Horror Bites - This is what you pay for...

HARDWARE (1990)

I hate to say this but this one is kind of a disappointment after hearing so many of promising details. Sorry Mr Roboto wherever you may be today but I just don't agree with your assessment, or the views of other fans out there. It goes without saying that I'm well accustomed to cheap B-thrillers and ultra low rent science fiction fare. When done right they can be vastly better than the kinds of mass produced Hollywood popcorn fodder after all. They can have heart and charm even without finesse or production value. So I was kind of excited to see that this one after it had been given a shiny new high definition re-release. I was all set for for some low grade acting and mechanical mayhem in a story about killer robots gone awry. Or at least something like that.

Horror Bites - Meteor Madness

COLOR OUT OF SPACE (2019)

Reading H.P. Lovecraft's work is a weird experience to say the least, and I'm not just saying that because of all those negative attitudes towards miscegenation. What I mean is that a lot of the time it's all about the unknowable, the unmentionable. And of course the indescribable. Horror on the page in his terms is more of a mood and less a physical presence, a sense of dread which filters through in vague dream-like passages. It induces madness and has to be recoiled from and not studied in detail. So it's strange that the most famous film adaptations of those stories are all very explicit. The lurid colours and extreme violence are what everyone remembers from the likes of From Beyond after all. The intangible is brought to life for the screen with striking detail.

Weird Weekend - Dripping with Goo

PART ONE - Splatterhouse

It's movie marathon time once again. Which I guess it's hardly surprising looking back at the usual review format here. But it's time to settle down in the dark with the strange and unusual, and it's time block out the outside world of bland mainstream blockbusters and tepid jump scare horror nonsense. Time to warm the cockles of our hearts with a lot of grotesque violence and nightmare visions. As ever there is quite a selection to choose from whether it's Italian gore or madcap visions of 1980s America. There's never a short supply of features that include pouring blood, dissolving skin and eye popping effects. So come on down; the nightmare has only just begun.

Scorecard

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FILM OF THE MONTH: First Reformed ☆☆☆☆