For a time in the nineteen eighties, the big pop culture threat in the world was punk music. Studded leather jackets and Mohawk hairstyles became symbols of danger and aggression, and antagonists clad in these fashions populated violent movies like Tuff Turf and Savage Streets. Television shows like “Quincy” and “Silver Spoons” even had punk […]
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Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Strangler Of The Swamp’, A Chilling Campfire Tale With A Quick And Dirty Feel
In modern Hollywood, swamps have emerged as effective go-to settings for horror movies. Wes Craven’s Swamp Thing is easily the most recognizable example, but the locale was also featured in Tobe Hooper’s Eaten Alive. Even more recently, the revisionist slasher Hatchet trilogy explored the trend, as did the throwback monster movie disaster Creature. The use […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Scream of Fear’, A Hammer Film That Is Like Hitchcock With A Shyamalan Twist
In order for an audience to really be able to root for a horror movie protagonist, said protagonist has to have some kind of weakness or flaw, making them vulnerable. This concept is the reason why many horror heroes are teenage babysitters or young schoolboys; these are the archetypes that are at a serious and […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Night of the Demons’, A Halloween Party Slasher Without A Masked Murderer
Halloween parties are great settings for horror films. What else but mischief and mayhem can be expected when a group of people, all dressed in their scariest costumes, gathers on the spookiest night of the year? Add the inevitable Ouija board and séance, and the results are usually sheer terror, and that is what viewers […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Shriek Of The Mutilated’, A Hilariously Fun Creature Feature With A Twist
In the groovy seventies, true-life monsters became pop culture fads. The big three – Bigfoot (or Sasquatch), The Loch Ness Monster, and the Abominable Snowman (or Yeti) – found their ways into exploitative documentaries, sensationalistic television shows, even children’s toys. Low budget filmmakers jumped on board with fictionalizations of the creatures, making classic films like […]