October Horrorthon V

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! Here is the final post of my 2020 October Horrothon series, I have watched some fantastic new horrors in the lead-up to Halloween and here are the last four I would recommend. I review a particularly unsettling and grim bio-horror with an imaginative concept, an interesting spin on the found-footage supernatural horror genre sure to scare even the hardiest horror fans, a horror anthology film that mixes good old-fashioned horror with some post-modern twists and finally another anthology horror film boasting a number of both funny and scary short stores all set on Halloween night.

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October Horrorthon IV

In the latest October Horrorthon edition, I review an action-packed underwater monster movie, a very spooky low budget supernatural horror mystery and a strange, but infectiously funny and extremely violent horror-comedy.

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Marathon Man Part III – A Nightmare on Elm Street

One horror fan, a whole heap of films….Richard takes on the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.

After interest in the long running franchised had waned considerably and ticket sales plummeted following the awful fifth and sixth instalments, Wes Craven made a much needed return to redeem and bring to a conclusion the series he created. So the seventh instalment was a refreshing concept with its self-referential and ironic observance of horror film lore, acting almost like a fore-runner to Craven’s smash-hit meta-horror Scream that came out two years later. Next came the highly anticipated crossover with the Friday the 13th series, a project that had been in development since 1986, this film mixed nostalgic slasher horror with modern self referential horror to stay relevant to a time when the Scream series was fresh in the memory, alongside I Know What You Did Last Summer and the Chucky series, all self aware slashers. Finally, 2010 brought us an updated remake of the original 1984 classic to end the nightmare for over a decade.

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October Horrorthon III

In my next entry of October Horrorthon, I am covering three more brand new horror films. This time I review a horror film that delivers a cult horror with a difference, a grindhouse action-horror boasting non-stop over the top blood and gore and a science fiction deep sea horror that has timely themes.

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Marathon Man Part II – A Nightmare on Elm Street

One horror fan, a whole heap of films….Richard takes on the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.

As the 80’s slasher craze came to a close, the A Nightmare on Elm Street series continued its success with Dream Master which further cemented the series as a favourite amongst horror fans thanks to its rare mix of genuinely scary and tongue-in-cheek horror, and dark fantasy elements all combined in a slasher film. Freddy Krueger continues to reappear, despite always getting destroyed at the end of each film. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood and Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers sold half the tickets that Dream Warriors and Dream Master did. By the late 80’s, Robert Englund’s wise cracking and entertaining performances dominated the horror scene and completely stole the limelight from rival mute slasher villains Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers who had been popular in the early to mid 80’s. But it was not long before the Nightmare series entered ridiculous new territory to nearly destroy the franchise as the major horror franchises faded from public interest.

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October Horrorthon II

My second October Horrorthon article features three horrors that have been released this year. They include the sequel to the campy horror-comedy The Babysitter, a fun old-school witch-in-the-woods horror inspired by 80’s monster movies and a chillingly effective supernatural period film set on the frontier.

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Marathon Man – A Nightmare on Elm Street – Part I

One horror fan, a whole heap of films….Richard takes on the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a popular horror franchise that consists of nine slasher films. The series revolves around the iconic horror villain Freddy Krueger, who is played by Robert Englund in nearly every film in the series. He is a former child killer who is burnt alive by the parents of his victims, so he returns from the grave to exact revenge on those who killed him by targeting their teenage children in their dreams. The films have a mixed reception from critics, but the original is held in generally high esteem by critics and horror fans alike. I start off with the first three films that were released just as the slasher craze was waning and injected new life into the sub-genre.

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October Horrorthon I

October Horrorthon is back! Last year I replaced Horrorthon with a single entry recommending four great 2019 horrors to watch for Halloween. This year I am kicking off a full Horrorthon series with three extra horror films released last year that I missed out. Here we have a subversive and gorily fun slasher film, a chilling and disturbing supernatural horror and a unique art-house claustrophobic mystery-thriller with a period setting. Keep checking out the website for reviews and recommendations for 2020 horrors I will be watching in the run up to Halloween.

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Tenet

This latest thriller from Christopher Nolan is another time-bending, puzzle of a film that he often specialises in delivering us. The plot seems pretty simple as we follow a CIA secret agent, played by Denzel Washington’s son, John David Washington, manipulate the flow of time to prevent World War III. But Tenet is just as smart and twisty a thriller as one would expect from Nolan, who is well known for exploring concepts of time, memory and identity to create some pretty innovative thrillers with unconventional narrative structures.

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