Category Archives: Theater Caligari
Prom Night (1980)/Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)/Prom Night III: The Last Kiss (1990)/Prom Night IV: Deliver Us From Evil (1992)
Without a doubt one of the strangest of the slasher film cycles is the Prom Night series, which kicks off with a decent, by-the-numbers genre entry, stalls out, unexpectedly resurrects itself, plunges into horror-comedy, and doubles back to slasher while … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, 90's, Brock Simpson, Canuxploitation, Cynthia Preston, demons, High School, horror, Jamie Lee Curtis, Joy Tanner, Leslie Nielsen, Lisa Schrage, Michael Ironside, Nicole de Boer, Possession, Prom Night, Slasher, Wendy Lyon
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
While out driving with my father-in-law earlier this summer, he decided to take me on a short detour past the Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin – once known as the Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. This, he … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Cannibals, Gunnar Hansen, horror, Jim Siedow, Marilyn Burns, Slasher, slaughterhouse, Tobe Hooper, wheelchair
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Bloody Birthday (1981)
In Meadowvale, California, on June 9, 1970, three children are born during the totality of a solar eclipse. As a result, these kids – Debbie, Curtis, and Steven – will become sociopaths. That, at least, is the premise of Bloody … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, Billy Jayne, Eclipse, Ed Hunt, horror, José Ferrer, Julie Brown, Killer Kids, Lori Lethin, Slasher, Susan Strasberg
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