Horror Alert: ‘Frankenhooker’

When Black Comedy meets Horror, it’s a tricky tightrope to traverse. It could either be the best thing ever (Dead Alive, The Return of the Living Dead), or, well, Basket Case. A friend recommended that I check out Frankenhooker, a 1990 film loosely based around the Frankenstein tale, directed by Frank Henenlotter. Because this friend…

Horror Alert: ‘Happy Birthday to Me’

With the Halloween season upon us, I’m taking a break from the rather exhausting fulfilling Epic Film Quest. I’m switching gears and gorging on horror, rewatching old favorites and Neflixing the shit out of some titles that have somehow escaped my grasp. This past weekend, I reached for the shelf and indulged in one of…

Horror Alert: ‘V/H/S’ Opens Nationwide October 5

The Internet is buzzing around the latest found footage horror flick, V/H/S. One of the first places I heard about the film was over at Horrorella. She writes: V/H/S is a found footage horror anthology film. You heard me right. An anthology film (Creepshow-style) made up of multiple found-footage-style segments directed by the likes of Ti…

'Nightmare on Elm Street' trailer doesn't suck

Shocking, right? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY53IlNKdqw] First off, I love Jackie Earle Haley. I think he’s going to do some great things with this role. It may not be Robert Englund, but Haley is the next best bet.  And Englund is kinda old now – fanboys need to sit down on this one. If the deaths are nice…

Rob Zombie lied: 'Halloween 2' is happening

Last year, Rob Zombie promised that he wasn’t going to direct another installment in his “Halloween” reboot series and that he wasn’t going to create remakes of any kind. He lied. Variety reports that Zombie and Dimension Films are teaming up to produce a sequel to Zombie’s “Halloween,” due out by Halloween 09. It is…

Everybody get randommm.

So I haven’t actually just blogged about nothing lately. It’s been all “OOOH, Fall TV!” but most of the shows I’m watching aren’t that good this year (Heroes, Terminator, RW/RR Challenge…I’m lookin’ at youuuu). So what’s up out there, bitches? Well allow me to share with you… 1. Fall is great. First of all, you…