THE HONEYMOON KILLERS
Perhaps the ultimate true crime movie, a dramatization of the crimes of the 1940s-era Lonely Hearts Killers that’s as garish and horrific as anyone could possibly desire
THE HILLS HAVE EYES
A true horror classic, this early Wes Craven film shows that once upon a time he was one of the fastest, meanest, most relentless filmmakers in or out of the horror genre
HIGHWAY 61
One of the signature films of Canada’s Bruce McDonald, who can always be counted on for the unexpected
THE HIDDEN
Irresistible horror/sci fi from 1987 that combines two eighties movie mainstays: alien invasion and police action
HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (Film)
Serial killer biopics are a dime a dozen these days, but in 1986 there was nothing quite like HENRY, which remains a stunner
The Dregs
One of the unfortunate realities of being a movie buff, especially a bad movie buff, is running into—or better yet, stepping in—“films” like those listed below
HAMMER OF THE GODS
A highly underrated historical splat fest from the UK that has run afoul of critics both amateur and professional (it currently holds a 4.5 imdb rating) who’ve questioned its historical accuracy
HABIT
Courtesy of the multi-talented Larry Fessenden, HABIT turned out to be one the best films of 1997, accomplishing what so many others have failed to achieve: breathing new life into a tired genre
2013: Bedlam in Print
Here we have the latest (admittedly quite belayed) installment of my annual overview of the previous year’s horror-minded publications
GODS IN SPANDEX
A sequel to the well received seventies-sploitation anthology GODS IN POLYESTER. GODS IN SPANDEX is a similarly formatted compilation that focuses on obscure exploitation films from the 1980s