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The Prowler (1981)

fenrisfil — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:52:55 +0000

1981 was the year the slasher film firmly established itself as a horror genre. Friday the 13th part II introduced us to an adult Jason Voorheese. We also had “The Burning” and “My Bloody Valentine” and tonight’s horror movie “The Prowler”. While The Burning aimed for the Friday the 13th style holiday camp bloodbath, The …

Bay of Blood (1971)

fenrisfil — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:28:40 +0000

Time for this years first trip into the world of Italian horror. This is a movie from Gialo legend Mario Bava. If you’ve been following my reviews, you may recall me waxing lyrical about “Blood and Black Lace” (1964). After that I always planned to watch more of his work. I’ve actually only seen three …

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

fenrisfil — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:22:22 +0000

The 1980’s was the era of the slasher film. They didn’t originate there, but the stars aligned in favour of the horror sub genre in that decade. First of all special effects were finally able to provide impressive looking gore and blood. Secondly, as the decade went on the VHS market gave a massive boost …

In A Violent Nature (2024)

fenrisfil — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 18:09:51 +0000

“In A Violent Nature” is a 2024 slasher film with a twist. The movie takes the killer perspective idea (Used so effectively in the intro of “Halloween” (1978)). The movie is written and directed by Chris Nash and is his feature length debut. Chris previous made short films including one entry for “ABC’s of Death …