Tag: slasher

Movie Review – Halloween II (1981)

Title: Halloween II (1981) Runtime: 92 minutes Director: Rick Rosenthal — SPOILER WARNING: This is a review of the theatrical cut of Halloween II, and will contain spoilers for the original Halloween (1978). I tell ya, if I was Laurie Strode, I don’t think I’d ever leave my house again, because between Halloween and Halloween…


Movie Review – Halloween (1978)

Title: Halloween (1978) Runtime: 91 minutes Director: John Carpenter — They don’t really get much better than Halloween. The more times I watch this horror masterpiece from John Carpenter, the more I fall in love with it. Carpenter proves that you don’t need a large budget (just $320,000 on this one, and $20,000 was for…


Movie Review – Child’s Play (1988)

Title: Child’s Play (1988) Runtime: 87 minutes Director: Tom Holland — Child’s Play is one of those films that I rented over and over again from Blockbuster when I was younger (much too young, in fact). It’s a film that helped me fall in love with horror, which makes this next statement so strange: this…


Movie Review – The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)

Title: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) Runtime: 98 minutes Director: Dario Argento — It’s incredible how much more creative the Italian giallo films I’ve seen are compared to the American slasher film, and The Bird with the Crystal Plumage is another fine example of just that. This is Dario Argento’s debut film, and…


Movie Review – Prom Night (1980)

Title: Prom Night (1980) Runtime: 89 minutes Director: Paul Lynch — How in the world was Prom Night (2008) a remake of this film? They are entirely different. In fact, the only similarity between the films – that I can see – is that they both take place on the night of prom. In Prom…


Movie Review – A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

Title: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) Runtime: 96 minutes Director: Chuck Russell — This film is often cited as being the best (and some say only) good sequel to Freddy’s Nightmare on Elm Street saga, and I can definitely agree. Not only is this a solid sequel, but it stands up…


Movie Review – I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006)

Title: I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006) Runtime: 92 minutes Director: Sylvain White — That’s right, for better or worse, the Last Summer franchise was turned into a trilogy in 2006. Obviously most of the stars in the original two have moved on to bigger and better careers, so none of them…