blair) is the leader of an all girl gang called The Satins. When a rival, all male, gang rapes her sister and kills her best friend, she takes the law in to her own hands and sets out on...