FINAL GIRL explores the slasher flicks of the '70s and '80s...and all the other horror movies I feel like talking about, too. This is life on the EDGE, so beware yon spoilers!

Oct 3, 2017

SHOCKtober: 596-576



Hey kids, here are a bunch more movies that received ONE VOTE each.

596. Blood and Black Lace -- 1964, Mario Bava
595. Blood and Lace -- 1971, Philip S. Gilbert
594. Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll -- 1974, Carlos Aured
593. Blue Sunshine -- 1977, Jeff Lieberman
592. Body Bags -- 1993, John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, Larry Sulkis
591. Boo -- 2005, Anthony C. Ferrante
590. Bride of Chucky -- 1998, Ronny Yu
589. The Brotherhood of Satan -- 1971, Bernard McEveety
588. Bug -- 2006, William Friedkin
587. Burnt Offerings -- 1976, Dan Curtis
586. Byzantium -- 2012, Neil Jordan
585. Cape Fear -- 1991, Martin Scorsese
584. Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter -- 1974, Brian Clemens
583. Cargo -- 2009, Ivan Engler & Ralph Etter
582. Castle Freak -- 1995, Stuart Gordon
581. Cat's Eye -- 1985, Lewis Teague
580. Cheerleader Camp -- 1988, John Quinn
579. Cherry Falls -- 2000, Geoffrey Wright
578. Children of the Corn -- 1984, Fritz Kiersch
577. Christine -- 1983, John Carpenter
576. City of the Living Dead -- 1980, Lucio Fulci


Cherry Falls! It's pretty alright and finally available here in the US. I love that it flipped the standard slasher trope around (here, it's the virgins getting killed so kids are in a mad rush to have sex) and it stars Brittany Murphy, so how can you go wrong? You cannot.

I'd never heard of Cargo before this, and I think it looks just swell. I'm a sucker for space-flavored horror, so I'm gonna have to check it out. Wow, SHOCKtober 2017 is already worth it!


I always forget that Christine is a John Carpenter movie.

Tune in tomorrow! Maybe I will drop another absolutely fascinating piece of trivia like "I always forget that Christine is a John Carpenter movie"!

5 comments:

Chris Otto said...

Where's our reboot/origin story movie on the chaffeur from Burnt Offerings, who is easily the only thing that kept that movie from being buried in the sands of time.

Stacie Ponder said...

I need to watch BURNT OFFERINGS again. I want to like it more than I actually do, but then it's been a good long while since I've given it a try.

Chris Otto said...

It's really not enjoyable to watch as an adult. It's achingly bad, really. But the chaffeur & house-molting scenes are a great few minutes of creepiness. Creepy enough to not watch before bedsies.

Pokemon Postmon said...

Only one vote for "City of the Living Dead"?! I demand a recount!!! :o

Anonymous said...

I get that I'm the only nutbar who likes Blue Sunshine, but Blood and Black Lace? Definitely worth checking out!