Friday Fright Fest
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Friday Fright Fest | The Very Best Flicks of the 1980s Part 1
The theatre is back open today and we’re taking a trip back to the 1980’s for Friday Fright Fest. Well, the first of two trips to be exact. The 80’s were iconic for horror films. We have such classics as Friday the 13th, The Evil Dead and Hellraiser to name a few. There are just too many truly iconic movies from the 80s that it was tough to pick my top 5. That said let’s dive right into the decade in which I was born, the best era for horror, the 1980’s! #5. Friday the 13th | 1980 A group of camp counsellors trying to reopen a summer camp called…
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Friday Fright Fest | Best Flicks of the 1970s
Welcome one and all to Friday Fright Fest. As always, I am your tour guide, Jeff, and today we’re going to take a trip back in time to tour the 1970s. The 70s gave us some of the absolute best horror films in history. Their impact and scare factor can still be felt some 50 years later with two of the films on this list are still talked about to this day. Without further ado, the time machine is open to you all and it’s time to dive right in. TW: For discussions of brutal scenes of murder and rape #5. Halloween | 1978 Fifteen years after murdering his sister…
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Friday Fright Fest | The Swinging Slashing 60s
We’re jumping back into the time machine folks and this time we’re heading back to the world of 60s Horror. The 60s had some of the most enduring horror films of all time, as well as a whole bunch of hippies and free love! The time machine has enough energy for five films today so let’s not waste any energy, or else we’ll be stuck here. Want to watch these movies? Follow our link to support the website and get 30 days free with Amazon Prime. #5. Gamera: The Giant Monster (1965) From out of the arctic comes a gigantic flying, fire-breathing turtle that sets its sights on destroying Tokyo.…
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Friday Fright Fest | Terror in The 50s
We’re jumping back into the time machine folks and this time we’re heading back to the 1950s. This decade gave us some truly iconic movies and introduced the world to one of the most famous monsters in history. With all that said, let’s raise the curtain! Love Horror? Why not sign up to Shudder now by following the link #5. The Mummy (1959) In 1895, British archaeologists find and open the tomb of Egyptian Princess Ananka with nefarious consequences. The Mummy is the Rodney Dangerfield of classic monsters — he gets no respect. But Hammer’s sumptuous, beautifully filmed and acted treatment is as good as your going to find. It…
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Friday Fright Fest | The 40s aka The War Years
We’re jumping back into the time machine folks and heading back to the 40s. The War Years. A decade that gave us the Wolfman, a fight between him and Frankenstein, and some underrated horror gems. So let’s get into it, shall we? Love Horror? Why not sign up to Shudder now by following the link #5. Isle of the Dead (1945) On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn’t enough worry, one of the people, a superstitious old peasant woman, suspects one young girl of being a vampiric kind of demon called a vorvolaka. Boris Karloff plays a…
