The best genre, the horror… the horror
While Nightmare on Elm Street came to be the series that would make me a horror geek, Halloween was my first true horror franchise, early stepping stones that I will always remember and thus shall be paying tribute to the … Continue reading Month of Horror Day 29: The Halloween Series Part 1/3
If you read a list of horror films with LGBT characters you’ll find a lot of murder victims, serial killers and vampires. Occasionally a gay side character gets lucky (Cursed (2005), ParaNorman (2012) ) but often they’re first on the … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Horror Protagonists
In the Late 19th century Rhode Island was a state of contradictions. In the north, the factories and mills of Providence stood at the vanguard of the American Industrial Revolution. To the south, at the height of the Gilded Age, … Continue reading The Vampires of Rhode Island: The Last Vampire. Mercy Brown, 19, Exeter 1892
What are we to make of a movie like The Lighthouse? The longer you gaze into its depths, the murkier it appears. If it’s sense you want, look elsewhere. This is early period David Lynch territory, a smoky, rusty machine … Continue reading Movie Review: The Lighthouse
So I have no clue if anyone on this site has seen this movie. If you have , here’s a spoiler space to talk about One Cut of the Dead. It’s one of the best reviewed movies of the year … Continue reading Month of Horror Day 25: One Cut of the Dead Spoiler Space
In 1874 fifteen year old Ruth Ellen Rose, her body wracked by consumption, was laid to rest. Ruth Ellen was the daughter of William Rose, a local civic leader, and his first wife the late Mary Rose née Taylor. Ruth … Continue reading The Vampires of Rhode Island: Not Unfamiliar With This Plague. Ruth Ellen Rose, 15, Exeter 1874
Inner city youth, mutated bugs, and Clint Howard – what could go wrong? Oh the 90s were a weird transitionary time in horror. Scream made a certain type of dialogue heavy slashers popular later in the decade, but before … Continue reading Month of Horror 2019 Day 24 Ticks
In Which There are Ghosts in the Modems The paradox of modernity is thus: we live a world with more people than ever, closer together, and with more forms of communication than ever, and yet we feel incredibly isolated and … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 39: Pulse
Some movies are works of art and some movies are best at being escapist fun. The rare film can find a balance of both and produce something somewhere in between that’s not only entertaining but an inspiring template for movies … Continue reading Month of Horror 2019 Day 23 Mario Bava’s Planet of the Vampires
Professor Elemental and his world of eccentricity has been mentioned on The Avocado before , he’s an MC, host, raconteur, orangutan enthusiast…. and now author. Tales Of Wrong is a collection of nine short stories that range from horror to humour in … Continue reading Book Review:’Professor Elemental’s Tales Of Wrong’ by Paul Alborough
Levi Young and his wife Anna’s farm was bountiful. The native corn, potatoes, and onions provided steady income for the family. Anna Young’s preserves , made from wild blackberries, was renowned locally, and were even fetching a good price in … Continue reading The Vampires of Rhode Island: Bright, Like An Angel. Nancy Young, 19, Foster. 1827
Remakes of any genre often have to answer one tough question: why? Is this an update for a new era, is it remaking something that’s still popular but no longer has an active franchise, or is this just a shameless … Continue reading Month of Horror 2019: Suspiria (2018)
Is Dario Argento a good director or a bad director? Elements of his films can be downright baffling. The stories often make zero sense, and plots take tangents That go nowhere. The villain is almost always a late twist that … Continue reading Review: Opera (1987)
Over the last hundred years, more than five hundred books and essays in English alone have attempted to pinpoint and identify the nature of the evil in the work. ~ Playwright Tim Luscombe. Henry James’ 1898 novella, The Turn of … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Turn of the Screw (1985)
Stuckley Tillinghast was known to be a jovial good-natured man. He managed to provide decently for his family by selling his apples across Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts. Honour, his wife, kept a busy well-ordered household, watching over the couples … Continue reading The Vampires of Rhode Island: Half An Orchard Died. Sarah Tillinghast, 19, Exeter. 1799
I have avoided Paranormal Activity for over a decade because of its reputation. The whole movie is one where nothing happens. All of the scares are cheap. Like, a potted plant falls over and that’s supposed to be scary. (Incidentally, … Continue reading Review: Paranormal Activity (2007)
Yes, those dates are right. Resolution (2012) Is friendship stronger than Lovecraftian forces? What do we expect from stories? What do we expect from ourselves? Resolution is a gripping, trippy horror flick that struggles with answering both of these very … Continue reading Month of Horror 2019 Days 20/19 Resolution and The Endless Double Feature
I like Jim Jarmusch and I like zombies; so why didn’t I like this film? A Brief Cinematic Existential Crisis It’s weird because I really enjoy Jarmusch’s other dabblings into genre fare: Deadman (Western), Ghost Dog (samurai flick) and Only … Continue reading Month of Horror Day 18 Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be suffering like G did through the deliciously kooky spooks of The House of … Continue reading Franchise Festival #72: House of the Dead
The best thing I can say about Blair Witch is that it makes you really appreciate the original movie. Have you been on the fence over whether The Blair Witch Project was movie brilliance or a boring slog through the … Continue reading Review: Blair Witch (2016)
Enough is never enough of the stuff! Larry Cohen – A Legend in His Own Right When it comes to low budget, not quite for the mainstream horror – I always say look to the 2 L’s: Lloyd Kaufman, … Continue reading Month of Horror Day 17 Larry Cohen’s The Stuff
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