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Momentous Occasion: Halloween H20 - 20 Years Later (1998)

Laurie Strode has transformed, almost butterfly-like, from a traumatized teenager into a fully functional alcoholic.

New Course: Ghost Ship (2002)

I am met with an unprofessional swell of pleasant associations whenever I glimpse the Dark Castle Entertainment logo.

A Thrilling Development

We now offer both the screaming histrionics of artistic collaboration and the compromised integrity of critical journalists dabbling in the very medium in which they are meant to be objective assessors.

P.G. HauntedhouseOctober 1, 2018

A Dose of Reality: The Row (2018)

Director Matty Beckerman is able to conjure more verisimilitude than is typically seen in doll-themed collegiate slashers.

Generous Spectrum: The Black Sleep (1956)

For those who don’t care for Bela Lugosi’s gentle, avuncular mute, there is Lon Chaney Junior’s more murderous mute.

Peace and Quiet: The Night Eats The World (2018)

This particular batch of the undead are sensitive to clamor of any kind and Sam lives a primarily inaudible existence.

Tuneful Revelry: The Horror of Party Beach (1964)

Even with its jaunty name, business at Party Beach is adversely effected by news of mutated, undead gill-men making meals of the locals.

The Ability to Grow: Another WolfCop (2017)

For any dubious viewers who found themselves asking, “do we really and truly need Another WolfCop,” writer and director Lowell Dean responds strongly in the affirmative.

Uncomfortable Kinship: Summer of Fear (1978)

Though I don’t typically give critical notice to the oxymoronic category of “television movies,” it is hard to pass up a collaboration between Wes Craven and Linda Blair.

And Eat It Too: Delirium (2018)

Life at home becomes a real challenge once the house starts presenting all manner of reasons to flee, from resurrected pets to resurrected patriarchs.

Foreboding AbodesP.G. HauntedhouseAugust 14, 2018

Dermatological Demons: Transformations (1988)

Transformations is a powerful testament to how sincere devotion and access to a flamethrower can conquer any strain of evil.

Time and Space: A Dark Song (2016)

Like summoning an angel with nothing but chalk and starvation, A Dark Song is impressive in how great an effect it produces with so very little.

Unconscious Upheaval: The Night Walker (1964)

Even while avoiding “Emergo,” “Perceptio,” “Illusion-O,” and other “O” bearing innovations of his own creation, William Castle is still unable to deny his roots entirely.

Teenaged Rebellion: Pyewacket (2017)

While some borrow the family automobile without express permission or host a party while the parents are away, Leah invokes a witch named Pyewacket to murder her mother.

Lumbering Invulnerability: Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood (1988)

Noted fornication opponent Jason Vorhees resumes the sort of violent behavior that powered the franchise through six previous chapters.

Ocular Gourmand: Child Eater (2016)

Robert Bowery is a strong supporter of alternative remedies and has determined that eating the eyes of young children might do his blindness a spot of good.

P.G. HauntedhouseJuly 3, 2018

Omen Uptick: City of the Living Dead (1980)

All manner of inconveniences may arise if a burgeoning hellmouth is allowed to blossom, the worst of which being that no living creature shall find peace in death ever again.

Indiscreet Excretions: The Cleanse (2016)

Some aren’t quite as quick to strike up an acquaintance with a regurgitated manifestation of their deepest anxieties.

Inanimately Inclined: The Skull (1965)

It seems as though the sentient components are forgotten amid all the decorative splendor.

Alone with Art: Terrifier (2017)

Art was only 2017’s second most notable horror clown and I find him to be a far more disturbing presence than his more profitable counterpart.