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TV Review: ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’
Plot: A modern re-imagining of the beloved Edgar Allan Poe short story, The Fall of the House of Usher details the downfall of the infamous and wealthy Usher family. Creator Mike Flanagan frames the...
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Halloween Review: ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’
During the 1940’s Walt Disney Productions was engaged in what has been dubbed by many the “package film era”. Thanks to the Second World War, the studio’s ability to make further big prestige pictures...
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Halloween Review: ‘Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers’
In 1982, John Carpenter and Debra Hill, the masterminds behind the Halloween franchise took a massive chance on the series with Halloween III: Season of the Witch. While it is now a cult classic, the...
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The Texas Copy-Paste Massacre
When I sat down to write a review for the 2022 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, I saw that not only had Darknite beaten me to the punch, but summed it up perfectly. Whilst I don’t need to retread the...
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Best Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Episodes
Ever since the second season of their approximately 78,903 seasons The Simpsons has treated viewers to the annual tradition of the Treehouse of Horror. Each episode sees the cast of Springfield...
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Halloween Review: ‘Dark Night of the Scarecrow’
A few nights before Halloween of 1981, the television network CBS decided to cash in on the season with a made for TV movie directed by the novelist Frank De Felitta. No doubt intended for a nice...
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Movie Review: ‘Halloween Kills’
Director: David Gordon Green Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, James Jude Courtney, Nick Castle, Judy Greer, Andu Matichak, Will Patton, Anthony Michael Hall Plot: Picking up immediately after the previous...
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9 Horror Musicals to Jazz Up Your Halloween
Maybe you’re tired of the same selection of classic slasher movies being presented as ‘essential viewing’ every year. Perhaps you’re fed up with video essays about the ‘scariest found footage movie...
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Halloween Review: ‘Rocktober Blood’
Earlier this year while browsing through the “Newly Aquired Oddities” section of my local video store, Black Lodge, I saw that they had a DVD for a 1984 film that looked too cool to pass up. The owner...
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Halloween Marathon: 2018
I’m doing this because I haven’t seen them all and have a lot of work to do and need something to watch. It’s been about 20 odd years since I watched this original, so let’s delve back in… Retcon...
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Halloween Marathon: 2007
I’m doing this because I haven’t seen them all and have a lot of work to do and need something to watch. It’s been about 20 odd years since I watched this original, so let’s delve back in… Previously:...
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Halloween Marathon: 1995
I’m doing this because I haven’t seen them all and have a lot of work to do and need something to watch. It’s been about 20 odd years since I watched this original, so let’s delve back in…...
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Halloween Marathon: 1988
I’m doing this because I haven’t seen them all and have a lot of work to do and need something to watch. It’s been about 20 odd years since I watched this original, so let’s delve back in… Previously...
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Halloween Marathon: 1978
We’re going to go through all the Halloween movies in a marathon and review them. We’re doing this because I haven’t seen them all and have a lot of work to do and need something to watch. It’s been...
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Disney’s Masterclass in Animated Terror
One of the best parts of Disney+ is that we get access to all manner of little known animated classics that aren’t part of the Princess Collection, or lost to changing styles and tastes. It also gives...
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My Halloween Viewing Highlights 2020
As we all know the Halloween season is fully upon us and that means horror films should constantly be onscreen. However, this genre has been around literally since the dawn of cinema so there is no...
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Disturbingly Realistic Horror Movie Killers
Maybe this Halloween you’ll watch Freddy or Jason or Samara or Pennywise stalking and murdering their victims, and then you turn off the movie safe in the knowledge that such a monster cannot exist in...
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Halloween Review: Trick or Treats (1982)
In the early 1980’s the “slasher movie” saw a boom as Halloween and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre proved that with enough inventiveness you could make a successful film even on a low budget. Every...
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Halloween Review: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Even those with only a passing knowledge of horror movies are familiar with the enigmatic slasher Michael Myers. Since debuting in 1978’s Halloween, the Boogeyman has become one of the most iconic...
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15 More Graphic Novels to Read This Halloween Season
It’s Autumn which means House of Geekery presents a spooky-filled reading list for the Halloween season. We’ve been doing this for many years now but luckily, the number of talented and entertaining...
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