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31 Days of Horror – Day 23

Tecmo’s Deception: Invitation to Darkness (1996) Playstation An underrated little horror/RPG gem for the PSX.   You play the game as an unjustly executed man that with his dying breath forges a pact with Satan (yes, in the game he is called “Satan”).  Once this dark pact is sealed you come into possession of aContinue reading “31 Days of Horror – Day 23”

31 Days of Horror – Day 22

King of the Hill – Season 2 Episode 4:  “Hilloween” Hank tries to teach Bobby the true meaning of Halloween all the while luring him away from a fanatical church patron who deems the holiday evil and gets trick or treating banned in Arlen.

31 Days of Horror – Day 19

Chaotic, gleeful, over the top blood-spattered goodness.  One of the few H.P. Lovecraft film adaptations that got it right.  If you haven’t seen this movie yet, do yourself a favor and go watch it now.  It has the perfect mix of gore, laughs and chills.  Plus it’s our cinematic introduction to the deranged horror stylingsContinue reading “31 Days of Horror – Day 19”

31 Days of Horror – Day 18

The House of the Devil Ti West’s slow burning, throwback love letter to the “Satanic Panic” of the early 1980’s.  Incredibly atmospheric and genuinely chilling, The House of the Devil looks like a missing gem horror movie straight from 1984 even though it was filmed in 2009.  The pacing is deliberate and the film hasContinue reading “31 Days of Horror – Day 18”

31 Days of Horror – Day 15

A graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School,  H.H. Holmes was one of America’s earliest and most prolific serial killers.  While Holmes confessed to 27 murders, of which four were confirmed, his actual body count may have been as high as 200.