Remember Twilight will be in theaters November 21st.

10 to Midnight (1983) - Instead of stripping nude for your killer, this guy does the honor himself! Then he chases you around and kills ya! And it’s up to tough as nails Charles Bronson to capture the punk, even if it means laying his own reputation (and his daughter) on the line. Great little potboiler with a vibrant Bronson and a stunningly built killer.

Angel (1984) - OK, so this movie wears its soiled underpinnings proudly! A sleazy exploitation movie featuring Donna Wilkes as the underage hooker on the lookout for a serial killer, this movie captures the truly seedy side of 80s Hollywood and features some great performances by Dick Shawn (in drag, no less) and Rory Calhoun.

Apartment Zero (1989) – The artiest film on the list, Apartment Zero invites the viewer into the lives of two roommates – polar opposites – one of whom is a serial killer. This movie plays around with the conventions of the genre but still leaves the viewer with a mesmerized, disturbed view of the world they’ve just experienced. An excellent film.

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) – Beyond is a sex comedy that goes all nutzo at the end. It’s all about the slash and dash in this excellent psychedelic tripfest. Watch one of the beautiful people declare “You not just a broad – you’re an UGLY broad,” before getting his head chopped off. I say dude deserved it!

Cobra (1986) - I’ve always been a little hesitant to see the slasher-esque-eries (yeah, I made that word up!) in Cobra, but SO many people out there feel differently, so I knew it was worth including. Hey, my action movie, your slasher! Cobra is a fantastic flick featuring Sly Stallone as a tough as nails cop (who even cuts his pizza with scissors!) on the trail of a cult of killers who are out to get top model Brigette Neilson (looking really pretty in a reddish wig). The main bad guy is great and overall, this is one of the best action films of the 80s. And apparently one of the better slashers too!

Cruising (1980) – A bold film about the seedy gay leather community of New York, Cruising dealt with repression and sexual desire… and death. After years of constant maligning, I think the world is ready for a movie that tackles as many issues as it disposes of bodies.

Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) – Fashion kills. Laura Mars mostly steers clear of actual sex in favor of fashionably photographed sex… violent sex. And it’s got everyone in a tizzy, including a killer who is picking off Laura’s friends and cohorts one by one. Unfortunately (for Laura – good for us!), she can witness the killings through her eyes as they happen, which leads to all kinds of mishaps and hijinks… slasher style.

Jaws II (1975) - You got teens stuck in an isolated area and you’ve got an unstoppable killer. Only this time it’s a shark! Jaws II is about the closest to a slasher film that a non-slasher film ever got. And maybe that’s why it’s retained its re-watchability for me over all these years. Oh yeah, and it’s got a scary shark that eats people. That too!

Silent Rage (1982) - Chuck Norris is the guy hunting down a seemingly unstoppable killer in a small redneck town. This movie mixes the action and slasher genre in all the best ways. I mean, it’s got Norris single handedly beating the crap out of a large biker gang (probably the best scene in the movie) and some well directed slasher set-pieces. Also, the acting is great and the pacing is good too. It’s just tops.

Tightrope (1984) - Eastwood, who already did his own take on the classy slash (before they were slashers even!) with Play Misty for Me, is at it again with this dark film. He plays a cop hunting down a serial killer (ho-hum) but at the same time he’s struggling with his own sinister sexual appetite (not so ho-hum). And you know that leads to all kinds of horror filled goodness, now dontcha?

Basic Instinct (1992) - Admittedly, this movie broke through all kinds of boundaries, pushed the envelope right off the desk and started a new sub-genre of overtly sexual thrillers (most of which could never hold a candle to this one). It is the movie that lived up to the stigma of films that sexualize violence and it had audiences in rapture. I think it’s so-so but let’s face it; it’s kind of a bold face rip-off of Tenebre. Yeah, I said it! And that qualifies it!

Body Double (1984) – Just one murder, but that phallic drill is just one step away from some Russ Thorn goodness ala Slumber Party Massacre!

Single, White Female (1992) - Jennifer Jason Leigh wants to be Bridget Fonda (well, who doesn’t?) and Bridget is putting up a fight over it! This superficial but fun suspense thriller embraced and ushered in the Home Invasion craze of the early 90s. A lot of films including Unlawful Entry, Pacific Heights, Hand that Rocks the Cradle and even Shannon Tweed’s excellent soft core thriller Scorned played with this idea, but SWF took it one step further with a nice stiletto heel to the eye trick.

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Dario Argento’s last installment of The Three Mothers trilogy, finally comes to a close on September 23rd, when Mother of Tears finally hits DVD.

Synopsis:

A wave of suicide and crime sweeps over the holy city as witches congregate to pay homage to their reborn queen, Mater Lachrymarum (Mother of Tears), the last of three powerful witches who have been spreading terror and death for centuries. Alone against an army of demons, an art student who seems to have supernatural abilities of her own, is the only person left to prevent the destruction of Rome.

Special Features:

· The Making Of Mother of Tears

· A Conversation With Legendary Filmmaker Dario Argento

When I was a little tyke I didn’t know the difference between an R-rated horror film and a PG-rated film, and neither did my mother I guess, because I watched them all. Something Wicked This Way Comes was as captivating and horrifying to me at 7 or 8 as was Mother’s Day when I secretly discovered it at 10 or 12. When I became an adult, I spent way too much of my time searching for these films that were forever etched in my brain. Armed with nothing but my memories, I bought and rented numerous amounts of horror tapes in hopes to rediscover my “childhood classics.” To my surprise some of the films I remember as being tame were not so tame, involving rape, unthinkable violence and other situations a kid my age probably should have never been watching in the first place. One of the films that left an everlasting impression on me was Dark Night of the Scarecrow, but unlike the aforementioned films it was made for TV and involved no gratuitous gore or nudity. That, however, made it no less terrifying.

There are three vivid images from my youth that I always remember scared the piss out of me. First were Freddy Krueger’s overstretched arms in the alleyway as he chased Nancy in A Nightmare on Elm Street. Second (a scene that still bothers me today) is little Jason coming out of the water at the end of Friday the 13th, and third is the scarecrow from Dark Night. Bubba’s terrified eyes peering out from behind that scarecrow mask while he awaits his execution at the hands of Otis Hazelrigg and three local bumpkins has stuck with me a for long time and will never go away.

I just have to say it: “They just don’t make them like Dark Night of the Scarecrow these days,” and current horror filmmakers should take notice of how it was done. The simple tight story, minus the hokey twist ending, makes you forget that most of the violence is off the screen. Dark Night sucks you in and doesn’t let you go until the bitter end, and Charles Durning (Hazelrigg) portrays one of the best human monsters pre-Hannibal, and he doesn’t need to cannibalize one corpse to pull it off.

Dark Night may be a tale of scarecrow revenge, but it is the human characters that are the villains in the film. Hazelrigg’s prejudice and suggested attraction to a young Marylee Williams leads to the wrongful death of the simple minded Bubba, a grown man as gentle as a child. After a dog mauls Marylee, Hazelrigg mistakenly accuses Bubba of the act, and leads a pack of vigilantes in gunning him down while he is disguised as a scarecrow, which was a plan devised by his mother to keep him safe from the vengeance driven mob. When the men involved get acquitted of murder charges, they soon begin to die one by one. Fingers are pointed, and the double-crossing begins as soon as Hazelrigg realizes someone is really coming after him, and he stops at nothing to save his hide, even going so far as to blame the innocent little Marylee for all of his friends’ mysterious deaths. The enjoyment of watching Dark Night is watching Hazelrigg unravel as he is haunted by nothing but a harmless scarecrow that always seems to inexplicably appear before someone suffers a fatal accident. Has Hazelrigg lost his mind, or is Bubba’s spirit really back for revenge? Or do the murders have a more rational explanation, like a loving mother who decided to take the law into her own hands? Either way a lot of people are going to die until the truth is uncovered.

The younger generation of horror fans, who my generation has taught about films like Last House on the Left, and joined us as we cheered on Eli Roth’s and Rob Zombie’s violent movies may be left scratching their heads as to why we talk about Dark Night of the Scarecrow with such high praise. Unlike what we are usually accused of, we do not always choose T&A and buckets of blood over atmosphere and suspense. Believe it or not the teens of the 80’s and 90’s are able to use their imaginations. We did not grow up with porn right at our fingertips, we had to sneak our father’s Playboys and a softcore film on Skinemax every so often. We also did not have IMDB.com to tell us what was a pre-approved horror “classic” so we had to watch things and come up with our own opinions. And unlike the A-D-D riddled youth of today we actually watched movies instead of texting our friends. The other elements besides babes and boobs that make a good horror film were not lost on us, and perhaps this is why we can enjoy a film like Scarecrow along side a film like The Prowler. We’re also a lot less closed-minded than the generation of horror fans who still will not let go of Vincent Price and Lon Cheney. Great horror movies of all types are not lost on us and a lot of die-hard horror fans in their 30s enjoy the genre because of the many sub-genres it embodies. Horror offers so many options and is able to branch out into so many other genres that the possibilities seem endless, and we seem to enjoy them all.

Dark Night of the Scarecrow proves that not all horror films need to be a hard R, but that still doesn’t mean anyone can make a great PG rated horror flick. It is much harder to pull off a horror film without over the top special effects, cheap scares, and of course gore. The writing, acting, and directing all have to be done right, combined with the perfect mix of elements, such as pacing and atmosphere. Dark Night of the Scarecrow is one of the few films from the 80s that pulled it off and is a movie that all horror fans should be able to enjoy, even the newer generation.

Be sure and check out Kindertrauma’s ‘Top Nice Mommies of Horror’

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Yesterday when I solved the mystery on why the Twilight books and film (Fat Chicks Love Twilight) are so popular, I forgot that second to food fat chicks LOVE vampires. Why fat chicks are drawn to vampires like an all you can eat buffet may never solved, this post is not about that, its about the skinnier Twilight fans.

We got a few e-mails about our article but one Twilighter caught my attention, because she was… NICE to me! Even after I was a “meany” for having the the nerve to call fat people fat, she didn’t yell and call me names back. She even agreed to let me publish her picture (left) to prove that not all Twilight fans are overweight. So other Twilight fans should applaud my new friend’s bravery by taking one for the team. She also got me to promise to be kinder and nicer to Twilighters in the future.

Still, I’m willing to bet that, Edward Cullen kicks himself in the ass because the groupies on this gig are not hotter. You know what they say Cullen; “More Cushin for the Pushin!”

Jim Wynorski is back, and back with a bang! His new film Cleavagefield looks great!

You can watch the trailer on the official My Space here.

“Fallbrook Entertainment presents the sexy satirical answer to Cloverfield. Yes, that’s right, it’s CLEAVAGEFIELD, a rockin’ raunchy romp sure to knock your socks and panties off. It stars Amy Ried, Rebecca Love, Julie K. Smith, and a bevy of bountiful”

Don’t know what Twilight is? Where have you been? Read all about it after the jump.

TWILIGHT is an action-packed, modern day love story between a vampire and a human. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother remarries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn’t expect much of anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she’s ever met. Intelligent and witty, he sees straight into her soul. Soon, Bella and Edward are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance. Edward can run faster than a mountain lion, he can stop a moving car with his bare hands – and he hasn’t aged since 1918. Like all vampires, he’s immortal. But he doesn’t have fangs, and he doesn’t drink human blood; Edward and his family are unique among vampires in their lifestyle choice. To Edward, Bella is that thing he has waited 90 years for – a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. But what will Edward & Bella do when James (Cam Gigandet), Laurent (Edi Gathegi) and Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre), the Cullens’ mortal vampire enemies, come to town, looking for her?

ABOUT TWILIGHT: Based on the current #1 New York Times Bestselling series (30 weeks and counting) with over 5.5 million books in print by Stephenie Meyer, TWILIGHT is a cultural phenomenon, with a dedicated fanbase that eagerly awaits this movie. There are over 100 fan sites devoted to Twilight, and it has been chosen as the New York Times Editor’s Choice, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, Amazon’s “Best Book of the Decade…So Far”, Teen People’s “Hot List” Pick, The American Library Association’s “Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults” and “Top Ten Books for Reluctant Readers” and has been translated into 20 languages. Critically acclaimed director Catherine Hardwicke brings to life this modern, visual, and visceral Romeo & Juliet story of the ultimate forbidden love affair – between vampire and

mortal.

Produced by MARK MORGAN, GREG MOORADIAN and WYCK GODFREY

Based on the best-selling Novel “Twilight” by STEPHENIE MEYER
Screenplay by MELISSA ROSENBERG (STEP UP, Fox’s THE O.C., Showtime’s DEXTER)

Directed by CATHERINE HARDWICKE (THIRTEEN, LORDS OF DOGTOWN)

They describe the movie as: “A mind bending tale of evil with state of the art Special Effects by Josh Turi (Wendigo)! Lots of blood and gore, sensational High Definition Cinematography!”

Whatever that means…