The Month Of Shoctober Is Dressing Up!
Here in New York City, people have embraced the Halloween season – check this out!
Of course, along with costumes and decorations, we want to be scared this month by movies as well…so let’s continue by “A – Z Of Horror” with the letter “J” – and a very scary monster!
“Jeepers Creepers”
This 2001 horror film was so successful it launched a series of sequels – because it introduced us to a wild new creature!
The setup is a simple one: two siblings on a road trip encounter a flesh-eating winged ancient entity – boom!
First, let’s check out the trailer:
And what exactly does this “flesh-eating winged ancient entity” look like?
Here you go!
Meet “The Creeper!”
That’s the name of this monster, who awakens every 23rd spring for 23 days to feed on human body parts to replenish its own…so as the poster asked:
“What’s Eating You?”
“The Creeper”, that’s who!
Next up is a look at an Italian Director who has made some of the best scary movies of all time!
“Kill, Baby…Kill!”
Director Mario Bava is the “K” in my “Horror A – Z” lineup, with this 1966 shocker.
In the early 20th century, pathologist Dr Paul Eswai (Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, The Last Man on Earth) is summoned to a remote Carpathian village to perform an autopsy on a woman who died under mysterious circumstances.
With the locals convinced they are being haunted by the spirit of a young girl who died years ago, can the steadfastly rational doctor find a logical explanation to the strange goings-on… or will his rational beliefs be destroyed by the dark secret that lies within the crumbling walls of the ancient Villa Graps?
Here is the trailer:
As noted by a film review site:
“A lot of horror films built their successes on the skills of this film. This is one of Bava’s best and the less you know about the film the better it will be for you. Go in and enjoy this one.”
So check it out without reading anything else about it…and while you are at it, check out these Bava classics too!
Bava’s a master of horror – two of his best are “Blood And Black Lace” and “Planet Of The Vampires” – each offering great retro scares:
And of course, his masterpiece: the classic shocker “Black Sunday”:
Now, let’s head to the 70’s for a very obscure horror film that is now being rediscovered:
Have you ever gone swimming – only to find someone dead coming out of the water? Well, it’s Shocktober, so anything is possible!
“Let’s Scare Jessica To Death!”
How can you not love a horror movie with this tagline:
“Something is after Jessica. Something very cold, very wet…and very dead.”
This 1971 film wasn’t a box office success,, but decades later, it has been remastered on blu-ray and available to stream as well – and it’s a great, moody psychological horror film worth watching!
First, check out this trailer:
A recently institutionalized woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse and fears she may be losing her sanity once again.
“Let’s Scare Jessica To Death” stands as one of the most subtle, yet truly scary films ever made. It just gets under your skin, despite a sensational title that suggests one of those “let’s do something to get her inheritance” contrived plots…it’s much much more!
There are so many ways to celebration Halloween season, and this “Horror A – Z” series gives you 26 great films to discover…I recently got a lot of feedback because I shared a movie starring this guy:
Turns out people really don’t like clowns!
See my “G – H – I” of horror here:
If you missed the beginning of my monthlong look at horror, here are my choices for the letters D, E and F:
It all began at the beginning of the month with this guy:
See my choices for the letters A, B and C here:
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