Retro Slashers

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Our Christmas present to you last year was Thomas Ellison’s investigation of the uncompleted early 80′s slasher Jack M. Sell’s Black Christmas (featured in skit movie Outtakes). We now have a present from Retro Slashers‘ reader Wesley Skelly who after reading the article, obtained the director’s cut and now pays forward the lengthy trailer to us.

Man, I hate celebrity obituaries. They seem overly superficial and obligatory, summarizing a man’s life with a hit-and-run of his Wikipedia entry. So there’s nothing I can contribute of any depth in mourning the passing of Leslie Nielsen except to explain what he meant personally to me, and his entertaining romp in a retro slasher.

[audio:https://retroslashers.net/aprilfoolsday.mp3] April Fool’s Day Main Theme – Charles Bernstein

Just because we live in the 80′s, doesn’t mean our functionality has to. We’ve sorted out a number of things. First off, the comments system has gotten an overhaul. No more waiting for post approval – instant gratification is the order of the day. You can now use your Twitter, Facebook, or Yahoo account to [...]

Media Home Entertainment had the best video covers for early 80′s slashers – so good they managed to filter down to Australia intact whereas the region would usually get an altered style or campaign. Home Sweet Home is as good an example as any, indicative of the qualities that made Media stand out.