Month: July 2013

  • Crash Analysis Support Team: The Walking Dead Escape: Stranger Survival – Guest Post from Cory Brin

    Zombies have long held my imagination as an unstoppable force that really is born from the same darkness as nightmares. I have watched several zombie movies and television shows, played countless zombie video games, and have read a number of zombie related books. I have taken part in zombie pen and paper roleplaying games as well as…

  • Crash Discussion: All About American Mary (Even Though She’s Canadian)

    Billy Crash and Jonny Numb explore the sophomore feature effort, American Mary, from the Twisted Twins. Story, character, and theme are explored, as well as Katharine Isabelle‘s lead performance. Additionally, why are “good” horrors considered to be “phenomenal” by many horror fans, and what does this say about expectations from the genre?

  • Crash Analysis: THE CONJURING (2013)

    More like THE OVER-RATED A ghost story you’ve seen before… Wonderful directing, acting, editing, cinematography, special effects, and at least three solid scares. Sounds like a perfect movie, right? But the script came from the pens of twin brothers Chad and Carey Hayes, the duo who brought us 2007’s pathetic THE REAPING, and the laughable…

  • Crash Discussion: If the Spirit Moves You: The Last Knock Looks at Ghost Stories

    Ghost stories are the top sub-genre of horror, and have been a part of storytelling for thousands of years and in all cultures. Why the fascination? Ghost films, from haunted houses to videotapes, will be explored from around our ghostly globe, along with our movie fascinations — or mistakes — of the week. Click down…

  • Crash Reports: My 50th German Horror Film

    I indulged in 1973’s SEVEN DEAD IN THE CAT’S EYE (France/Italy/West Germany), and this has become the fiftieth German horror I’ve consumed to date. Directed by Antonio Margheriti, responsible for HORROR CASTLE (1963), ANDY WARHOL’S FRANKENSTEIN (1973), and CANNIBAL APOCALYPSE (1980), among other genre movies, the story involves the MacGrieff family and their Scottish castle…