Christmas Evil
A cuit classic in some circles, we weren’t quite sure what to make of this weird little film. But we had a lot more to say about it than we thought we would!
A cuit classic in some circles, we weren’t quite sure what to make of this weird little film. But we had a lot more to say about it than we thought we would!
Join us by the Yule log as we unwrap this overlooked but stellar Christmas horror film, by the writer-director of A Christmas Story.
Today’s film is like the Airplane of horror films – a long-forgotten gem from the UK boasting Vincent Price as the leader of a satanic cult terrorizing a group of scientists investigating strange goings-on at Headstone Manor. Get ready for sight gags and that distinctly British sort of humor.
Clownhouse isn’t going to win any awards for the best film around, but it’s Sam Rockwell’s very first feature, and it provides some decent scares if clowns freak you out.
It turns out we had a lot to talk about for a film with such little dialogue. But we found this foreign thriller one of the spookier and unusual movies to come out recently.