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Gabe Powers
Aug 21, 20196 min read
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon Blu-ray (originally published 2018)
In 2006, Writer/director Scott Glosserman attempted to bring something new to the world of slasher satire by combining the rule-savvy...
Gabe Powers
Aug 20, 201911 min read
The Harder They Come Blu-ray Review
Shout Factory's new Blu-ray includes a brand new transfer, hours of extras, and director Perry Henzell's second movie, No Place Like Home...
Gabe Powers
Aug 19, 20191 min read
Episode 5 (Part 2): The Slasher Movies of 1981, feat. Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned
THE BODY COUNT CONTINUES! Gabe & Tracks of the Damned's Patrick Ripoll continue their look back at the slasher movies of the year 1981...
Gabe Powers
Aug 15, 20191 min read
Episode 5 (Part 1) Trailer Round-up
Greetings! There was no space to include trailer clips in any of the three parts of our look back at the slasher movies of the year 1981...
Gabe Powers
Aug 14, 20196 min read
Prom Night Blu-ray Review (originally published 2014)
Whether our neighbors to the north would like to admit it or not, Canada played a key role in the proliferation of the slasher genre...
Gabe Powers
Aug 12, 20197 min read
Curtains Blu-ray Review (originally published 2014)
Despite a relatively strong reputation as one of the better films of the ‘80s slasher cycle, Curtains languished in relative obscurity...
Gabe Powers
Aug 11, 20199 min read
Alice, Sweet Alice Blu-ray
Gabe checks out the remastered Arrow Blu-ray release of Alfred Sole's proto-slasher classic and compares it to the 88 Films Blu-ray...
Gabe Powers
Aug 10, 20196 min read
Evilspeak Blu-ray Review (originally published 2014)
The lasting failure of the Video Recordings Act of 1984 is that so many of titles that made the BBFC's original list of banned movies...
Gabe Powers
Aug 9, 20196 min read
Final Exam Blu-ray Review (originally published 2014)
Jimmy Huston’s Final Exam was released right in the middle of the super-stuffed year slasher year of 1981 (June 5th, to be exact)...
Gabe Powers
Aug 7, 20197 min read
Blood Rage Blu-ray Review (originally published 2015)
Not to be confused with Joseph Zito’s psychothriller Bloodrage (aka: Never Pick Up a Stranger, 1979), John Grissmer’s Blood Rage...
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