Tagged: Halloween

January 24, 2017

The Monster Squad

The three of us enjoyed chatting about this “Goonies for horror fans,” delivered like a time capsule from the 1980’s. We kinda wonder why it isn’t more popular today.

A man in a dark suit with a red vest and tie stands cautiously by a stone wall. In the background, like a scene from a horror movie review podcast, a person in a maid outfit and muscular man with a weapon are locked in combat near a tent-like structure. The scene is dimly lit and tense.

November 15, 2016

As an artifact of 80’s filmmaking and the lost art of practical monster effects, Waxwork survives to deliver to today’s audience a bit of fun and a lot of truly terrible dialogue. The original premise is solid too, if a little uneven.

October 31, 2016

Tales of Halloween

They just don’t make ’em like this anymore. We thought Tales of Halloween was a solid horror anthology that was perfect for the season.

October 27, 2016

Halloween 3

Fresh off the heels of two commercially successful films starring Michael Meyers, Team John Carpenter took a left turn and decided the Halloween series would be better as an annual holiday-themed horror anthology. And maybe it would have been, had they not led the charge with this turkey.

October 19, 2016

Elvira Mistress of the Dark

It didn’t make a big splash, but it did make a huge impression on both of us – and, we suspect, many likeminded souls of our generation. This movie celebrates all that is goofy and fun about this iconic character, and we had a blast revisiting the camp and the cheese this holiday season.

October 14, 2015

Trick R Treat

Trick or Treat is the Halloween movie to end all Halloween movies, and we had a ball discussing it this month.