Svengoolie-Jerry Bishop
It was 1970 when the original Svengoolie would hit Chicago airwaves and the Windy City hasn’t been the same since! The “vampire hippy” with his quick wit, projectile rubber chickens, and hilarious commercial/song parodies made for a side-splitting night of…
Chilly Billy-Bill Cardille
rofessional television and radio personality, William “Bill” Cardille, has been a voice in broadcasting since the 1950’s. Despite the longevity of his prolific career, he will best be remembered for his tenure as horror host, “Chilly Billy,” via Pennsylvania’s “Chiller…
Tom Holland
Tom Holland is an American director and screenwriter of horror and thriller films. His early writing projects include Class of 1984 (1982) and the Robert Bloch- inspired Psycho II (1983), the latter starring Anthony Perkins as the menacing psychopath, Norman…
Twixt
No amount of bad “buzz” should ever keep you from avoiding a movie you want to see, especially when it’s a film that comes from someone like Francis Ford Coppola. Not to overstate the obvious, but the director of The…
SlaughterBox
Hugh Phoenix Cross’ newly formed production company 10 Gauge Shakespeare (a.k.a. 10GS) teams up with MOnsterworks66 for the new horror SlaughterBox. The style of Hugh’s 10GS is to represent the rustic outlaw quality and strong Shakespearian influence in his writing…
Hunting Grounds
Indie filmmakers don’t often tackle the science fiction genre—the cost and logistics of creating a believable futuristic world is often far beyond their meager budgets. That ambition is partially what makes the sci-fi/horror hybrid Hunting Grounds so notable, as director…
My Fair Zombie
Beating the inevitable Pride and Prejudice and Zombies film adaptation to the gore-soaked punch, Ottawa b-film maestro Brett Kelly is back with his own blood-soaked take on a classic public domain work. This putridly playful horror musical–Kelly’s first zombie film…
Play Them Again, Sammy, A Tribute By Tess Henson
It’s late on a Friday night in 1967. I’m a scared five ¬year old sitting on my father’s knee. The room is dark except for the flickering light of an old black & white television. The scene being played out…
Sammy Terry of ‘Nightmare Theater’ dies at 83
Bob Carter, who went by Sammy Terry while hosting a late-night scary movie on Indianapolis television from the 1960s into the 1980s, died Sunday, a spokesman for American Senior Communities confirmed. Carter, who was 83, had been a resident of…
Troma and Youtube
Don’t be put off by the words “cheap” and “tasteless” – when it comes to mass-produced B-movies this is among some of the highest accolades a budget horror can achieve – and if there’s one company that knows how to…
Five Quick Questions with Dominika Juillet
Born in Poland and raised in Canada, Dominika Juillet in the last several years has emerged as a top B Movie actress. Some of her films are, “Seattle Superstorm,” “Dragon Wasps,” “Sink Hole,” Dracano,” and most recently “Stonados.” With several…