Archive for November, 2011

Eden Lake Review

Posted: 30th November 2011 by horrorfan in Contemporary Horror

A young couple take a romantic getaway to a public park which is scheduled to be turned in to a housing development. Their quiet holiday begins to turn in to the weekend from hell when Jenny and Steve encounter a rowdy group of uncouth teenagers. The fore mentioned group of juvenile delinquents proceeds to offend, [...]

Night of the Comet Review

Posted: 30th November 2011 by horrorfan in 80s Horror

The story of a group of high school girls who are forced to face a zombie apocalypse, Night of the Comet is a tried and true classic. Sisters, Regina and Samantha wake up to find that they are among the last humans left on in the Los Angeles area and possibly the world. Their friends [...]

Lori Lethin: Interview With an 80s Scream Queen

Posted: 29th November 2011 by horrorfan in Interviews

What made you decide to pursue acting, and how did you get your first break on Charlie’s Angels? My acting career started on a whim. I had never acted before or took lessons. I was working as a waitress over on Catalina Island. I was thinking about what I was going to do after my summer [...]

Chopping Mall Review

Posted: 27th November 2011 by horrorfan in 80s Horror

A group of friends throw an after hours party in a mall department store. All is well until a lightning storm causes the shopping center’s new ‘high tech’ security robots to experience a short circuit and turn into killing machines. The robots begin targeting the party goers, hunting them down in typical stalk and slash [...]

The Hitcher Review

Posted: 26th November 2011 by horrorfan in 80s Horror

C. Thomas Howell plays Jim Halsey, a dumbshit who makes the regrettable decision to pick up a hitchhiker. Rutger Hauer pays John Ryder, the hitchhiker. John is a major creep who gets off on staring for too long, laughing maniacally, and being a real pervert. Early in the film, Jim manages to forcefully extract John [...]

Pumpkinhead: A Movie for Thanksgiving

Posted: 24th November 2011 by horrorfan in 80s Horror

Pumpkinhead explores the age old question, if you REALLY hate someone, is it ok to have them killed? My stance has always been yes, duh. When Ed Harley’s only son is killed by reckless miscreants and their motorcycle shenanigans, he calls upon the titular character to help him exact his revenge. Pumpkinhead is a particularly [...]

Lianne Spiderbaby: Interview With A Rising Star

Posted: 23rd November 2011 by horrorfan in Interviews

Fun With Horror recently had the honor of speaking with the beautiful and talented Lianne Spiderbaby. She is a journalist for Fangoria Magazine, author of GRINDHOUSE GIRLS: CINEMA’S HARDEST WORKING WOMEN, and will be in the upcoming film TBK: TOOLBOX MURDERS II. How did you find your niche in the horror community? Well, I’ve grown up with horror; [...]

Hellraiser Review

Posted: 22nd November 2011 by horrorfan in 80s Horror, Clive Barker

Larry and Julia relocate and move in to Larry’s run down family home. Little do they know, Larry’s scoundrel brother Frank is lurking, dead, under the floorboards. Frank has met his untimely demise, exploring the outer limits of pain and pleasure via a mysterious puzzle box. The box holds the secrets of a mystical place where [...]

976-Evil Review

Posted: 22nd November 2011 by horrorfan in 80s Horror

Stephen Geoffries, of Fright Night, ‘stars’ in this late 80s satanic story. Geoffries is Hoax, a sweater vest wearing misfit teen, who gets more than he bargains for when he begins calling a horror-scope line. This amounts to bad news for Hoax, but good news for the devil. Hoax’s wildest dreams start coming true, followed [...]

The Midnight Meat Train Review

Posted: 19th November 2011 by horrorfan in Clive Barker, Contemporary Horror

Bradley Cooper stars as Leon, a photographer trying to make a splash on the New York art scene. He scores an appointment with Susan Hoff, Brooke Shields, but she finds his work a little one the lame side. In an attempt to wow Susan, Leon scours the depths of the subway system and finds Mahogany. [...]