Retro Reviews

Reviews of older horror films, shorts, or general creepiness.

Have Yourself a Dreary Little Christmas: ‘BLACK CHRISTMAS’ (1974) Revisited – Retro Review

Black Christmas

Every year around Christmas my wife and I always watch Silent Night, Deadly Night, Christmas Evil, and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation to help us get into the Christmas spirit. We also always watch Black Christmas as well, and it is without a doubt one of our holiday favorites. It just …

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Why ‘THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY’ (1945) Is Uniquely Terrifying

When people think of horror movies, they might think of Universal Monsters, 2000s campy, scary movies or comedy horror movies. You might not think of Albert Lewin’s 1945 film The Picture of Dorian Gray. It might seem like a random pick for a terrifying horror movie, but it certainly checks …

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I am the Night: ‘BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM’ (1993) Revisited – Retro Review

While Spider-Man is my favorite superhero, I am also quite fond of Batman as well. I love Batman: The Animated Series so I was extremely excited when I heard that there was going to be a movie that took place in the same universe coming out back in 1993 and …

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Beautiful Trash: Grindhouse Releasing’s ‘HOLLYWOOD 90028’ – Blu-ray Review

Bob Murawski and the late Sage Stallone’s Grindhouse Releasing, famed for cleaning up those gritty, grimy and often (and maybe rightfully so) overlooked films that existed on the fringes of “respectable” cinema, gives the seldom seen Hollywood 90028 a shiny new package with all the bells and whistles that collectors …

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They Shouldn’t Have Let Him In: ‘CRAWLSPACE’ (1972) Revisited – Retro Review

My wife and I have started watching old made for TV movies from the 70s and 80s on Tubi and YouTube recently. The other night we found one called Crawlspace from 1972 that neither one of us had ever seen or even heard of. We thought that it sounded like …

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‘SALEM’S LOT’ (1979): The Timeless Chill Of Stephen King’s Classic Miniseries

Salem’s Lot is a two-part miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s 1975 horror novel of the same name. Directed by Tobe Hooper, known for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), it tells the chilling story of a small town in Maine called Jerusalem’s Lot (nicknamed “Salem’s Lot”), which gradually falls prey …

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Santa’s Watching, Santa’s Waiting: ‘SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT’ (1984) Revisited – Retro Review

It’s officially the holiday season again, and while normal folks celebrate and get into the Christmas spirit by watching traditional films like It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, and other Yuletide classics, the Martin household always gets ready by watching the 1984 slasher flick classic Silent Night, Deadly …

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Why ‘A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET’ (1984) Still Haunts Us: Blurring Dreams and Reality

A Nightmare On Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street, directed and written by Wes Craven, is the horror film that introduced the world to Freddy Krueger, an iconic slasher character portrayed by Robert Englund, and also put New Line Cinema on the map (it’s nicknamed “The House that Freddy Built” for a reason). Who …

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