By Melissa Antoinette Garza I had never even heard of this film before. I found it on a fan list of British Sleaze movies and coincidentally it was uploaded to YOUTUBE. INVITATION TO HELL (1982) was released straight to video as a double feature with another production called […]
Micro Budget
Back From Hell (1993) – EVIL DEAD HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee There is a magic to the micro-budget cinema that isn’t captured anywhere else. When you get friends together with the end goal being to tell a story, it’s easy to jump aboard and support their mission. Unfortunately, some people should not be making films and some micro-budget […]
Fungicide (2002) – Indie/Horror MOVIE REVIEW
By Chris Summerfield As you are aware I am a huge fan of indie horror and my major reasons being they tend to be more creative and often more diverse than mainstream and there has been plenty of fine examples of this, such as, Rise of the scarecrows, Evil awakening, […]
Psycho Pike (1992) – HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee “This will be the best summer of my life.” – Reg (Douglas Kidd) I love when I stumble upon a horror movie of the past that I haven’t seen. PSYCHO PIKE is a Canadian horror film from 1992 and it immediately reminded me of PSYCHO SCARECROW, […]
Blood Cult (1985) – Shot on Video (SOV) Slasher HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee The 1980s gave birth to the video stores and it gave rise to a video market that had never been seen before. The SOV or “shot on video” VHS releases were flooding the market. Filmmakers that could not afford to make movies in the past were now […]
Las Vegas Bloodbath (1989) – Gory Micro-Budget SLASHER HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee “I’ll get even with them all.” – Sam Butler (Ari Levin) Ten years ago, I started Scared Stiff Reviews and one of the first reviews that I ever did was for the micro-budget, 1989 slasher “LAS VEGAS BLOODBATH.” Sadly, as the site was updated over time, things […]
Feeding Billy (1997) – Friday the 13th – Inspired, Micro-Budget SLASHER HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee There is something special about micro-budget films. When a filmmaker makes a film with no money, they are producing with heart and it usually shows. This is certainly the case with the 1997 slasher “FEEDING BILLY.” Written and directed by Dwen Doggett, FEEDING BILLY is obviously inspired […]
The Dark Side of Midnight (1984) – Serial Killer/slasher HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee Why didn’t Wes Olsen make more movies? That was my question after watching the 1984 low budget slasher “THE DARK SIDE OF MIDNIGHT,” a horror/action hybrid movie with all the elements that make a near no budget movie special. We have the bad acting, so bad it’s […]
Evil Awakening (2001) – FRIDAY THE 13TH- INSPIRED SLASHER HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Chris Summerfield Every writer/director that are ambitious enough to see their work on the big screen all have to begin somewhere and this one was the first release for, Geno McGahee, the horror writer and director from Massachusetts, USA. The movie is based in Ludlow, where the legend of […]
The Dead of Night (2004) – HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee In the early 2000s, the video stores were still doing good business and I would frequent them weekly. Every Friday night, I would be there and would try to discover the next horror gem. OK, your Fridays may have been cooler than mine…whatever. The films that […]
Hellspawn (1993) – No Budget Monster HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee I am a huge fan of no-budget/micro-budget horror movies. When a filmmaker steps up and makes a film without a budget, typically with their friends, and with less than great equipment, there is usually plenty of heart involved and a story that they feel they need to […]
Prey For the Beast (2007) – HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee The woods are a great setting for a horror movie and then when you throw in a monster, it is usually a winning combination. In the 2007 micro-budget horror film “PREY FOR THE BEAST,” we get a monster, the woods, a boatload of bad acting and a […]