Released on this day, 21 October 1981, The Dead Zone.
Based on the Stephen King book of the same name.
Martin Sheen plays a politician who will do anything to get into power and could lead to an apocalypse, oo-er.
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Released on this day 20 October 1932, The Old Dark House.
Influential enough to get its own genre, it wasn't the first but had a legacy just as much as Dracula & Frankenstein though rarely spoken of.
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Released on this day 19 October 1990, Night of the Living Dead.
While the original is iconic, the remake is the better film and I always wonder what could have been without studio interference. Tom Savini directs and does the fx. Really is a cracker of a film.
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Released on this day, 18 October 1985, Re-Animator.
The film that introduced a new generation to HP Lovecraft and made Jeffery Combs a cult icon.
1st 2 films are great fun, the 3rd is a bit muddled but would love to see a remake with a decent budget.
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released on this day 17 October 1971m Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde.
One of my favourite Hammer horrors, not without it's flaws in this tale that borrows heavily from the Jack the Ripper & Burke and Hare mythos'.
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Released on this day, 16 October 1998, Bride of Chucky.
I enjoy of all of Chucky's outings, they're perfect popcorn horror.
I'm also 3 days behind with posting due to sickness. So here's a horror binge!
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Released on this day, 15th October 1981, Evil Dead.
Banned in the UK as part of the video nasty hysteria it spawned sequels and a fun TV series.
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Released on this day, 14 October 1988. Pumpkinhead.
Didn't click with this tale of father using a witch to call forth a vengeance demon starring Lance Hendrickson.
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Released on this day 13 October 1989, I Madman.
A gruesome serial killer comes to life from the pages of a book in this entertaining slasher that no one talks about any more.
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Released on this day, 12 October 1989, Puppet Master.
I've lost count of the sequels and spin off from this series.
I really wanted to like this and with a better budget perhaps I could have. But I'm in the minority here.
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Released on this day, 11 October 1974, Black Christmas.
2 remakes for this genre defining number from Bob Clark of Porky's and A Christmas Story.
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Released on this day, 10 October 1975, Shivers.
Made on a budget of CAD$180k this tale of parasites that turn people into sex maniacs made $5m at the box office. Cronenburg followed up with Rapid which I guess it a spiritual sequel.
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Released on this day, 9 October 2007, Wrong Turn 2.
One of those rare occasion (imho) where the sequel is better than the first film.
The Wrong Turn franchise is rarely visited, but I genuinely like them all, even the bad ones.
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Released on this day, 8 October 2010, I Spit On Your Grave.
Remake of the genre defining 1978 classic. As a remake it's not too bad, but lacks the punch and grittiness of the original and in a world of Hostels and Saws, it lack oomph. Spawned 2 sequels.
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Released on this day, 7 October 1995, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation.
A troubled production saw a title change, cuts and parties suing one another. And of course we get to see young Renée Zellweger & Matthew McConaughey
It's a bit shit. bit funny.
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Released on this day, 6 October 2006, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.
Not very good prequel that lost to Basic Instinct 2 at the Razzies - which tells you all you need to know I guess.
It does feature Diora Baird though, which is noice.
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In a post apocalyptic future a scavenger returns to his lover with assorted odds and sods for her to use in her sculptures. So, minus 1 point for the apocalypse, but add 1 point for the fact budding artists can survive on a pittance and aren't forced to drive an Uber. The aforementioned odds and sods included bits of a killer robot that once incorporated into the sculpture, gets all slicey and dicey. Directed by Richard Stanley, Hardware is a grim, dirty movie which had a troubled production - but Richard Stanley and troubled productions are synonymous with each other - and accusations of plagerism (another parrallel with The Terminator) and technical issues, it's a wonder it got released. Hardware is one of those films that's a true cult film - seen by very few and recognised for its way after the event. If you do want to watch then you will either have to fork out for the now Oop blu ray or search the various streaming sights, kosher and otherwise.
Released on this day, 5 October 1990, Hardware.
Feels like a companion piece to The Terminator and got sued for ripping off a 2000AD story.
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Released on this day, 4 October 2008, Tokyo Gore Police.
If TGP has one thing going for it, it's the practical FX. I've no idea what's going on and it's bat shit crazy.
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Terror Train is mainly remembered for 3 things, JLC, the killer's schtick for wearing different costumes and a early appearance of soon to be magic superstar David Copperfield. It's bang average, though has developed a cult following - not sure why tbh. Initial production cost of around $2.7m CAD should have meant that this stood a good chance to make it's money back. In the US 20th Century Fox purchased distribution rights and spent $5m US on marketing, ultimately it made $8m in the domestic US market. This is the last of JLC's first 4 horror movies to be remade after Halloween, The Fog and Prom Night. None of which were well received. Interestingly it had one remake mutate into a completely original project (Train - 2008 with Thora Birch) which can be best described as Saw on a train. It then had another remake that stuck very closely to the original in 2022, which itself got a sequel later the same year with both premiering on Tubi. Neither were well received.
Released on this day, 3 October 1980, Terror Train.
Apparently it was law to cast Jamie Lee Curtis in your horror film in the period 1977 - 1982, and in doing so cemented her as the #1 Scream Queen.
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The Lost Boys is THE vampire flick of the 80s and I understand why - good looking cast, killer sound track, endlessly quotable, scary + funny. But it shouldn't be. Near Dark is. It should have been the film that catapulted director/writer Bigelow and actors Bill Paxton + Adrian Pasdar into the A list. But it didn't. Nothing. Bigelow would find gold with Point Break. Paxton was a reliable supporting actor and Pasdar found his niche in tv. But despite good reviews it just couldn't build momentum at the cinema, only hitting it's stride on VHS, but even then it didn't explode like 1982's The Thing. But if you saw it, if you knew someone who had watched it - it was all you spoke about. Near Dark, how good it looked, Bill Paxton's performance and nerdy bedrooms filled with the music of Tangerine Dream. And then everybody seems to have forgotten about it. The last disc put out was a mediocre effort in 2009 and rumors of a remaster have been abound since 2001. But still nuffink. So, if you've seen it perhaps it's time to revisit it, if not then this Halloween it may be time to dive in. It can be found on YouTube, it's not going to look amazing but at least you can experience it. I do find it being cancelled because of Twilight ironic, one a sparkly romance the other a blood soaked western, but the same old accountants in Hollywood putting a stake in its heart.
Released on this day 2 October 1987, Near Dark.
Katherine Bigelow + Tangerine Dream + Vampires = Near Dark.
Was time when Near Dark was top 3 of vampire movies but it seems rarely mentioned these days.
Its remake was cancelled because of Twilight!
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Released on this day 29 September 1995, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
NGL, but I do find the Halloween sequels a bit mid (not Season of the Witch though, that's awesome).
They never really seem to progress, at least F13 sequels have inventive gags.
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The Original Quatermass Xperiment was first conceived as tv show of 6 episode by Nigel Neale for the BBC in 1953. it was unlike anything that British studios had ever seen and created such an event that pubs emptied early so people could rush home to watch it. It was cheap, the end alien was a sock with stuff sewn to it, but it was expertly shot so none of the cheapness can be seen. It would go on to spawn 3 tv sequels, including the shit pantingly creepy Quatermass and the Pit. After the success of the tv show, a pre-Dracula and Frankenstein Hammer bought the rights and struck gold at the box office., releasing an edited version in the US as The Creeping Terro. Controversially the stoic Dr Quatermass was replaced by a brash American, which wouldn't have been an issue but he's given a complete personality change. Thankfully the script and direction both by Val Guest hold everything together. Where US sci-fi seemed to be heading down the route of giant creatures and invaders from Mars in silly costumes, here the danger comes returning British astronauts and has been borrowed many times, but Richard Wordsworth's portrayal of doomed astronaut Carron is the stand out. You won't be able to watch the original tv show, only 2 episodes exist, but this and the subsequent sequels are excellent examples of 50's sci-fi paranoia. The tv show of Quatermass and the Pit does exist and should be watched at your earliest convenience, it's of its time and a slow burn, but that slow burn is what makes it so creepy.
Released on this day, 28th September 1955, The Quatermass Xperiment.
If you're are British and of a certain age QX is legend. Whether you it was the late night showings decades after release or you saw the original show, it was ground breaking.
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Released on this day, 27 September 1972, Dracula AD 1972.
Cushing & Lee together in a Dracula movie for the first time since 1960s Brides of Dracula.
It's not my favourite, and feels it was out of date by its release.
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Released on this day, September 25th 1974, The Mutations.
Part Frankenstein, part Freaks this British horror has a quaint charm that makes up for what it lacks in thrills.
A pre-Doctor Who Tom Baker steals nubile young ladies for the dastardly Donal Pleasance.
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Released on this day, 24 September 1993, The Good Son.
Macaulay Culkin turn killer kid in this average pot boiler and disliked by the critics.
Banned in the UK due to a high profile murder case until '95.
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Released on this day, 23 September 2008, Eden Lake.
One of the things that the UK excels at is hoodies horrors, working class kids replacing the terror of the likes of Jason & Freddy.
It's a downbeat flick, good, but oof.
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Released on this day, 22 September 1996, Jack Frost.
I love this stupid movie, and its sequel.
A serial killers soul winds up as a murderous snowman taking revenge on the cop who caught him.
Big dumb fun on a pennies budget.
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Released on this day, 21 September 1984. The Company of Wolves.
This gothic fantasy put Neil Jordan on the scene with his dreamlike sequences.
Rarely spoken of these days, but it's one of the films that if you've not scene, should.
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Cobbled together using footage from Karloff's Mummy, sets from Green Hell and the soundtrack from Son of Frankenstein it still managed to go over budget. Considering that after this we still have another 3 Mummy movies to come, 4 if you include when Abbot & Costello, it must have turned a profit on its $84k ($2m 2025) budget. Production was spurred on by the success of both Son of Frankenstein and The Invisible Man Returns. The Mummy films don't hold the same cadre as the Frankenstein & Dracula sequels which I think is partly due to decreasing budgets hampering fx & scripts. And there are similarities with the Monster of Frankenstein, but the creature just isn't as striking. Even quality wise, for me, they sit at the bottom, Invisible Man sequels are fun, even stupid, Wolfman have the drama and the Gill-Man movies are under valued. What do you think bumface?
Released on this day, 20 September 1940, The Mummy's Hand.
Not sequel, not a remake, not even sure it's set in the same universe, but I kinda liked this as a kid. Karloff's mummy was a bit slow and plodding for me.
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Released on this day, 19 September 2002, Buba Ho-Tep.
Bruce Campbell is Elvis, Ossie Davis is JFK. Or perhaps they're not.
This received a limited release but became an instant cult classic once it hit home media. There's been a mooted sequel mentioned for years.
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