🔥 FADE TO BLACK (1980): THE ULTIMATE CINEPHILE SLASHER—AND DENNIS CHRISTOPHER’S PSYCHOTIC MASTERCLASS 🔪
By Sammy – HorrorFacts.com’s unhinged film geek, whiskey anarchist, and proud owner of a cursed 35mm print of Freaks 🎬 INTRO: WHEN MOVIE OBSESSION TURNS TO MURDER (AND WE CHEER)Listen up, you celluloid-sniffing degenerates—Fade to Black isn’t … Read This Story
ESTIGMA (1980): JOSÉ RAMĂ“N LARRAZ’S CURSED, CATHOLIC-GUILT TRIP TO HELL
By Sammy – HorrorFacts.com’s resident Spanish sleaze historian & whiskey exorcist đź’‰ PLOT IN A SHOTGLASS:Spanish village. Aloof doctor (Assumpta Serna) fucks a stranger in a barn. He dies. She inherits his haunted country estate and a … Read This Story
Effects (1979): A Meta-Horror Where Tom Savini Plays… Well, Tom Savini
Gather ’round, gutter-punks and celluloid sadists! Tonight, we’re not diving into some tropical hellhole or Transylvanian travesty. We’re descending into the psychotic meta-mirror maze of Effects (1979). Forget slick Hollywood slashers; this is gritty, grimy … Read This Story
Eaten Alive! (1980): A Cannibal Carnival of Sleaze So Repulsive, You’ll Need a Shower… and Therapy
Pay attention, people who watch very bad movies. Prepare yourself because we will examine the unpleasant movie Eaten Alive! (1980). Do not consider the fake documentary style of Cannibal Holocaust or the decayed appeal of … Read This Story
SEX, PSYCHOS, & STILETTOS: WHYÂ DRESSED TO KILLÂ (1980) IS DECADENT, DANGEROUS, AND DE PALMA’S DIRTIEST MASTERPIECE
By Sammy – HorrorFacts.com’s resident De Palma apologist, whiskey-drenched sleaze connoisseur, and owner of a suspiciously sharp vintage umbrella đź’„ INTRO: WHEN HITCHCOCK MEETS GRINDHOUSE IN A MIDTOWN ELEVATORListen up, you deviant cinephiles—if you think Psycho was … Read This Story
Dracula’s Last Rites (1980): A Funeral Pyre of Cinematic Incompetence So Glorious, It Deserves Its Own Coffin-Shaped Casket
People who watch movies and enjoy films that are not very good, come close to the light from the projector. We look at Dracula’s Last Rites, a movie from 1980, with interest. This movie is … Read This Story
Beauty is a Beast: Shudder’s “The Ugly Stepsister” Delivers Body Horror Fit for a Twisted Fairytale
We all know the story: Cinderella, wicked stepsisters, glass slippers, the whole shebang. But toss that sanitized Disney version in the bin, because Emilie Blichfeldt’s “The Ugly Stepsister” (streaming on Shudder) takes that familiar narrative … Read This Story
Howling at the Moon: Why An American Werewolf in London Tops the Pack
Discovering the Genius of “An American Werewolf in London” 1. Groundbreaking Special Effects What makes An American Werewolf in London truly special are its remarkable special effects. Thanks to the talented makeup artist Rick Baker, … Read This Story
