I select a thematically appropriate horror movie for each day of the year and tell you about it.
Why?
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
How do you get to decide what qualifies as a horror movie and where each one goes on the calendar?
I am the Mayor of Horror Movies.
Are all these movies good?
Oh gosh no. But I recommend all of them to the adventurous viewer.
What’s with the CWs?
In horror movies, disturbing material is part of the entertainment package. But for some viewers, elements like sexual violence or bigotry ruin the fun. For those folks, I include content warnings. That said, the warnings are based on my personal reactions and should not be expected to cover all potential cinematic skeeviness, so proceed with caution.
Who are you, aside from the mayor?
I’m Shaenon K. Garrity. I’m mostly a cartoonist. I watch a lot of scary movies while I draw cartoons.
You *must* mean the remake, because the original is one of the few Horror flicks that I’ll still sit through when it’s on. (Jeffrey Combs’ performance being no small factor in that — he was *born* to play Herbert West!)
The 1985 version is DEFINITELY worth a look – you can almost see pieces of chewed scenery flying out of Combs’ mouth in almost every scene. Almost as much fun as EVIL DEAD II, aside from the aforementioned zombie sexual assault.
PS: Available for viewing on SHUDDER.COM and the amazon prime channel SHUDDER. There was a sequel, BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR (also available on Amazon prime), that was also fun (the 3rd movie, BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR, can be safely skipped, unless you are a completist).
I’ve heard things about this, or a remake of it? Supposedly it’s so bad it’s just bad.
You *must* mean the remake, because the original is one of the few Horror flicks that I’ll still sit through when it’s on. (Jeffrey Combs’ performance being no small factor in that — he was *born* to play Herbert West!)
Agreed – he was -perfect- as Herbert. [And as mentioned above, world’s WORST roommate.]
Much like the rpg ‘Call of Cthulhu’, it is possible to see the ‘sanity points’ being lost as the movie goes on.
The movie as I recall (saw it in the previous century) actually kinda works. Gory and gross, but still, kinda does.
The 1985 version is DEFINITELY worth a look – you can almost see pieces of chewed scenery flying out of Combs’ mouth in almost every scene. Almost as much fun as EVIL DEAD II, aside from the aforementioned zombie sexual assault.
PS: Available for viewing on SHUDDER.COM and the amazon prime channel SHUDDER. There was a sequel, BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR (also available on Amazon prime), that was also fun (the 3rd movie, BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR, can be safely skipped, unless you are a completist).
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