Tag Archives: Slasher
Final Exam (1981)
By 1981, slasher films were at their peak – in volume if not in quality. The box office success of the low budget Halloween (1978) and Friday the 13th (1980) guaranteed several years of imitators aimed at teenagers, the public’s … Continue reading
Black Christmas (1974)
The creaking of a rocking chair. A tune hummed very softly. Corpses strewn about an attic. The girl in the chair, with the defaced plastic doll in her arm, has long ago been smothered by a plastic bag, and she … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 70's, Andrea Martin, Art Hindle, Bob Clark, Canuxploitation, Christmas, college, horror, John Saxon, Keir Dullea, lovable animals, Margot Kidder, Olivia Hussey, Slasher, sorority
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Double Feature: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)/Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
In revisiting the “Friday the 13th” series (this post will likely be the last of my reviews, wrapping up the 1980’s), I have been diligent to scribble down the name of every character as they’ve been introduced on-screen – each and every naïve hitchhiker, … Continue reading
Posted in Double Feature, Theater Caligari
Tagged 80's, Camping, Friday the 13th, horror, Jason Voorhees, Kane Hodder, psychiatrist, psychic, Sauna, Slasher, telekinesis, trapped on a boat
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