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Monday, 11 May 2020

The Blood Beast Terror


The Blood Beast Terror is a monster flick by Tigon from 1967. It was directed by Vernon Sewell and stars Peter Cushing. The film starts off with a murder mystery that resolves around the brutal killings of men with strange marks left on their skin. It's believed that it was caused by a death's head moth species, a kind of hawkmoth with a skull shaped pattern. Only problem being that the killer is much bigger than the average moth, and things just get weirder and weirder. An unexpected twist of the hideous kind happens and the investigation goes further into studying country living! A few nature walks gives this horror a very Springtime feel.
I shall give this underrated horror film a 5/10.
Anything else to add? Fake fish!

Howls ^^

Thursday, 7 May 2020

Frightmare (1974)


This is a gruesome horror called Frightmare made in 1974. It stars Rupert Davies, Sheila Keith, Deborah Fairfax and Paul Greenwood. It was directed by Pete Walker.
In the movie we see a fair little but understand when a couple, Dorothy and Edmund Yates, are sent on trial for a brutal murder. Decades after, both are now living together in a cottage. Their daughter Jackie (actually she's the step daughter of Dorothy) delivers bleeding parcels for them, and keeps this a secret from her younger sister Debbie. Little does Jackie know that Debbie is a killer. Debbie is also the daughter of both Dorothy and Edmund.
Dorothy is a cannibal and uses the Tarot on her victims so that it's implied she's a witch. Some people have described this film as Britain's answer to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I rate this a 3/10.
Howls ^^ 

Monday, 4 May 2020

Burnt Offerings (1976)


"Up the ancient stairs, down the twisting corridor,
behind the locked door, something lives,
something strange, something evil,
something from which no on
has ever returned."
(The text on the poster)

This is a strange horror film from 1976 based on the book of the same title Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco. It stars Bette Davis, Oliver Reed and Karen Black. Directed by Dan Curtis.
A married couple, their son and aunt look for a house to rent during the Summer holiday. They come across an enormous house. After they move in, there is something dreadful and mysterious about the house. 
I rate this a 7/10 for sheer weirdness. 

Howls ^^

Saturday, 2 May 2020

Nightmare on the 13th Floor


The TV movie "Nightmare on the 13th Floor" is a 1990 thriller. It stars Michele Greene, James Bolin and Alan Fudge. Directed by Walter Grauman.
It's about a journalist who decides to make a story for a travel magazine, and visits a large historical hotel that was built in the 19th Century. She befriends one of the other guests, a woman who wears a crystal pendant, although things go wrong when she vanishes. Then it's obvious that the hotel has a very dark and deadly side. The frieze and the ornaments are creepy.
I rate this film a 7/10 for it's good during popcorn night.
Howls ^^