Going along with the early 80’s trend of event-themed horror movies – Prom Night, Fall Break, Black Christmas, Happy Birthday To You, April Fool’s Day, Graduation Day, New Year’s Evil and the like. Enjoy the last of our series of 1981 slashers this month!
Tom Savini says he is most proud of his special effects work in this week’s film. We’ve been wanting to check this one out for a long time, so enjoy our discussion of our third slasher film from 1981 this month.
Silliness abounds, but we do have some interesting ideas and some gorgeous sets and costumes to look at in this second in our m
Although he had a memorable turn as one of Hannibal Lector’s victims, we thought he got much more screen-time in the twisty 2003 thriller, Identity. Having not seen this one for a while, we were happy to discover that this remains a fun, tight (not to mention star-studded) spectacle today. R.I.P Ray Liotta, and thanks for the years of pleasure you’ve brought us.
This part is much more action-packed than the first, though…well, it’s still a TV movie. Enjoy!
Based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name (only his second novel) and of course the second film created based on one of his works since Carrie, it’s also his only vampire novel to-date. They got Toby Hooper to direct it, fresh off of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. There’s a lot to unpack and discuss here, and we had a joy doing it.
