The Second Five Of Ten Horror Movies To Enjoy This Halloween

An awesome holiday! One worth spending doing a movie marathon!

So we did the first five movies over at AwesomeBMovies.com, I hope that you will find something from that era that will work for you this Halloween... I mean there are a lot of great horror movies to have come out between the 1920s - 1960s!

Well now that we have done that run, it is time to show you some great horror films from the 1970s on up that could be great choices for this Halloween as well!

At number 1: Halloween (1978).  

Now this one is a little obvious, but the truth is, is John Carpenter's, 'Halloween' has in a lot of respects been one of the defining movies when it comes to horror movies to enjoy during Halloween, and is one that if you are looking for something to scare the hell out of you this Halloween, will do a great job!  

Number 2: Cannibal Holocaust (1980).

Cannibal Holocaust... This horror film from the 1980s is truly gruesomely fun, and could be said to be one of the more famous Cannibal movies of all time... If you do decide on this one though... Watch it with some one there... You won't regret it! 

Next up at number 3: Tales From The Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995).

Now this movie, (which was based on the classic horror anthology TV series/Comics, 'Tales From The Crypt Presents',) does have some fun thrills and chills, but what it looses in over the top chills, they make up in just having an absolutely bad-ass movie! 

And at number 4: 28 Days Later (2002).

This one is an awesome British Zombie movie, that is as much fun now as it was then... And I will say this, I suspect that the way this movie was filmed had some influence on at least how some of the earlier seasons of, 'The Walking Dead were filmed!' 

And finally at number 5 we have: Scream 4 (2011).

With this one, you might be asking yourself why I am doing a sequel movie instead of an original movie... Well the truth is, is the original for this movie would make for a great addition to this list, but I thought that I would mention, 'Scream 4', because let's be honest, this movie series was fantastic, and as long as the studio is smart and lets the movie series die, then it will have gone out with a bang! 

Please note that this list is not from best to worst, these are just some great horror films from the 1970s on up to the 2010s that we thought that you would enjoy! For the first five, check out the list I did over at AwesomeBMovies.com!

And if you like this list and would like to see some more of the great movies and other awesomeness, check out our sister site at: HellsDepot.com! 
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Friday Night Double Feature: Planet Of The Vampires/The Astro-Zombies

We are proud to announce that we are now opening a new segment every Friday with the, 'Friday Night Double Feature'! These are just a couple of Horror or Science Fiction movies that we thought that we would recommend for you Fright fans every Friday night!

And for this week we thought that we would recommend, Planet Of The Vampires (1965) and, The Astro-Zombies (1968), for more information on these movies, please check out these trailers!

Planet Of The Vampires (1965):

The Astro-Zombies (1968):

State Of Emergency (2011) - Movie Review

[caption id="attachment_325" align="alignright" width="263"] Official Score = 3 Devils[/caption]

Rarely do movie's truly impress me in the way that the classics have... I mean don't get me wrong there are definitely some truly awesome Horror and Science Fiction movies that have come out during this time that in my opinion really truly do kick some absolutely amazing ass! But there has not been a lot out there that have just for me matched up to a classic Wes Craven (Scream) movie, or a John Carpenter (Halloween) classic... Or heck, even a George A. Romero (Night Of The Living Dead) movie...

And speaking of George A. Romero, his Zombie movies I have found universally to be truly spectacular on a whole different level! I mean the gore is great, and the acting is spectacular, but the way he sets up the story through out the movie is truly chilling in a way that almost makes you see the Zombie apocalypse through this horror legends eyes!

And that is just part of the reason why, State Of Emergency (2011) was such a truly awesome film!

Written & Directed by: Turner Clay (Interception), starring: Jay Hayden (A Warrior's Heart), Andy Stahl (The Patriot), Tori White (Desert Of Blood), Scott Lilly (Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas) & Kathryn Todd Norman.

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="470"] These guys are playing a very special game...[/caption]

This is the interesting story of how a small town on the East Coast becomes the location for the start of the end of the of the world...

You see this movie tells the story of Jim (Jay Hayden), a small town man who is living a small town life, but who with his fiancee is hoping to make a break for it and leave their small town trappings for the big city... There is only one problem, you see the day that he proposed to his girlfriend is the day that will change his life and the life of everyone around him when he discovers that not only is he and his girl friend at the epicenter of the end of the world, but that they are at the epicenter of the, 'Zombie Apocalypse'!

Now as more and more people are turning in to  Zombies, Jay tries to escape with his fiancee... Only to end up with his fiancee dying and he eventually taking shelter at the warehouse of a town person, and along with a couple of other people that have held up there as well!

And as the military is coming to their rescue, it will be up to Jay and his group to try and outlast the Zombie Apocalypse and wait for the military to arrive to rescue them before they join in with the rest of the townsfolk in the party that no one will ever forget!

In the end I could tell you a lot of reasons why this movie is truly amazing, but when it comes down to it, from the acting to the story, this movie just really reminds me of what is great about Romero movies, but with a great modern twist that is worth checking out!

http://youtu.be/hHoMvVE0Oho

Abraham Lincoln Vs. Zombies (2012) - Movie Review

[caption id="attachment_330" align="alignright" width="220"] Official Score = 2 1/2 Devils[/caption]

A little over a year ago I first came to discover that Producers had been making horror movies surrounding specific elements in history.... What I mean by that for example is the movie, Shock Waves (1977)... Now this movie is a pretty awesome movie that told the story of how a group of people wound up on an Island that is not just home to a former Nazi, but a Scientist from Nazi Germany that had actually created true to form Nazi Zombies!

I have to admit that after seeing that movie I found that the concept of Nazi Zombies in horror movies were pretty awesome and have since tried to find similar movies to enjoy! Since then I have also come to see the movie Bloodstorm (2012)...

Definitely a lesser addition to the concept of the Nazi Zombie movies, but I also came to discover a different type of horror movie that has elements of history in it, that is movies having to do with Abraham Lincoln going to war with the supernatural originally just in the movie, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)...

Now I haven't seen it yet, but it does appear to be a rather fascinating movie... I mean you can't go wrong with Abraham Lincoln kicking Vampire butt! The reason that I mention all of this is because I just recently saw a movie that incorporates what I have mentioned in an awesomely B Movie sort of way called, Abraham Lincoln Vs. Zombies (2012).

Written by: Karl T. Hirsch (Green), J. Lauren Proctor (Gen) and Directed by: Richard Schenkman (The Man From Earth). Starring: Bill Oberst Jr. (Take This Lollipop), Jason Vail (Gut), Jason Hughley (Broken Angel), Eric Galloway (Distraction), Ronald Ogden (Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell), Shane Gray (Savannah), Christopher Marrone (The Escapist), Don McGraw (Coma), Baby Norman (The Miracle), Hannah Bryan (Where Strippers Go To Die) and Canon Kuipers (Blood Of Man).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Abraham Lincoln (Bill Oberst Jr.) and his secret service detail as they are heading off to fight against the Zombie Apocalypse![/caption]

Now the truth is, is if you are looking for an A list horror movie, then you are looking in the wrong place... I mean it is almost impossible to make a historic epic as a horror movie... Never the less this movie is pretty awesome and tells the story of how a young Abraham Lincoln is tasked with taking care of a Zombie that had effectively killed his father... When he grows up and becomes President of the United States, and toward the tale end of the Civil War, Lincoln, (Oberst) gets a report from one of his Soldiers, that a special mission that he had sent 30 Soldiers on had not only failed, but the man that had made it back actually had come back claiming that his men had been killed by the dead...

Lincoln went to check it out, and came face to face with a Zombie... After killing the Zombie though, he gets a Secret Service detail and sets off for the Fort where the mission that brought back the man who had fought off the Zombie horde had original been sent! Once Lincoln and his men arrive though, they will be faced to face with a battle of epic proportions that will bring together some of histories most well remembered men, (including: Teddy Roosevelt (Kuipers), Pat Garrett (Marrone), General Stonewall Jackson (McGraw), and John Wilkes Booth (Vail).) If these historical legends can't win the day, then this 19th Century Zombie apocalypse may destroy the world!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Ole honest Abe as he is fighting off the Zombie Apocalypse![/caption]

In the end, it is true, if you are not a fan of B Movies, then chances are that you probably won't like it... I mean this movie has all of the great cheesy one liners of a B Movie. It also had some great B Movie talent, but the one thing above all else that I am really happy to see, is that this movie has what I would consider to be some A list special effects! So if you are a fan of B Movies (that have A list movie potential), or would just like to see historical figures kicking Zombie butt, than I think you might like this one... I did!

King Of The Zombies (1941) - Movie Review

[caption id="attachment_330" align="alignright" width="220"] Official Score = 2 1/2 Devils[/caption]

I've been a fan of Zombies movies for a long time (as a matter of fact, as goes for supernatural monster movies, Zombie movies are probably my favorite), and I have seen a fair amount of them.

Some good, some bad, I have to say that I have rather enjoyed seeing the evolution of Zombies from White Zombie (1932) all the way to the present Zombie features such as, 'The Walking Dead', Land Of The Dead (2005) to even Dead Season (2012)...

I rather enjoyed the progression, because it showed how Zombies were more docile, almost undead servants of their voodoo preaching masters in such movies as White Zombie, all the way up to the remorseless killing machines that would destroy civilization as we know it in more modern Zombie movies!

And speaking of the older Zombie movies, if you are fan of the classic Black & White movie, then you might find the concepts of these movies in particular of interest, because more so then just horror movies (at least with the few that I have seen so far), they also seem to at least to some degree be sort of mysteries as well, that the main hero and or heroine has to solve to save their lives and any other lives that they can...

And that is part of the reason why I really enjoyed the movie, King Of The Zombies (1941)!

Written by: Edmond Kelso (Private Buckaroo), Directed by: Jean Yarbrough (Flight). Starring: Dick Purcell (Captain America), Joan Woodbury (Paper Bullets), Mantan Moreland (Black Magic), Henry Victor (The Mummy), John Archer (Destination Moon), Patricia Stacey, Marguerite Whitten (Mr. Washington Goes To Town), Leigh Whipper (Robin Hood Of The Pecos), & Madame Sul-Te-Wan (Revenge Of The Zombies).

King Of The Zombies, is an interesting tale that tells the story of how in the 1940s, there are 3 people who are flying down to the South Pacific on business for the U.S. Navy... These people are Bill Summers (Archer), James McCarthy (Purcell), and Bill Summers valet, Jeff Jackson (Moreland)...

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="480"] James McArthur (Dick Purcell), Jefferson Jackson (Mantan Moreland) & Bill Summers (John Archer) during the flight of their lives![/caption]

During this flight though, they end up veering way off course and while desperately looking for some place to set down they find a radio signal that ultimately leads them to crash land on to a small island.

Once they get out after the crash though, things take a decidely weird turn, you see, after crash landing in a cemetery they come up to a large home that is the house of Dr. Miklos Sangre (Victor), Alyce Sangre (Stacey), their niece, 'Barbara Winslow', (Woodbury) and the increasingly weird servants that they have in the main house...

And once Summers, McCarthy, Bill Summers & Jackson introduce themselves to the Sangre clan, immediately weird things up and start occuring... First off Dr. Sangre puts Jackson (rather he liked it or not) in with the servants who start talking about Zombies and potions and to the point of actually seeing them!

Of course this makes Jackson panic and he tries to go back up stairs to be with his friends... But once he gets up there Jackson is sent back down by Dr. Sangre.

Now as everyone is about to settle in for the evening, Jackson is forced by the rest of the house staff to stay in the Kitchen to sleep. But before he can get to sleep though a couple of the Zombies come after him.

After this though, Summer and McCarthy allow him to sleep in there room...

Later on that evening though Jackson is awoken again by a woman that he called, 'a ghost woman' who drops something on the bed and wakes Summers and McCarthy up... Now at first (like the other 2 times, the two men don't believe what Jackson is saying about the supernatural... That is until they find the earring that the ghost woman had left!)

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500"] The 3 Amigos as they try to figure out what is going on![/caption]

As more and more strange and bizarre things happen to these guys, it will be up to them to uncover the secrets behind this little island before the Island is able to destroy them!

In the end, this movie is an awful good time that I really enjoyed, but the only problem that I had was the jerky way in which the Zombies would go from being uncharacteristically docile, to going after people for no reason... (I suspect it was because they were under the control of Doctor Sangre, but it still got annoying and some what pointless.)

Despite that though, this movie is a fun one, and if you get a chance, you might enjoy it as well!

http://youtu.be/LaDH7c8oJvY

Dead Season (2012) - Movie Review

[caption id="attachment_390" align="alignright" width="178"] Official Score = 1 Devil[/caption]

Believe it or not, it is very rare that I see in what my opinion would be considered a bad Zombie movie...

The truth is, is that because of that fact that some might say that I am biased in favor of those types of horror movies, well the truth is, is that as far as the super natural monster movie goes, Zombie movies generally do tend to be my favorite... That said, I am not biased... The reason being is that I have seen bad Zombie movies!

Being such a fan of Zombie movies like myself, I am saddened to say it, but it is true, I mean, I have seen some Zombie movies that made it almost impossible to suspend my disbelief, I have seen Zombie movies where the acting was utterly disgustingly bad, I have seen some with stories that were so bad that the writers of the movie should be ashamed of themselves... I have seen some where the the special effects were so bad that me being a B movie fan (a type of movie that the mainstream would consider to have bad special effects,) still thought the special effects were horrible!

I have seen some that have all of those elements, and I have seen some that have some of those elements as well... And I hate to say it, but Dead Season (2012) just happens to be one of those movies that have the majority of them in some capacity...

Written by: Joshua Klausner (Psycho Sleepover), Loren Semmens (Resurgent) and Directed by: Adam Deyoe (Yeti: A Love Story). Starring: Scott Peat (Transformers), Marissa Merrill (Photographic), Corsica Wilson (Veer!) & James C. Burns (Coldwater).

Dead Season tells the story of how after a viral outbreak around the world brings the dead back to life, and ends civilization on planet Earth, 2 survivors by the name of, 'Elvis' (Peat) and, 'Tweeter' (Merrill) along with a boy (who doesn't make it) head down to Miami together to pick up a boat that Elvis had chartered while traveling from Pittsburgh...

Once the three make it on to the boat and set sail though for the Island that is supposed to be their salvation, they learn that there is a Zombie on the board that ends up poisoning the kid before either Tweeter or Elvis can kill the Zombie (which means that Elvis ends up killing both the boy and the Zombie).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Tweeter (Marissa Merrill) & Elvis (Scott Peat) as they escape from the their boat in the hopes of finding salvation![/caption]

Once Tweeter and Elvis make it to the island though, they are met with a group of para-military survivors who immediately welcome them in to their community...

Of course though Tweeter already takes an immediate dislike to the inhabitants of the community, while Elvis seems to fit right in... So as the two friends begin to take different paths in regards to their new lives on the supposedly, 'bombed out' Island, of course it will be up to the Zombies to bring them closer together and to help motivate them to make it to safety!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Tweeter is not exactly happy with her new neighbors![/caption]

The things that I did like about this movie are as follows:

1. I thought the special effects (i,e. The Zombies attacks and what not) were pretty on the ball.

2. For the most part I liked most of the acting in this movie as well.

3. I also wanted to say that I found the concept that the humans on this Island's food source was the un-infected humans that they killed... (I know it is morbid to mention, especially considering that cannibalism is just weird and wrong, but it is a purely original take that I have seen in Zombie Apocalypse movies!)

4. Lastly I thought that in some ways this movie was a nice homage to George A. Romero's zombie movies...

Now the bad part is that I didn't like:

1. Marissa Merrill in this movie (her look screamed that she seemed to either hate or be disgusted with just about everything and everyone in the movie).

2. Also the Island that they were supposed to have swam to that has the new human civilization on it is supposed to have been a gunnery range that was used by the United States Navy (before the end of the world), and supposedly was a bombed out crater that had the Navy having shot all sorts of missiles, bombs, (including nuclear weapons on it)... the problem is, is that you can't make an Island become a bombed out crater, if it has tons of apparently well maintained buildings on it, and a few pieces of trash on it...

3. Now I mentioned above that I thought that this in some extent was a good homage to George A. Romero's zombie movies, and I did for the reasons above, but the truth is, is that I don't mind a fresh take brought to an old idea, but I don't like people who just try to re-dress old movies to make them look like new... Which is what this one did and here is what I am talking about.

A: The new civilization collapses after the main stars show up (i,e... 28 Days Later)

B: The new civilization mostly comprises of lazy military survivors, to the point where some of them almost seem to dress up like some of the military officers from, Day Of The Dead (1985).

4. The next thing that I wanted to mention here is the fact that I did kind of consider that this movie was a little to art house for my tastes, and with all of the scenes where it was just quiet music with the cast doing something after awhile got kind of annoying.

5. The last thing that I wanted to mention was the introduction of worthless characters in the new civilization whose only value in the whole movie is that they get eaten at the end of the movie.

In the end, this movie is not a great one, it has it's moments, but it is definitely not one that I would consider putting in my collection!

http://youtu.be/d3zClfnTJqE

Bloodstorm (2012) - Movie Review

[caption id="attachment_390" align="alignright" width="178"] Official Score = 1 Devil[/caption]

Since as far back as I can remember, I have always been a fan of history (and more directly, ‘Military History’,) so it comes as no surprise that at the times that I can, that being able to combine my love of history with movies (and more directly with horror movies as is the case with this movie) that I should be happy right?

I mean there are a lot of truly fantastic war/military movies out there that people really enjoy… A couple of examples of this of course being:

1. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

2. Kelly’s Heroes (1970)

3. The Eagle (2011)

And for the more applicable to this website:

1. The Final Countdown (1980)

2. American Battleship (2012)

That’s just a few examples of some of the truly great war/military movies that have come out in the small screen and the large screen…. In this case though I thought that I would discuss the movie, Bloodstorm (2012)…

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="411"] this crusty old Nazi as he is getting a tune up with new body parts![/caption]

Have you ever seen a movie that could most aptly be the truest definition of a, ‘Bad Movie’? I've come to realize that seldom have people seen a truly, ‘bad’ movie… I mean sure there have been movies that people didn't like, and sure there has been movies that people have not been fans of, but how many people can honestly say, ‘I have seen a movie that can be categorically classified as a, ‘Bad’ movie?’

Don’t get me wrong, all of what is considered to be a, ‘bad movie’ is all a matter of conjecture, and to those who think a certain movie is categorically a, ‘bad’ movie, then I am sure that it is!

For me, I have seen more than my fair share of crummy movies all the way through, but the truth is, is I have only seen a very small amount of movies that I think universally would be considered to be a, ‘bad’ movie…

Now I think that before I go on that I should probably define what I am certain you would agree a universally, ‘bad’ movie is:

1. First off a bad movie is where the acting, pretty much from everyone is horrible.

2. Where the story is shockingly bad.

3. When you begin to wonder if, ‘Alan Smithee’ directed the movie.

4. And lastly, whether or not the special effects are good or bad, but actually make the movie worse to watch…

Now, with all of this in mind, I would say that, Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) no longer counts (I mean that movie is so classic, that at this point it has somewhat of a cult following!) Another one that I saw that was truly a, ‘bad’ movie was, Horror House On Highway 5 (1985), (this movie was so deplorable that the blood looked like it was grape soda, and for at least a quarter of the movie, one of the lead characters is walking around with a rake in his head! The latest one that I have seen is, Bloodstorm (2012)…

Now I heard about this movie a while ago and thought that it sounded like it might be a fun campy little Nazi/Zombie B Movie… Boy was I wrong!

Directed by: Joseph J. Lawson (Red Tails) and Starring: Dominique Swain (Face/Off), Jake Busey (Starship Troopers), Joshua Michael Allen (Dog-Eared), Christopher Karl Johnson (Lars), James Maxwell Young (Lost Dolls), Lilan Bowden (Zombie Apocalypse), Marlene Okner (Maxie’s Girl), Adam Burch (Making Friends), Maria Pallas (The Wailer 3), Abderrahim Halaimia (The Invocation), Trevor Kuhn (The Four-Faced Liar), Andre Tenerelli (Growth), Keith Allan Wilber.

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="620"] The modern day 3rd Reich... the last Army group made up of spare parts from victims that make it to their final base![/caption]

I thought that this movie would be great I mean, Bloodstorm, the name alone intonates that this is going to be an awesome B movie right?

You see this movie, which tells the tale of how an American research team runs up against the last bastion of the Nazi Party in Antarctica, only to discover that they are more or less a group of Zombie-esque remnants of SS Soldiers that Dr. Josef Mengele (Karl Johnson) has kept alive, and as he continues to attempts to keep the last of Hitler’s soldiers alive long enough to resurrect Hitler and reclaim the Third Reich, for their new, Fourth Reich, he will need a continuous re-supply of body parts, but how does he get them?

Well one of the American Arctic Researchers leads his teams down to the center of the Earth where they will each one end up being used as, ‘spare parts’ so that the Nazi War Machine can re-start, and a re-animated cyborg, ‘Hitler’ (that looks like the, ‘Iron Giant’ with a man’s head on top of it), can come back to the surface of the planet and wreak vengeance on the world that had turned their backs on the Nazi’s decades ago!

In the end definitely not worth it…

http://youtu.be/4BCxlI6PgE8