Halloween comes early at the first Guthrie Haunts Scaregrounds Scaretacular, offering a fright night of thrills — perfect for Friday the 13th. “I think the high level of realism and in-your-face terror will set us apart from the rest of our competitors,” said Gary Berger, one of four co-creators, and who has staged a successful […]
Friday the 13th
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Creature
It’s not like first-time director Fred M. Andrews doesn’t know what he’s doing — he opens Creature with a page straight from the Roger Corman playbook: bare breasts. I’m not sure why this particular full-frontal female chooses to swim in a swamp, but it means her death by alligator attack. Nearly every turn of the […]
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Night School
Remembered all these years for introducing us to Aussie actress Rachel Ward (“Against All Odds”), the horror film is finally available on DVD, courtesy of Warner Archive. She’s one of many pretty people in danger of losing her head at the titular institution — not figuratively due to a punishing course load, but literally due […]
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Camp Hell
No wonder the movie is titled “Camp Hell.” I understand the intent of putting Jesse Eisenberg front and center on the cover, the art of which suggests a camp-counselor slasher in the style of “Friday the 13th,” but “The Social Network” star has little more than a cameo, and the film is unfortunately more of […]