Feature Posts

42nd Street Forever: Volume 3

Submitted by Louis Fowler on Wednesday, Mar 19th 2008

Jeez…to be a fan of grindhouse trailers in this day and age is truly an embarrassment of riches. Hot on the heels of the successful last volume, the gang at Synapse is back with another collection of fun b-movie trailers that encompass every –ploitation in the book. Even better, there’s barely any 60s b-movie fluff; volume three has a lot of intriguing mid-to-late 70s/early 80s fare, a lot of which was put out by major studios!

Hack-Off: Too Much Gore?

Submitted by mark on Tuesday, Mar 18th 2008

The Bloody Good Horror Crew goes at it on a new topic every Friday afternoon, we call it the "Hack-Off". Feel free to leave your own thoughts in the comments.

Is there a such thing as too much gore?

Hack-Off: Worst Follow-Up Ever?

Submitted by Eric on Friday, Mar 14th 2008

The Bloody Good Horror Crew goes at it on a new topic every Friday afternoon, we call it the "Hack-Off". Feel free to leave your own thoughts in the comments.

Worst ever follow-up to an original film?

For a number of reasons, horror is a genre that has produced some pretty decent sequels. "Halloween II", "Nightmare on Elm Street II", "Child's Play II", and more recently, "Hostel Part II" and "Saw II", were all films, that while maybe not superior to their origins, were at least worth watching in their own right.

Hack-Off: Eli Roth

Submitted by Jon on Friday, Feb 22nd 2008

The Bloody Good Horror Crew goes at it on a new topic every Friday afternoon, we call it the "Hack-Off". Feel free to leave your own thoughts in the comments.

Eli Roth: Genre savior, or played out poseur?

The Horror of March

Submitted by Eric on Wednesday, Feb 20th 2008

March 14th brings two very interesting releases for horror fans. First up on the block is Neil Marshall's post-apocalyptic sci-fi/horror flick "Doomsday". If Marshall's name is familiar, it should be. He found his way onto American horror fan's radars around 2003, when we finally got a look (via DVD) at his werewolf/military film "Dog Soldiers". Not one to rest on his laurels, Marshall put his nose back to the grindstone and in 2005, hit both British and American shores theatrically with "The Descent".

Hack-Off: Craven Vs Carpenter

Submitted by Eric on Friday, Feb 15th 2008

The Bloody Good Horror Crew goes at it on a new topic every Friday afternoon, we call it the "Hack-Off". Feel free to leave your own thoughts in the comments.

Craven Vs. Carpenter?

The Horror Of February

Submitted by Eric on Friday, Jan 25th 2008

As I continue to sit here and reminisce about the experience I had with "Cloverfield" this past Friday night, a certain feeling is beginning to sink in that I'm not entirely fond of. It's the feeling that, despite the plethora of movies that will be released this year, we may have already seen the best that 2008 has to offer.

Horror At The Oscars

Submitted by Jon on Wednesday, Jan 9th 2008

“Sweeney Todd,” apart from being one of the year’s finest horror releases, has a chance to join a very exclusive club when Oscar nominees are announced later this month. In its 80-year history there have been less than a half dozen horror films nominated for the Academy’s Best Picture award. Sure, there was “The Silence of the Lambs” (Picture winner in 1991), “The Exorcist” (10 nominations, 2 wins in 1973), and “Jaws” (Picture nominee, 3 wins in 1976), but recognition of three films greatly undervalues horror’s contribution to cinematic history...

Give it a Chance: Gremlins 2

Submitted by Eric on Friday, Dec 7th 2007

I was getting ready for work today (aka flipping through the channels) when I stumbled upon Joe Dante's "Gremlins 2: The New Batch" on one of the many incarnations of HBO I have. Having not seen it in ages I decided to sit down and reminisce a bit. By the time it was over, a flood of nostalgia had washed over me along with the realization that I could not understand why people hate on this movie so much (that, and I was late for work).

Masters of Horror: Third Time's the Charm?

Submitted by Jon on Friday, Sep 7th 2007

While the show’s quality may have been erratic, Masters of Horror represented one of horror’s only remaining forays onto mainstream television. So when news hit a little ways back that Showtime was giving it the ax despite the show’s decent performance with viewers, it could be viewed as nothing short of a solid blow to horror fans everywhere. But now, with the news that Masters of Horror will be back under the Lionsgate banner, time has come for everyone involved to stop pussyfooting around and live up to the show’s moniker.