Category: October Horror Movie Challenge

Humanoids from the Deep (USA, 1980) Usually when the words “Starring Doug McLure” flash up on the screen, you have some idea of what you’re in for: a slab of good-natured cheese, untroubled by originality…

100 Bloody Acres (Australia, 2012) I know we’re only just over a third of the way into the October Horror Movie Challenge, but I’ll be (pleasantly) surprised if 100 Bloody Acres isn’t my film of the…

Dracula’s Daughter (USA, 1936) I first saw the 1931 Todd Browning/Bela Lugosi Dracula when I was in my late teens. As a young horror fan, I had read much about it before ever seeing more than…

Kidnapped (Spain, 2010) For several minutes after Kidnapped finished, I found myself wandering around the house, doing a few domestic things and swearing to myself softly. The swearing didn’t come from anger or frustration, but a…

The Black Room (USA, 1935) While many of Boris Karloff’s early films are considered classics of the horror genre, or at least remembered fondly, The Black Room rarely seems to come up in discussion. I’ve stumbled across…