Holiday-themed horror, especially end-of-the-year holiday-themed horror has been a passion of mine since I snuck my way into renting on VHS Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) many, many years ago. That started this bizarre fascination with tradition-thumping genre pics that ...
Read More »Budgetary Constraints: The Films of Micro-Budget Auteur Ron Ford
Micro-budget filmmaker Ron Ford. In a career that has spanned over thirty years, and looks to go even a few more decades, Ron Ford should be known in genre-movie circles far and wide. He isn’t, though. Despite being a pioneer ...
Read More »FanCam: Filmic Love Letters to Michael Myers
In this, Diabolique’s inaugural episode of FanCam, we delve into the night He came home… again and again and again. The idea of FanCam is a simple one: it is designed to spotlight filmmakers, young and old, paying homage to ...
Read More »S.O.V. Revolution: The Forgotten Films of Chester Turner
The name Chester Turner doesn’t make an instant connection to filmic auteur and black cinema pioneer, but it should.
Read More »Witchcraft: An Examination of All Sixteen Films
It is quite an honor to be able to put into its proper historical context the Witchcraft series of films.
Read More »Quarantine Bad Choice: The Camp Blood Films Revisited
When one is in quarantine, one can make bad choices. My current bad choice is to systemically go through the Camp Blood series… all ten of them. My predilection for slasher films is well known in some circles and I ...
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