Gory greetings Horroryearbook alumni! In honor of the holiday I present my all time favorite Halloween horror flick that doesn’t have the word Halloween in the title!

TRICK OR TREAT (1986)

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Marc Price, well known to 80′s TV lovers as the wacky next door neighbor Skippy from Family Ties stars as Ragman, a loser teenage metalhead who is tormented by bullies in school and spends his free time writing fan letters to his favorite rocker – the controversial and flamboyant Sammi Curr. Ragman idolizes Sammi Curr because Sammi went to the same shitty small town high school as a teen, and like Ragman he was hated by the students and staff. The bastards wouldn’t even let Sammi come back and play a free Halloween concert for the kiddies!

When Sammi suddenly dies in a mysterious hotel room fire Ragman is completely devastated. In sheer frustration, he rips down every heavy metal poster in his room. The shit really hits the fan when Ragman is given a rare test pressing of the unreleased brand new Sammi Curr record by his radio dj pal, Nuke. (played by non other than Gene Simmons from KISS!) Being a stereotypical 80′s metalhead, Ragman plays the record backwards and the vengeful spirit of Sammi Curr is unleashed!

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Gory greetings horroryearbook alumni! Your old pal Brain Hammer is back from the grave with my latest edition of PICKS FROM THE CRYPT. This time around I’ve selected three of my very favorite flicks featuring a lunatic on a psychotic killing spree. These classics are often overlooked by horror fans and deserve a larger audience. Best of all, all three of these flicks are available on dvd and can easily be found for a reasonable price. LET THE BLOODSHED BEGIN!!!

Gory greetings! Welcome to a very special edition of Brain Hammer’s PICKS FROM THE CRYPT. This week’s PICKS are a terrible trio of cult classic 80′s exploitation flicks from the notorious Spanish writer, producer, and director Juan Piquer Simon. Juan grew up raised on a diet of classic American cinema in his native Spain and considers himself an adamant fan of fantasy, thriller and horror films. Juan Piquer Simon’s efforts are infamous for being so bad, that they’re actually good. Simon has even been called the Spanish answer to Ed Wood.

I’m a huge fan of his flicks, especially the ones featured in this column. Something about the horrible dubbing, the incoherent editing, the incomprehensible plots, the tacky synthesized music; it all adds up to create pure movie magic! For all of their many, many faults, Simon’s flicks are hysterically funny and entertaining as Hell. They also deliver the goods in the splatter and sleaze departments, with plenty of scenes of flesh ripping ferocity. In honor of the one and only Juan Piquer Simon, LET THE BLOODSHED BEGIN!!!

Gory greetings horroryearbook alumni! This week’s PICKS FROM THE CRYPT are a terrible trio of classic 80′s horror flicks that all take place within the cozy corporate confines of everybody’s favorite hang out spot – the shopping mall! (and a furniture store!) These sloppy shopping sprees don’t just cause massive credit card bills, they also quickly rack up staggering body counts. Prices aren’t the only things being slashed… LET THE BLOODSHED BEGIN!!!

Gory greetings horroryearbook alumni! Ever since “28 Days Later” and the running zombies of the “Dawn Of The Dead” remake came on the scene there’s been a raging debate as to what is a zombie and what isn’t. I look at it like this: if it isn’t a walking corpse – it isn’t a zombie. Speaking of zombies, this week’s PICKS FROM THE CRYPT are a terrible trio of hardcore horror favorites from 1980 that are often mislabeled as zombie flicks despite the fact that there are no living dead in any of them. Prepare yourself for a walking, living nightmare and LET THE BLOODSHED BEGIN!!!

Gory greetings horroryearbook alumni! This week’s PICKS FROM THE CRYPT are a terrible trio of old school horror flicks that all feature heaping helpings of cannibal gluttony. I hope you’re hungry! LET THE BLOODSHED BEGIN!