Halloween (1978)
It is hard to overstate the brilliance of this early John Carpenter effort, and the influence it had on the modern slasher film. It isn't the first film of its…
Terror Train (1980)
A winter night fraternity hazing goes awry, finding young Alana (Jamie Lee Curtis) unwittingly party to initiate Kenny's nervous breakdown (Derek MacKinnon). Flash forward a year later and Alana is…
Weekly Round-Up: Amazing Mr. X, Final Exam, Space Mutiny, Casino Royale
Spies, slashers, space battles, and spooks! This week's roster was a well-balanced aperitif, if it led to a bit of gastroenteritis. - K. The Amazing Mr. X (1948) Gaslight (1940)…
Graduation Day (1981)
There is so much I enjoy about slasher films, but it is a genre I rarely dip into due to often intolerable quantities of misogyny, transmisogyny, homophobia, and ugly racist tropes.…