GRAVE MISGIVINGS: FORCED RETIREMENT FOR A MORONIC TERM - By Patrick Green
A couple years back, some snide critic coined the term “torture porn”- and probably smiles with smug satisfaction every time it’s used. Too bad for him he didn’t copyright it, which come to think of it, sounds like something Lloyd Kauffman would do.
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As reported here last week, a piece in The New York Times has declared the horror genre dead, leaving us all with no choice but to divert our love and money toward some other genre or pursuit. We won’t have any further inspiration to murder toddlers. And if we’re going to commit heinous acts in the name of Our Lord Satan, we’ll have to do so without the well-planned blueprints of Hollywood screenwriters.
A few days ago, I checked out GRINDHOUSE, knowing I might not get another chance for a big-screen viewing after its sad-sack finish in the box office races, well behind the Hitchcock rip DISTURBIA, the MONEY PIT rip ARE WE DONE YET? And some other crap I’m not going to bother scouring the internet for…
BILL O’REILLY: AMERICAN ASSCLOWN
I gotta get this off my chest. This past week, gasbag Bill O’Reilly, staunch supporter of the doomed conservative political regime, railed mightily against horror films. It’s not certain if he took the same wide-open stance held by the Christian Coalition and their ilk, which basically condemns all kinds of [...]
THE FUTURE OF HORROR
By Patrick Green
A well-known horror auteur once predicted that the horror genre was in its death throes. This was back in the eighties, and now horror is bigger than ever in terms of box office and media exposure. Of course, cynics could argue that this horror heavyweight was in essence, [...]
WALKING WITH ZOMBIES
On Friday the 13th, I attended my first zombie walk. If you’re not familiar with this growingly popular activity, it’s basically a case of life imitating art. Or life imitating death, if you prefer. A group of people get together, apply some ghastly greasepaint and ragged, often bloody zombie attire, [...]
WALKING WITH ZOMBIES
On Friday the 13th, I attended my first zombie walk. If you’re not familiar with this growingly popular activity, it’s basically a case of life imitating art. Or life imitating death, if you prefer. A group of people get together, apply some ghastly greasepaint and ragged, often bloody zombie attire, [...]
A WALK DOWN SPOOKHOUSE LANE
By Patrick Green
The haunted attraction world is a lot like the horror movie world. In both, you find lavish productions backed by big money, tiny operations slapped together with little more than love and vague inspiration, and everything in between.
In my earliest memory of a haunted attraction, there [...]
THOSE DELICIOUS PSYCHO-BABES
By Patrick Green
We all have our favorite scream queens. From Jamie Lee Curtis, who went on to mainstream success, to Brinke Stevens, Linnea Quigley, Debbie Rochon et al, who, God bless ‘em, stuck with our genre, often providing the only bright spot in otherwise dreary films. But what of those misunderstood [...]
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH:
CHURCH OF THE DIVINE PSYCHOPATH
A Review By Patrick Green
The folks at Black Flame Press have secured literary rights to New Line Cinema’s Terror Trio; Jason, Freddy and Leatherface. Not content to simply novelize the recent films, Black Flame has commissioned original works featuring our favorite madmen. One of the first, [...]
When word hit that Rob Zombie would be writing and directing the latest “Halloween” film, fan reaction was notably divided. When it was announced that the new film would be a remake, the division canted, favoring those opposed. The last few years have given us dozens of remakes, “re-imaginings”, and re-workings. Some [...]
