Author: Crash Palace

  • It Stains the Sands Red by Billy Crash

    We’ve all seen the same zombie film time and again: Zombies rise and humans fight to survive. Adding a twist to that hackneyed platform has been the catalyst for quality screenwriters and filmmakers. Co-writers Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz have achieved just that with It Stains the Sands Red. Directed by Minihan, the story features…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Macabre Milestone: Rosemary’s Baby

    Rosemary’s Baby Celebrates 50 Years! Rosemary’s Baby hit theaters in 1968 to audiences who had indulged in Ira Levin’s popular book of the same name. Produced in part by schlock horror master, William Castle, he kept out of the way when it came to production, and let Roman Polanski take the reigns in his first American…

  • Deborah Foreman: The Underrated Scream Queen by Susan Leighton

    Deborah Foreman During my formative years in the 80s, it seemed like every time I turned around, Deborah Foreman was appearing in some horror movie that I liked. She was always an engaging presence, attractive in a girl next door way yet, it seems as if she never gets mentioned alongside Jamie Lee Curtis, Dee…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Horror Double Feature: Deadgirl and The Autopsy of Jane Doe

    Deadgirl and The Autopsy of Jane Doe Deadgirl and The Autopsy of Jane Doe are something special in the world of horror, especially when it comes to “Women in Horror Month.” For both films, we have a female central character that is either dead or undead. And who inspects their naked bodies? Teen boys and a…

  • Last Girl Standing by Billy Crash

    Last Girl Standing The slasher sub-genre has been old since the end of the 80s. The typical tale of a group of often obnoxious, stoned or drunk, sex-crazed college kids with one smart, semi-soiled “final girl” to survive has run its course. The hackneyed stories are comprised of killers on a mission to slice-and-dice youngsters…