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Showing posts with label children of the corn. Show all posts

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Horror Movies: Cults



Spellbinder ( Yidio) - on after, a Mrs. White visits Jeff's office to warn him away from Miranda. Strangers begin to terrorize Jeff and stalk him, which causes Miranda to run off.  Jeff takes his concerns to the police about his missing girlfriend. While looking at a photo of the absent woman, an astute police officer notices the symbolic necklace that adorns Miranda's neck. The jewelry symbolizes a satanic cult that has been committing heinous crimes in the area. Is it possible that Miranda is part of the cult?

Jeff continues to investigate the cult and track down Miranda, all while being shadowed by members of the alleged cult. Miranda finally contacts Jeff, and he forces an explanation about her ties to the furtive satanic cult. As the coven pursues the lovers, it's a fight for life and death against dark magic in this twisted thriller.


Horror Hotel (Yidio) -  is about a town that has seemingly sold its soul to witchcraft and the devil. A college student goes to a Massachusetts town in search of evidence of witchcraft. The town is spooky and it gets spookier as the movie goes on. The dreary landscape in which this movie takes place exaggerates the sense of evil and doom.

 The young girl who goes in search of witches in a town with an interesting history finds all too many witches and discovers that there may be more than one.  There is something really strange about the owner of the hotel, and things get even stranger after the college student's boyfriend and brother arrive.

Mrs. Newlis, the owner of the hotel, hidden her oaths to Satan? Who exactly is in on it and how much control do witches have in this not too cozy town in Massachusetts?  This film is inspired by Alfred Hitchcock and Psycho and for people familiar and the plot arch with murder and more mirrors that of Psycho.

It's an interesting film about a girl who is on a mission to find witches and finds that there is truly more than meets the eye in a town that has more secrets lurking than what one would find in any attic.


Deadly Blessing (1981) (Frightpix) -  A former Hittite (a member of an Amish-like cult) dies in a mysterious tractor "accident", and his widow is left to face the frightening Hittites who view her as "the incubus" and may have sinister plans for her. Note, she is now living in their community.


Demon Kiss (Frightpix) - An attempt to summon a demon using the sacrifice of a prostitute misfires - the evil entity instead possesses the body of the intended victim! With the ability to leap between hosts, how can it be stopped before it tracks down its target?


Children of the Corn (Hulu) - A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believe everyone over the age of 18 must be killed.


Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Clive Barker is Awesome!

I love Clive Barker.  He is such a sick and awesome weirdo.  I have not had a chance to read any of this books or novellas, but I am going to get on that stat!  I didn't actually even know he produced Candyman until I researched a little bit.  How cool is that!?


I know its cliche, but Pinhead is one of the most twisted, depraved, and sinister creations I have ever had the pleasure of being introduced to.  He has probably the best list of movie quotes of any character in horror I can think of.  They are all intelligent, disturbing, and provocative wrapped up into a little ball of terror.  I have to say, the first time I watched Hellraiser, I was afraid to go to bed for weeks and was just waiting for pinhead to come onto our plane and come into my bedroom and tell me all the things he had to show me.  No, thanks.  I appreciate the offer, but you can have the box and go back home.  Peace out.  


Candyman, also, kind of a sexual character.  His voice is husky.  He wants you to be his victim in you are Helen.  He kinda digs her.  He's kind of in love with her, but wants her to suffer with him, go figure.  Hummmm, sounds like real love?  Suffering, an element of love and pleasure.  This is right up Clive's alley, even though he was just the producer.  I can see how he would have an extreme appreciation for this movie and want to be involved in this subject.


I can't say I loved Lord of Illusions.  It was just not my thing, but I do love his mindset often on the underlying forbidden tones within all of us.  We all want pleasure and sometimes are willing to endure unimaginable pain and pay costs, which we have no idea are as high as they are to experience such forbidden delights.



The Plague was a totally different type of film, but classic in the concept that spliced Children of the Corn's type of feel with a touch of Village of the Damned.  This film came from the company, Midnight Picture Show, in which he created.  I am a little surprised that he went out of the box with this one, but backing a creation you have not made that is great in its own rite makes sense.

 

You can watch Hellraiser I & II as well as Candyman, and The Plague on our movie theater page on this blog, which is located here...(click).  They are all free to watch and you aren't required to sign up for anything to watch them.

 

I also want to make mention of the short short story, which was part of a Clive Barker Anthology, on which the film in the Master's of Horror television show, Haeckel's Tale is based, Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre, is featured.  You can actually watch it here.  It was supposed to be directed by George A. Romero, but was replaced by John McNaughton.  I'm glad they made that choice, because although I love Romero, I am pleased with how it turned out in style, setting, and tone.  You can check it out here for free on Hulu.



Sunday, September 22, 2013

Hillbilly (Backwoods) Horror Picks

In honor of the county fair that I just left, (I puked on the tilt-a-whirl--not kidding), I wanted to share with you some of my favorite top horror picks set in a country, backwoods, or hillbilly setting.

So, if that wasn't horrible enough, I stayed for a little after buying a $10 tank top that was 3 sizes too small with my top 3 buttons unbuttoned, I returned home so I can blog on this effing computer. I did bathe and ate a salad, but yeah, disappointing and it was the last day of the fair so at least I got to pat cows and alpacas. I have that experience to tide me over for the rest of the year.

Look, its me, not at the fair!!!!!


  

 1. Texas Chainsaw Massacre

2. House of a Thousand Corpses/Devil's Rejects

3. 2001 Maniacs

4. The Hills Have Eyes

5. Last House on the Left

6. Deliverance (da da ding ding ding ding ding ding on the banjo). Sequel like a pig for me!

7. Evil Dead

8. The Shining

9. Pet Cemetery

10. Children of the Corn

Wow, note Stephen King books converted to movies are the last three on the list. That's what happens when the author comes from Maine. It develops a wicked pissa imagination when you are stuck in the house in the winter while it snows. I should know.  I live in New Hampshire.

Staunton Hill sucked, but it was set in the back woods on a farm.

Of course, Night of the Living Dead, which was phenomenal...

Things can go either way.

Friday, August 23, 2013

Bargain Bin O' Horror



 
 Red Riding Hood (Widescreen) $4.44

I really liked this flick.  Its appropriate for your teen and it had a good story line.



I must own this! 

Alright, the last one is worth it just for Don't Look in the Basement, that's one of my favorite classics!
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