Hooptober 11: Your Vice is Locked Room in an Old Dark House and Only I Have the Chainsaw
#25: 1 Tobe Hooper film, 2 films made in Texas (1)
Prime
I first saw this as a young lad, and I did not appreciate it. I'd watched the original TCM at a sleepover in junior high and I was not ready for it. The grit and grime, the violence and the claim that it was based on a true story --…
Hooptober 11: Your Vice is Locked Room in an Old Dark House and Only I Have the Chainsaw
#24: 3 films from New World Pictures (2)
Tubi
I really enjoyed this little gothic sleazefest. It reminds me of the Peter Cushing Hammer Frankenstein films, but all sexed up. It took an interesting turn in the final third that I did not see coming. I wasn't a big fan of the very ending but it didn't ruin things for me.
I love that the monster actually looks quite monstrous -- he's got a giant egg head and one big googly all hanging out. Hell yeanh.
Hooptober VIII: The Dream Child
#1: 8 decades (1)
Shudder
I decided to start my Hooptober viewing early because we have a newborn, time is meaningless and I have to try and fit in movies whenever I have the time. I started this late last night, a humid Sunday in September, while bottle feeding. I ended up watching about half of it and put it on hold so I could put the baby down and get a few hours of…
The Podcast Macabre 2023 Horror Challenge
12/52
41. A Hammer Films production
Tubi
Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, directed by Terence Fisher? I'm in.
Like all of Fisher's films, THE GORGON features lavish sets, vibrant colors and gorgeous atmosphere. Cushing and Lee are wonderful together as always. We don't get a lot of them together, but they make it work. Some scenes are very talky, but I don't mind considering the cast.
THE GORGON is based on the legend of…
