Tricks and Treats Aplenty!
Halloween horror, with a B-Movie review and a monstrous playlist!
Hello, all you little ghouls and goblins!
The first order of business is to announce the winner of the Greatest Horror Slasher poll from last time, and it looks like the man of your dreams was…Freddy Krueger! Take a bow, Fredward…
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A new name for John MacLeod’s B-movie reviews, submitted for your approval. (Seriously, let us know what ya think…)
All Hallows Eve 2 (2015)
Horror buffs will already be aware that the first All Hallows Eve was where the love-him-or-hate-him character of Art The Clown debuted before launching the Terrifier series. Alas, if you were hoping to see his antics in this sequel…sorry, no clown-y goodness. But that doesn’t mean we can’t still have some fun!
As with the previous installment, the anthology centers on a mysterious videotape that’s dropped off at someone’s doorstep, this time by a creeper in a pumpkin mask. I think my favorite line from this flick addresses what they must have known horror dorks like me would be thinking: would this live-laugh-love, wine-sipping protagonist even have a VCR to play this thing?
“Are you kidding? Of COURSE I have a VCR. You know how much better Texas Chainsaw Massacre looks on VHS than Blu Ray?”
Touché.
So, how does the rest of the anthology stack up? I actually had fun watching this one, which may be more due to how much I l-o-v-e Halloween than anything else. But with a tight 90-minute runtime and eight stories (nine if you count the frame story), even if you might not like a particular story…just wait a couple minutes. (Seriously, some are pretty short.) The tales range from your average pumpkin-carving-gone-wrong fare to trick-or-treating in an apocalyptic landscape to father and son bonding over a nice ritual sacrifice. Will this make your annual Halloween viewing list? Probably not, but it’s certainly worth one time through if you’re a fan of old-school practical FX and B-movie shlock.
WHAT’S COOKIN’ ON KICKSTARTER:
XENOGEIST #2 Izzy Monet is back for more in this stunning cyberpunk thriller!
POCUS HOCUS #6 The adventures of Pocus and pals in Hell continue!
MONSTER GIRL BEACH PARTY #4 Just under a week left to back this British Invasion-themed installment!
NEED SOME SPOOKY TUNES FOR YOUR HALLOWEEN PARTY?
We’ve got you covered with our playlist:
Before you go…
Results from last post’s poll. I’m relieved to see Freddy Krueger taking a substantial lead. Chucky should’ve gotten more love…just saying.
That’s all for now…bugs and kisses,
John and the Bad Bug team