Category Archives: 31 in 31

31 in 31: Ouija

I decided to kill two birds with one horror movie this go-round; cross-posted at Geek for e, clicky the hyperlink for that post! Movie review: Ouija It’s Hallow-Month!  So horror movies are naturally the way to go. Want to get … Continue reading

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31 in 31: Burke and Hare (2010)

I missed a ’31 yesterday, so why not continue with grave robbing today?  Here goes, with Burke and Hare! Story: Back in the early 1800s, medical colleges in Scotland had a shortage of bodies.  When there’s a market, there are…enrepreneurs! … Continue reading

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31 in 31: I Sell the Dead

Story: Arthur Blake is jailed for grave robbing and murder.  Before he’s beheaded, a monk comes in and asks him to confess.  Roll the backstory of how he came to do what he did, and all the strange and scary … Continue reading

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31 in 31: Cockneys vs Zombies

Story:  A group of pathetically stupid (but hilarious) bank robbers try a heist.  Meanwhile, zombies are popping up around the old folks home.  How are these two disparate groups gonna survive the apocalypse? Scares: A few nice chills and Day … Continue reading

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31 in 31: The Sacrament

Story: Remember the Jonestown Massacre? Well, The Sacrament is Eli Roth’s weak attempt to make that tragedy into a horror movie. Scares: Not a one. A decent sense of dread in the beginning, but then it all peters out. Splat … Continue reading

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31 in 31: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Story: A princess takes a trip to Japan, but her plane blows up.  Later, a woman that looks just like her is on the streets of Japan, warning everyone of upcoming monster invasions.  What’s going on?  Who cares — bring … Continue reading

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31 in 31: Shivers (1975)

Story: A dirty old man murders a beautiful young student.  But the dirty old man is actually a medical professor, and the beautiful young student is actually someone he infected with a parasite that was a combination venereal disease/aphrodisiac.  But … Continue reading

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31 in 31: The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)…and drinking game!

Story: WWII is over – let’s all relax and get back to regular life! Oh wait; there’s a hooded nutter attacking and killing couples in Texarkana. Eek!  So much for normal. Scares: For a drive-in caliber movie  there’s actually one … Continue reading

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31 in 31: Birth of the Living Dead

Story: These kids head into the woods thinking they’ll have a little fun and make a horror movie.  But then…they do!  And Night of the Living Dead becomes a worldwide sensation and genre classic!  How’d they do that?  Well, let … Continue reading

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31 in 31: Night of the Creeps

Story: Alien turd-snails that turn humans into zombie incubators crash land in the good ol’ US of A. 30 years later, a college rush prank gone wrong releases a frozen, infected host/corpse/former dudebro. Guess what happens next? Scares: None, at … Continue reading

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