By Geno McGahee The 1980s were a very special time for film. You had great films like ROBOCOP, TERMINATOR and MANIAC COP, and the producers of the ultra-low budget film R.O.T.O.R, obviously watched all three, enjoyed them, and then made a film heavily inspired by them. The idea is nothing […]
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Black Eyed Children: Let Me In (2015) – HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee In 1999, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT took the world by storm and re-introduced the “found footage” style of horror filmmaking. Since then, the found footage has been a constant and has actually been seen in many to most of the independent horror entries. Justin Synder has […]
Don’t Go to the Reunion (2013) – 1980’s Slasher Style HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee The 1980s was a very special time for horror films. It was the slasher boom and the villain with the mask and motive was unleashed. The whodunit horror of that time was so much fun, with films like MY BLOODY VALENTINE, PIECES, THE PROWLER, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO […]
The Night Divides The Day (2001) – Micro-Budget SLASHER HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee OK, let me begin by saying that I am a huge fan of micro-budget horror films. Despite the fact that these films lack in production value and acting talent, I usually find them very entertaining. There is a lot of heart in them and it usually involves […]
555 (1988) – SLASHER SPLATTERFEST HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee In the early 1980s, video stores sprouted up everywhere across the United States and it gave birth to a string of straight to video horror movies. It became part of the charm of the video stores. I remember being younger and seeing all of the neat cover […]
Killer! (1989) – 1980’s VHS Style HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee I like taking chances. That is why I bought the 1989 obscure horror film “KILLER!” for 20 bucks. It was one of those VHS to DVD transfer deals, but I’m a sucker for VHS quality films. There was something special about that format and something incredibly special […]
Dark Blood (2000) – HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee The year is 2000 and it was a magical time for the micro-budget horror films. With the advancement of the internet, affordability of camcorders and editing programs, many with a story could tell it through video. Mainstream movie goers would never understand this level of entertainment. It […]
Spookfield (2015) – HORROR ANTHOLOGY MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee It has come to my attention that I am not the only horror filmmaker out of western Massachusetts. Alexis Gonzalez of Springfield or “Spookfield”, MA, has put together an anthology that has been several years in the making called “SPOOKFIELD.” Anyone looking for big budget or high […]
Houseboat Horror (1989) – Friday the 13th – Inspired Slasher HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee I love the 1980’s SOV horror films. It was a great time for movies in general. I remember going into the old mom and pop video stores in the eighties and sifting through the low budget horror movies that were on the shelves. HOUSEBOAT HORROR brought me […]
The Axeman of Henderson County (2014) – WWE Hacksaw Jim Duggan MICRO-BUDGET SLASHER HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee The 1980s was full of great slasher films and it gave birth to man shot on video (SOV) titles that came right to the video store shelves. They were shot on a very low budget and were there strictly to entertain. Going to the video store was […]
Short Subjects -Spotlight on Issac Carey Nejako
By Stephen Ray Garza Horror shorts often, pardon the expression, get short changed in the reviewing community. It’s nigh impossible to give many of them “proper” reviews as the truncated length doesn’t give a writer much to comment on. With this in mind, I will try to highlight the creators […]
Heavy Metal Massacre (1989) – Micro Budget SOV HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee Oh, the 1980s…what a great and glorious time for both music and film. The connection between horror films and heavy metal music was evident and when the two joined forces, it was hard to beat. Films like BLACK ROSES, TRICK OR TREAT, SHOCK’EM DEAD and TERROR ON […]