PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
This phenomenally successful no-budgeter proves two things: 1). That audiences are always up for a good scare, and 2). Marketing-wise there’s no substitute for old-fashioned hype
TROLL 2
Is this really the worst movie of all time? I say no. Yes, it’s a profoundly, almost otherworldly awful movie, but it’s also funny and entertaining—unintentionally, of course!
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE PART 2
Overrated by some and wildly underrated by many others, this is director Tobe Hooper’s 1986 follow-up to his legendary TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
DOMINION: PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST
Surely one of the oddest big studio products of all time: an EXORCIST prequel released as two separate films
DAY OF THE DEAD
To many horror fans DAY OF THE DEAD, the third in George Romero’s “Dead” saga, is a genre masterpiece. Not me!
THE JAWS 2 LOG
This lively report about the making of JAWS 2 is far from the best book of its type, but it is a fascinating and instructive read
IT’S ALIVE
The first entry of the IT’S ALIVE trilogy, and the most popular film by writer-producer-director Larry Cohen
MAKING FRIDAY THE 13th
The first of two thick books on the FRIDAY THE 13th film series. I haven’t read the 2006 coffee table hardcover CRYSTAL LAKE MEMORIES, but can’t imagine it’s much better than David Grove’s MAKING FRIDAY THE 13th
On THE NINTH CONFIGURATION
If you are not nutty now, you may be after reading this
2003: The Year in Bedlam
2003 is over, meaning it’s time once again for my year-end horror movie wrap up