Retro Slashers

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It’s not funny if you have to explain it, says conventional wisdom. But the truth is: sometimes you need a little background information to fully appreciate the joke. Here are ten sly slasher movie moments that prove the genre’s just as adept at tickling the ribs as tearing them out with a pair of gardening [...]

Coming from Lionsgate on the 14th of April, Slaughter High finally hits DVD. It will have a pop-up trivia track (could be fun!). No, it’s not widescreen nor the Unrated cut. An April foolish purchase then? Discuss. Update – see Wil’s comment below – it’s now UNCUT! Somewhere up above, Scuddamore is smiling.

I am running into extreme time issues and don’t feel I can maintain the blog in any way described as “up to date”. I’m so behind on news and such, and as such instead of tabling this feature would like to open the doors to adding more bloggers on here to maintain the place. Hit [...]

It might have been a knife instead of a pick-axe, but still pretty funny. Whups, I mean ironic – how heartless of me. (Ha!) A teenage movie fan has been stabbed following a New York screening of gruesome horror movie My Bloody Valentine 3-D. An unnamed 16-year-old boy reportedly refused to leave the Long Island, [...]

As remakes of slasher films go, My Bloody Valentine is the best one so far. To be fair to this film I’m trying to curb my comparisons between it and the original. I’m also keeping this mini review bare bones because I don’t want to spoil the surprises. The audience screamed, begged for certain characters [...]