Category: Direct-to-Video
Pickings for Easter-themed horror from the ’90s is pretty slim. During our research for the blog, we came across The Blair Rabbit Project (2021) on Amazon Prime that was truly intriguing. A film originally recorded during the same year of the film it parodies back in 1999, but restored for 2021, available to watch over 20 years later! The Blair Witch Project (1999) was a classic, but not without it’s flaws that deserve, playfully, to be poked at. Blair Rabbit‘s premise is pretty much the same as that of Blair Witch. Looking for the Blare Rabbit, a legendary mutant-rabbit monster,...
Take three parts Scream teen horror and one part Sleepwalkers, process the mixture through a DTV filming and editing process. Then pour in a gallon of cheese, add equal doses of hilarious and creative uses of low-budget SPX, and a cup of cringe. Give it a weird ending, and voilà! You end up with Screamwalkers! The title is a portmanteau of Scream and Sleepwalkers – Scream being the classic teen slasher franchise that is still producing today, and Sleepwalkers referring to the movie of the same name released in 1992 and written by Stephen King. All this sounded absolutely amazing...
Why Shrieker Takes You Back: A Nostalgic Dive into a B-Movie Gem If you’re considering watching Shrieker and want a spoiler-free glimpse or just another fan’s perspective, you’re in the right place. This review highlights how Shrieker, despite its obvious budget constraints, makes up for it with a charm reminiscent of a classic ’90s Goosebumps TV episode—perhaps unintentionally. A product of the golden age of the video store, Shrieker evokes the days when horror fans scoured shelves for the coolest VHS covers. If you were browsing in the ‘90s, you’d find plenty of movies like this one—low-budget direct-to-video (DTV) gems...
Subspecies stands as a hidden treasure, often overlooked but truly remarkable to fans of deep cuts of the genre. Firstly, it holds a significant place in cinematic history as the inaugural American film shot in Romania. Secondly, it redefines the vampire narrative by blending fresh concepts with elements reminiscent of the 1922 classic, Nosferatu. The outcome? A distinctively unromantic yet unforgettable portrayal of the main villain, Radu.
Amityville 1992: It’s About Time garnered a lacklustre 40% score on the TOMATOMETER and a modest 4.7/10 rating on IMDb. In my assessment, these ratings are fitting, as the film occupies a middle ground between being outright terrible and genuinely commendable. While it delivers some effective scares, the overall experience is tarnished by subpar acting and story, stilted dialogue, and inconsistencies in the quality of special effects.
Not to be confused with the other 1998 film of the same name, Jack Frost (1997) is a black comedy b-movie, slasher where a crazed serial killer gets genetically fused with snow in a freak acid accident. He comes back from the dead, still homicidal as before his demise, as a crazed killer snowman!
Could this movie be a part of your Christmas tradition for years to come?
