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80’s Horror Double Bill

fenrisfil — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:01:41 +0000

Well, it’s Halloween and my final October Challenge review. Next year I will instead be enjoying myself at Universal Horror Nights in Florida and after five years of doing 31-35 reviews over October I feel I have well and truly defeated the challenge. I started out doing the reviews on facebook, but four years worth …

Dead of Winter (1987)

fenrisfil — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:06:36 +0000

Dead of Winter is a thriller/horror from “Bonnie and Clyde” director Arthur Penn. It is written by Marc Shmuger and Mark Malone and is a loose remake of the film noir movie “My Name Is Julia Ross“. The movie stars Mary Steenburgen in three roles. Primarily as aspiring actress “Katie McGovern”. Katie has been hired …

Spellbinder (1988)

fenrisfil — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 20:12:22 +0000

Tonight’s October Challenge movie is the 1988 sexual thriller/horror “Spellbinder”. Directed by Janet Greek (Most famous for her TV work, especially with Babylon 5) and written by Tracy Tormé (Writer for “Star Trek TNG” and creator of the 90’s series “Sliders”). The movie stars Tim Daly as Lawyer “Jeff Mills” and Kelly Preston as the …