Author: Ada Blood

A24 and Peacock have just released the first trailer for the upcoming Friday the 13th prequel series, Crystal Lake. Despite being a decades-old IP with 12 movies, another TV series, and several video games, Jason’s backstory is still a bit… fuzzy. And this upcoming series is teasing some serious answers. The Crystal Lake Trailer The trailer begins in the summer of 1971. We see a young Pamela Voorhees (Linda Cardellini) working as a cook at the titular camp. But it isn’t long before we see her young, sickly son Jason (Callum Vinson) drown in the camp’s lake. Now, this is…

We talk a lot bout the importance of preservation and physical media. But what about movies that never get a physical release at all? Below, we’re going to talk about 8 horror movies that never had a release on VHS, LaserDisc, DVD, etc. Most due to rights issues, but some due to artistic choices. 1969 – Daughter of the Mind Directed by Walter Grauman, from a script by Luther Davis. This 1969 film is based on Paul Gallico’s novel The Hand of Mary Constable. It tells the story of a cybernetics professor who starts to believe that his dead daughter…

On this week’s Art History Uncensored, we’ll be diving into Benjamin Christensen’s solacious 1922 film, Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages. This silent-era film not only rattled a few cages with its shocking imagery, but it has also gone on to inspire countless other films. Written and directed by Christensen, Häxan is a highly fictionalized account of the history of witchcraft. Starting at its pagan roots and concludes with the hysteria it caused in Eastern Europe. Christensen uses several dramatic vignettes to tell this story while exploring the idea that many of these “witches” were just mentally ill. The Danish filmmaker…

Warner Bros. has just released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming supernatural love story, Remain. The film is an adaptation of the best-selling novel by the same name, co-written by M. Night Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks. Shyamalan will be re-entering his wheelhouse to write and direct the feature adaptation.  Remain tells the story of a reclusive architect, Tate Gordon (Jake Gyllenhaal), who moves to a small coastal town in Cape Cod to finish his latest project. While there, he meets a young woman named Wren (Phoebe Dynevor). While she does bring a lot of joy and companionship into his…

Mike Flanagan continues his mission to adapt as many Stephen King tales as possible with his upcoming series based on Carrie. Prime Video has just released the first full trailer for the new show. He’s giving us a bit more insight into how the filmmaker is making this story his own. Carrie is based on Stephen King’s 1974 novel of the same name. It has already been adapted into 3 films in 1976, 2002, and 2013. Not to mention a 1999 sequel to the 1976 movie, The Rage: Carrie 2. (Just because we want to pretend like that nonsensical sequel…

Most would consider a trip to a quiet, remote island relaxing, but horror movies are here to remind us once again that there is no truly safe place. From zombies to viruses, isolation from civilization rarely delivers. Here are 13 horror movies that take place almost entirely on remote islands. 1932 – Island of Lost Souls This Erle C. Kenton-directed film is based on H. G. Wells’ 1896 novel The Island of Doctor Moreau, using a script by Waldemar Young and Philip Wylie. Revolving around a mad doctor who conducts horrific genetic experiments on a remote island in the South…

We’re back with another edition of Art History Uncensored. This week we’ll be looking at Ruggero Deodato’s 1980 film Cannibal Holocaust. The movie is legendary for containing real animal death and cruelty, leading to it being heavily banned and censored. It’s even blamed for other films with the word Cannibal in the title being swept up in the Video Nasties panic. That’s right, this movie was so offensive it got other movies banned for just having similar names.  Cannibal Holocaust was directed by Deodato, from a script by Gianfranco Cleric. The film is considered groundbreaking in the found footage genre.…

Ad-supported streamer Tubi quickly became a favorite among fans of obscure films and creators alike. But with so many choices, how do you find that deeply buried gem? Today, we’ll be talking to writer-director-actor Steve Rudzinski about his movies Everyone Must Die, Super Task Force One, Red Christmas, Amityville Christmas Vacation, Shingles the Movie, Curtains for Christmas, and Wally Meets Popeye. Background Ada: What movie made you fall in love with movies? Steve: I’ve loved movies my entire life; my first film at the age of 3 was Nightmare on Elm Street, which caused my love of horror, but watching…

The format wars were a wild time in home media history, weren’t they? Unfortunately, one of its biggest casualties, aside from those who picked the wrong one, was the movies themselves. Not every movie made the jump from VHS to DVD and now Blu-ray and 4K. Today, we will look at 18 horror movies that haven’t had a release on physical media since VHS ruled the market.   1982 – Don’t Go to Sleep This made-for-TV movie is directed by Richard Lang from a script by Ned Wynn. It tells the story of a young girl who starts to see the…

In 1972, Blood Freak, co-written and directed by Brad F. Grinter and Steve Hawkes, was released. The movie centers around a biker who gets a job at a turkey farm. While there, he agrees to act as a guinea pig for some chemical testing. The result is as bizarre as it is unintentionally hilarious. The movie eventually found an audience among cult film fans who like to mock its overt and bizarre anti-drug messaging. In 2020, Daniel Boyd and Tim Gross co-directed a remake of the film, written and acted by Boyd. Today we will be talking to Boyd about…