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Friday, February 7, 2025

HOUSE OF THE DEVIL 2009 (DARK SKY)

Filmed in 2009, this film takes place in 1983 and captures the time perfectly.

Jocelin Donahue stars as a young college student named Samantha. She is tyring to get out of her tiresome dorm life and find a place of her own.

She manages to find a nice place, but must come up with 300 dollars by the following Monday in order to keep it and move in. She sees an ad for a babysitting job and gets accepted.

When she arrives at the house she is spooked by the people who live there. A man named Ulman (Tom Noonan) and his wife played by Mary Woronov.

At first she balks then accepts when Ulman offers her 400 for 4 hours work. Then the terror starts as Sam discovers more than she ever wanted to about the house and the couple who live there.

Tgey are Satanists who want to use her as a vessel for an evil spawn. The ending is heartbreaking and bizarre. The last 40 minutes of this filmnare exactly what a horror film should be....fast paced and scary.

There are some shocking scenes in this film, but the climax is something else indeed. I won't spoil it, but it's classic. This is another horror film I would recommend very highly.

The rest of the cast includes Dee Wallace, Greta Gerwig and AJ Bowen.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

Dona Spier is 61, and Greydon Clark is 82.

Thursday, February 6, 2025

INVASION 1966 (DVD-R)

It has been a while since I saw this and I can't understand why this has never been released.

Edward Judd stars as a doctor in a rural hospital who gets involved with alien invaders.

A male alien is struck by a car and taken to the hospital. Soon everyone comes to know that he is not human and that a barrier has been set up around the hospital.

In the meantime 2 female aliens are searching the countryside for the other one and we learn that he is an escaped criminal being taken back to his home planet for punishment.

This is a very good, slow burning film that gets your attention and keeps it. The story is somewhat unique and everyone involved pulls it off well.

I highly recommend this 60's sci-fi gem....if you can find it. The rest of the cast includes Yoko Tani, Tsai Chin, Valerie Gearon, Lyndon Brook, and Ric Young.

I believe I got mine from an old Sinister Cinema print from way back in the days of VHS tape trading, and I transferred it to a DVD-R. Still looks good and still plays well.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

Mamie Van Doren is 94, Gigi Perreau is 84, Tiffany Bolling is 87, Kim Poirier is 45, and Russell Streiner is 85.

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

THE VERY EDGE 1963 (TUBI)

A well made British thriller.

This is a really simple plot about a young newlywed woman named Tracey Lawrence (Anne Heywood) is suddenly attacked and then stalked by a psychopath well played by Jeremy Brett.

The attack has the police rushing to catch the young man and it starts to tear Tracey's marriage to Geoffrey (Richard Todd) apart. Geoff is a hard working exec who has a private secretary named Helen (Nicole Maurey).

Geoff being to spend more time with Helen who has fallen in love with him while Tracey tries to deal with being attacked.

The entire movie is well done, but the last 15 minutes or so are top notch and the ending is quite a little shocker. There are a lot of cast members who are familiar with folks if you've seen enough British horror films.

The rest of the cast includes Jack Hedley, Maurice Denham, William Lucas, Gwen Watford, Patrick Mcgee and Peter Madden. I will recommend this to ant film fan.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

Charlotte Rampling is 79, Barbara Hershey is 77, and David Selby is 84.

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

SCREAM 1981 (TUBI)

I saw this many, many years ago and it may have been on VHS.

A group of people on a rafting trip are killed one by one after they decide to stay in a ghost town

The killer uses a meat cleaver and an ax, but don't worry, there is no real gore here. As a matter of fact there really isn't anything here for 81 minutes.

I guess what disturbes me the most about this movie is that there is no explanation as to why this is happening and after the killer is shot and killed at the end of the film we NEVER find out who it was or why.

For such a low budget film this has quite a cast that includes Alvy Moore, Gregg Palmer and Woody Strode in a role that to this day I cannot un derstand what his character is even in the movie for.

Well if you wanna see this then feel free, of course, but it will disappoint. This is the first movie I have ever seen where a killer is destroyed and we never know who or why.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

Pamelyn Ferdin is 66, Christine Nguyen is 45, and Gary Conway is 89.

Monday, February 3, 2025

DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING 1972 (ARROW) BLU-RAY

A bizarre crime drama from Lucio Fulci.

A small town in Southern Italy is shocked by the death of three children in various violent ways.

The police are frantic to find the killer and they are helped by a reporter named Martelli (Tomas Milian). There are a lot of twists and turns as one would expect in a movie such as this.

The small town is very superstitious and several of the men kill a woman they believe to be a witch and they assume her guilty. What is shocking about this is that she actually confesses and the police prove she wasn't anywhere near the killings, but the townspeople still kill her in a very gruesome way.

When it's discovered who the real killer is it might surprise you. This movie is very well made and it is probably well known for the incident involving Fulci being arrested on child endangerment charges over the filming of the opening sequence involving a cild actor and a naked and gorgeous Barbara Bouchet. It all came out in the wash however, but damn do people overreact. They still do to this day!!

The rest of the cast includes Florinda Bolkin, Trene Papas, and Marc Porel. This is a true classic with a few very well done set pieces and it's ALWAYS a pl;easure to lay eyes on Bouchet.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

Morgan Fairchild is 75, and Pamela Franklin is 75.

Sunday, February 2, 2025

WEIRD FICTION 2018 (WILD EYE)

A very entertaining indie horror film.

It's not often that a movie made in the last 20 years entertains me as much as this one did. This is a great anthology film containing four tales told by a crypt keeper rip off known as "The Collector" (Jacob Perrett).

The first tale is called "Goodnight Daddy" and involves a group of teens who discover where a killer is hiding the bodies of his victims. This has an interesting twist or two in it.

The second tale is "Night Of The Sitter" and involves a man who wants to have sex with a young woman so bad he agrees to babysit her brother when she goes out. Both sitter and his charge then must fight off an evil creature living under a bed. This was a highly entertaining story.

The third tale is "The Incubus" and it is the weakest of the four. A porn star wakes up one morning and finds he has a wound on his neck. He changes into a vampire and his real self comes out. Nothing unexpected really happens, but hey, it's ok.

The final tale is entitled "Cosmic Terror". A Martian lands in the backyard of two highschool students. One of the young girls takes in a mysterious creature from the craft and keeps it in her home. Her sister objects, but finally concedes. This story slow changes from a family tale into outright terror as the alien reveals his plans for world domination.

The movie is homage to films of the 80's and it's perfect in it's imagery and surroundings. There are no cell phones, no computers, no women covered in tats. Director Jabob Perrett not only plays the Collector, he made a great little fan based film that I hope gets seen by horror fans.

The unknown cast includes Tayloe Rhoades, Isabella Rodriguez, Mackenzie Anthony, Caleb Bish, and Matt Nale. A huge recommendation here as I believe there are not many indie projects like this that actually work. This one does and a big hats off to the people who made this undiscovered gem.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

Christie Brinkley is 71, and Shakira is 48.

Saturday, February 1, 2025

WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS 1974 (ARROW) BLU-RAY

Top notch Italian crime film.

When a 15 year old girl is found hanging in am attic a police Inspector named Silvestri (Claudio Cassinelli) and the assistant DA Vittoria Stori (Giovanna Ralli) open an investigation and find far more than they ever imagined.

The first thing they discover is that the young girl was part of a schoolgirl sex ring, and this deeply disturbes both Silveatri and Stori. They also discover where she was originally killed and while looking for clues they discover another room covered in blood, which leads to a body being found decapitated in a car.

They both discover tapes of sexual encounters with the young girls, but are atopped dead in their tracks because the Government doesn't want the tapes made public as many "important" people are involved.

While all this is going on a black leather clad man on a motorcycle in killing people with a meat cleaver!!

This is one wild ride of a film and it shouldn't be missed. There is never a dull moment and all of the performances are great. The rest of the cast includes Farley Granger, Mario Adorf, Franco Fabrizi and Marina Berti.

I hope you can get a chance to see this movie if you haven't already. One of the best.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

Bill Mumy is 71, Ronda Rousey is 38, and Linda Gaye Scott is 82.

Friday, January 31, 2025

RIP MARIANNE FAITHFULL 1946-2025

The 60's pop music singer and actress has died.

Faithfull lived a life of many peaks and valleys which included recording a hit record with the Rolling Stones and homelessness as well as heroine addiction.

She survived and went on with her life. Her two most famouse movie are "Ghost Story" from 1974 and "Girl On A Motorcycle".

Marianne Faithfull passed away on January 30th, 2024 at the age of 78.