Month: December 2016

  • Highways of Horror – Day III

    He had the eye of a vulture – a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold… Bela Lugosi – Extraordinary Tales Forgive my writing. By the time I get to these posts my brain is jelly, which means writing weaknesses shine through as I pounce on…

  • Highways of Horror – Day II

    A closed mind is the worst defense against the supernatural… If it happens to you, you’re liable to have that shut door in your mind ripped right off its hinges! Dr. John Markway – The Haunting Rolling from Mansfield, Ohio to Madison, Wisconsin. The sky is low. Oppressive. Immediately conjuring the horrors of films like 1963’s The…

  • Highways of Horror – Day I

    If there was a storm coming right now, a big storm, from behind those mountains, would it matter? Would it change anything? Arash – A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night In the rearview there’s nothing. No horizon. No distinction between the road and the sky. Nothing but black on black. This can easily indicate…

  • Before You Buy the DVD: BLAIR WITCH (2016) by Jonny Numb

    [89 minutes. R. Director: Adam Wingard] Summer, 2016. I took my seat in the theater and furrowed my brow at a trailer that seemed familiar. Kids in the woods. Handheld POV. Oops, someone dropped the camera! Blurbs from high-profile horror sites superimposed over panoramic aerial views of dense forests. Ominous, droning music. The title? The…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: 2016’s Worst Horror Films

    With the best comes the worst, and 2016 definitely had its clunkers and over-rated horror films. Consider this our “naughty, but not in a good way list” and enjoy our ride down “Why the Hell did we watch that?” lane. What horror films did you throw coal at this year? This episodes SCREAM OUTS from Twitter: @aicforever…