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Another Halloween Has Come and Gone

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Another Halloween has come and gone and another Horrorthon has come to a close.  We hope you have had a wonderful October and that the Thanksgiving month brings you much to be grateful for!

And remember, just because you didn’t see the Great Pumpkin this year, doesn’t mean that he won’t be there for you next October.  As always, Linus puts it best:

To all of our readers and from all of your friends at the Shattered Lens, thank you.

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 10/23/23 — 10/29/23

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Halloween is almost here!  The weather has turned cold and it’s been raining for the past few days.  It’s totally possible that it could be storming on Halloween night.  This is my favorite time of year!

I can’t believe that our annual Horrorthon is almost over.  I’m very proud of everyone who contributed this year!  This has been our biggest horrorthon ever!  Of course, I’m also looking forward to getting a little rest in November.

Here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week!

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (dir by Tommy Lee Wallace)

Films I Watched:

  1. Beginning of the End (1957)
  2. Blood Sucking Freaks (1976)
  3. Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
  4. Cannonball (1976)
  5. Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things (1972)
  6. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
  7. Empire of the Ants (1977)
  8. Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
  9. House of Dark Shadows (1970)
  10. The Neighbors Are Watching (2023)
  11. Once Upon A Midnight Scary (1979)
  12. Popcorn (1991)
  13. Return to the Cabin By The Lake (2000)
  14. A Shock to the System (1991)
  15. Sweet Sixteen (1983)
  16. The Tingler (1959)
  17. Trauma (1993)
  18. Two Evil Eyes (1990)
  19. White Zombie (1932)
  20. The Wolf Man (1940)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Big Brother
  2. Check It Out
  3. Degrassi Junior High
  4. Dragnet
  5. Dr. Phil
  6. Gun
  7. Highway To Heaven
  8. The Hitchhiker
  9. It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
  10. Jennifer Slept Here
  11. The Love Boat
  12. Monsters
  13. Nightmare Cafe
  14. T and T
  15. Toy Story of Terror
  16. The Vanishing Shadow
  17. Welcome Back Kotter
  18. Yes, Prime Minister

Books I Read:

  1. Best Friend (1992) by R.L. Stine
  2. Best Friend 2 (1997) by R.L. Stine
  3. The Dare (1994) by R.L. Stine
  4. Lights Out (1991) by R.L. Stine
  5. The Rich Girl (1997) by R.L. Stine
  6. The Stepsister (1990) by R.L. Stine
  7. The Stepsister 2 (1995) by R.L. Stine

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Annie Lennox
  3. Bauhaus
  4. Big Data
  5. Britney Spears
  6. The Chemical Brothers
  7. Creedence Clearwater Revival
  8. Dillon Francis
  9. Duran Duran
  10. Golbin
  11. John Carpenter
  12. Katy Perry
  13. Lynard Skynard
  14. Saint Motel
  15. Siouxsie and the Banshees
  16. Taylor Swift
  17. Warren Zevon

Live Tweets:

  1. Cannonball
  2. A Shock To The System
  3. Bubba Ho-Tep
  4. White Zombie
  5. Wolf Man

Horror on the Lens:

  1. The Blood Beast Terror
  2. Haunted House of Horror
  3. Tales From the Crypt
  4. Baffled!
  5. Messiah of Evil
  6. The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
  7. At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul
  8. Silent Night, Bloody Night

Horror on TV:

  1. Geraldo Rivera Interviews Club Kids
  2. The Hitchhiker 6.1 “Fading Away”
  3. The Hitchhiker 6.2 “Tough Guys Don’t Whine”
  4. The Hitchhiker 6.3 “Riding the Nightmare”
  5. The Hitchhiker 6.6 “Toxic Search”
  6. The Hitchhiker 6.10 “Windows”
  7. The Hitchhiker 6.15 “Living a Lie”
  8. The Hitchhiker 6.16 “Made In Paris”
  9. Baywatch Nights 2.11 “Frozen Out Of Time”

News From Last Week:

  1. Actor Richard Roundtree Dies At 81
  2. Actor Matthew Perry Dies At 54
  3. Actor Richard Moll Dies At 80 

Links From Last Week:

  1. Tater’s Week in Review 10/28/23
  2. “Hitch Hiking” Is For “The Birds!” “Shocktober 2023” Has Alfred Hitchcock’s Bodega Bay Flying Horror!
  3. Vampyres, Witches, and Queen B’s Oh My::Kim Novak

Links From The Site:

  1. Leonard reviewed Garfield’s Halloween Adventure, At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul, and V/H/S/85!
  2. Erin wrote about the Halloween that nearly wasn’t!
  3. Erin counted down the days to Halloween: 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2!
  4. Erin shared The Five Covers of Amazing Detective Tales!
  5. Erin shared Ghost Stories, Burn Witch Burn, Terror Tales, Tales of the Zombie, Unhinged, The Pit and the Pendulum, and Cemetery!
  6. Erin shared: The Diamondbacks Tie Up The NLCS, The Rangers Are Going To The World Series, The Rangers Will be Playing The Diamondbacks In The World Series, The Rangers Win Game One of the World Series, and The Rangers Do Not Win Game Two of the World Series!
  7. Jeff reviewed Maniac Cop, Maniac Cop II, Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence, The Demolitionist, Evil Obsession, Bunni, and Big Freakin’ Snake!
  8. Jeff shared videos from Duran Duran, Kim Carnes, Dead Can Dance, Tool, Metallica, Iron Maiden, and The Fat Boys!
  9. I read and reviewed The Stepsister, Stepsister 2, Rich Girl, Best Friend, and Best Friend 2!
  10. I shared my October Oscar predictions!
  11. I shared my week in television and an AMV!  I also shared six horror-filled trailers from John Carpenter!
  12. I paid tribute to Herschell Gordon Lewis, Sam Raimi, Richard Roundtree, Jean Rollin, George Romero, Michele Soavi, Jacques Tourneur, and James Whale!
  13. I shared scene from Deep Red, Psycho, Masque of the Red Death, Halloween 4, Return of the Living Dead, The House on the Edge of the Park, and Carrie!
  14. I reviewed Degrassi Junior High, Miami Vice, Nightmare Café, Fantasy Island, Gun, The Love Boat, Monsters, Jennifer Slept Here, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, and Check It Out!
  15. I reviewed Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things, Popcorn, Survival, The Monster of the Piedras Blancas, Silent Rage, Blood Harvest, The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism, Party Monster, Blood Thirst, Sweet Sixteen, Patmos, The Giant Claw, Army of Darkness, Opera, Goodnight Sweet Wife, I Drink Your Blood, Sleepaway Camp, A Distant Thunder, Image of the Beast, The Prodigal Planet, The Tingler, The Return of Swamp Thing, Two Evil Eyes, Trauma, The Return to Cabin By The Lake, The Perfect Husband, The Wave, Blood Sucking Freaks, Valentine, Jack The Ripper, The Black Phone, White  Zombie, Hillbillys in a Haunted House, The Neighbors Are Watching, The Mark, The Mark: Redemption, The Case Of The Hillside Stranglers, The Hillside Strangler, Black Wake, Old, The Raven, Judgment Day, Empire of the Ants, and Beginning of the End!

More From Us:

  1. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared Team Assembly!
  2. At her photography site, Erin shared In A Very Odd House, Very Odd Things Will Happen, The Girl With No Shadow, Dracula’s Pub, Branches, Snowy Night, Snowy Night 2, and Snowy Night 3!

Want to see what did last week?  Click here!

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 10/16/23 — 10/22/23

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

One more week of Horrorthon to go!  Halloween approaches.  Don’t worry.  All of us here Through the Shattered Lens are going to do everything we can to make the next 9 days!

Here’s my week review:

Films I Watched:

  1. Bloody Pit of Horror (1965)
  2. Crypt Of Dark Secrets (1976)
  3. The Demolitionist (1995)
  4. Double Threat (2022)
  5. Intruder (1989)
  6. The Killer Is Still Among Us (1986)
  7. Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
  8. Lord Shango (1975)
  9. Meatcleaver Massacre (1977)
  10. The Monster of the Piedras Blancas (1959)
  11. Opera (1987)
  12. Phenomena (1985)
  13. The Redeemer (1978)
  14. The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)
  15. The Return of the Exorcist (1975)
  16. Tenebrae (1982)
  17. The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967)
  18. The Wedding Singer (1998)
  19. When A Stranger Calls Back (1993)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. The ALCS Game Two
  2. Big Brother
  3. Degrassi Junior High
  4. Dr. Phil
  5. Friday the 13th
  6. Gun
  7. Highway To Heaven
  8. Jennifer Slept Here
  9. Jenny Jones
  10. Monsters
  11. Night Flight
  12. Nightmare Cafe
  13. T and T
  14. The Vanishing Shadow
  15. Yes, Prime Minister

Books I Read:

  1. Gimme a Kiss (1988) by Christopher Pike
  2. Ski Weekend (1991) by R.L Stine
  3. Sunburn (1993) by R.L. Stine
  4. Weekend (1986) by Christopher Pike

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Barry Adamson
  3. Big Data
  4. Britney Spears
  5. The Chemical Brothers
  6. Dillon Fancis
  7. DJ Nake
  8. Duran Duran
  9. Fabio Frizzi
  10. Goblin
  11. Haim
  12. Howard Shore
  13. Jane’s Addiction
  14. John Carpenter
  15. Katy Perry
  16. Nine Inch Nails
  17. Rolling Stones
  18. Saint Motel
  19. Taylor Swift

Live Tweets:

  1. The Demolitionist
  2. Double Threat
  3. The Wedding Singer
  4. The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism 

Horror On The Lens:

  1. Attack of the Giant Leeches
  2. House on Haunted Hill
  3. The Little Shop of Horrors
  4. Carnival of Souls
  5. Dementia 13
  6. The Terror
  7. Island of the Burning Damned

Horror on TV:

  1. The Hitchhiker 5.16 “Hootch”
  2. The Hitchhiker 5.17 “Coach”
  3. The Hitchhiker 5.19 “Hit and Run”
  4. The Hitchhiker 5.22 “Cruelest Cut”
  5. The Hitchhiker 5.23 “Dying Generation”
  6. The Hitchhiker 5.24 “My Enemy”
  7. The Hitchhiker 5.27 “Pawns”

News From Last Week:

  1. Actor Burt Young Dies At 83
  2. Actress Lara Parker Dies At 84
  3. Actor And Former London Gangster Dave Courtney Found Dead At 64
  4. Actress Haydn Gwynne Dies At 66
  5. George Clooney, other A-listers offer over $150 million in higher union dues to end actors strike
  6. ‘The Problem With Jon Stewart’ abruptly canceled after reported fight over China coverage

Links From Last Week:

  1. Vampyres, Witches, and Queen B’s Oh My::Gloria Holden
  2. “Shocktober 2023” Showers With “Carrie”! My Celebration Of 70’s Cinema Has This Horror Masterpiece And More Stephen King!
  3. Tater’s Week in Review 10/21/23

Links From The Site:

  1. Leonard reviewed Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour!
  2. Case reviewed The Gift!
  3. Erin explored The Red House!
  4. Erin shared Negative Shadows, Lair of the White Worm, The Severed Arm, Fantastic Adventures, Werewolf of Paris, Black Path of Fear, and Thrilling Mystery!
  5. Erin wrote about baseball: The Rangers Win Game Two of the ALCS, The Phillies Win Game One of the NLCS, Congratulations to the Phillies On Winning Game 2 of the NLCS,  Congratulations to the Rangers For Still Leading the ALCS, Congratulations to the Diamondbacks on Winning Game Three of the NLCS, The ALCS Is Tied Up, The Astros Now Lead The ALCS, Congratulations to the Diamondbacks, The Phillies Now Lead The NLCS!, and The Rangers Tie Up The ALCS!
  6. Erin shared the Horror Covers of Argosy!
  7. Jeff shared music videos from Duran Duran, Def Leppard, Metallica, Motorhead, The Misfits, Bauhaus, and Quiet Riot!
  8. Jeff reviewed The Shadow People, The Terror Experiment, Donner Party, Enchantress, Billy The Kid and the Green Baize Vampire, Demonoid, and Kiss Meets The Phantom of the Park!
  9. I shared my week in television!  I also shared an AMV and an edition of my favorite grindhouse trailers!
  10. I reviewed Degrassi, Miami Vice, Nightmare Cafe, Fantasy Island, Gun, The Love Boat, Monsters, Jennifer Slept Here, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, and Check It Out!
  11. I read and reviewed Gimme A Kiss, Ski Weekend, Sunburn, and Weekend!
  12. I reviewed Cabin By The Lake, The Preppie Murder, The War Within, Lord Shango, Summer of Sam, Phenomena, When A Stranger Calls Back, Monster From The Ocean Floor, The 3, Intruder, Indecent Desires, The Dead Want Women, Out of the Darkness, Tenebrae, The Pit and the Pendulum, Monstrosity, Trust, The Manson Family, Held For Ransom, Alice Sweet Alice, Scarecrows, The Drug Knot, Tales From The Darkside, Manos: The Hands of Fate, Ricky 6, The Killer Is Still Among Us, To Hell and Back, The Redeemer, Double Threat, Crypt of Dark Secrets, Kemper: The CoEd Killer, The Return of the Exorcist, 13 Eerie, The Beast With A Million Eyes, Seventy Times Seven, Garden of the Dead, Meatcleaver Massacre, Goodnight Mommy, Bloody Pit of Horror, The Frozen Ground, Aerobicide, Kiss of the Vampire, and The Favorite!
  13. I shared scenes from The Shining, The Howling, Dracula, Tales of Terror, Count Dracula, Nosferatu, and The Bride of Frankenstein!
  14. I paid tribute to Burt Young, Tobe Hooper, Curtis Harrington, Stuart Gordon, Lucio Fulci, Jess Franco, Freddie Francis, and Terence Fisher!

More From Us:

  1. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared the Eras Megamix!
  2. For Horror Critic, I reviewed Angel Heart!
  3. At her photography site, Erin shared Hi!, Smiley Face, Clouds, The Full Moon Is Not Here Yet, Hanging About, Jack, and Sunset!
  4. At my online Dream journal, I shared Last Night’s Shopping Dream, Last Night’s Fragment Of A Dream,  Last Night’s Stranger In The Living Room Dream, Last Night’s Fly Invasion Dream, Last Night’s Zombie Dream, Last Night’s Backyard Drive-In Dream, and Last Night’s Renaissance Faire Dream!
  5. At my music site, I shared songs from Fabio Frizzi, Goblin, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Barry Adamson, Tenerife Film Orchestra and Choir, Nine Inch Nails, and Howard Shore!

Check out last week by clicking here!

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 10/9/23 — 10/15/23

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

And so week 2 of Horrorthon comes to an end!

This week started well for me but, starting on Wednesday, I started to suffer from really extreme headaches.  So, I had to step back a little and catch my breath and I’m definitely feeling a bit better now.  This is the greatest time of year, afterall!

Here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week!

Films I Watched:

  1. The Alligator People (1959)
  2. Bad News Bears (1976)
  3. Birdemic 2 (2013)
  4. Blood Theatre (1984)
  5. Hard Time (1998)
  6. Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
  7. The Killer Must Kill Again (1975)
  8. The Last Slumber Party (1988)
  9. The Majorettes (1986)
  10. Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
  11. The Mummy’s Curse (1944)
  12. The Mummy’s Ghost (1944)
  13. The Mummy’s Tomb (1942)
  14. Night Feeder (1984)
  15. Night of the Cobra Woman (1972)
  16. The Psychotronic Man (1979)
  17. Rollergater (1996)
  18. The Serial Killer Seduced Me (2013)
  19. Sweet Kill (1973)
  20. Things (1990)
  21. X-Ray (1981)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. ALCS Game One, Rangers vs. Astros
  2. The Amazing Race
  3. Big Brother
  4. Bubblegum Crisis
  5. Check It Out
  6. Degrassi
  7. Dr. Phil
  8. Friday the 13th
  9. Gun
  10. Hell’s Kitchen
  11. The Hitchhiker
  12. Monsters
  13. Nightmare Cafe
  14. Radio 1990
  15. Survivor
  16. The Vanishing Shadow
  17. Welcome Back Kotter
  18. Yes Prime Minister

Books I Read:

  1. College Weekend (1995) by R.L. Stine
  2. The Visitor (1995) by Christopher Pike

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Annie Lennox
  3. Britney Spears
  4. The Chemical Brothers
  5. Donavon
  6. Goblin
  7. Hans Zimmer
  8. John Carpenter
  9. John Williams
  10. Michael Fredo
  11. Saint Motel

Live Tweets:

  1. Hard Time
  2. Bad News Bears
  3. Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
  4. Drag Me To Hell

Horror on the Lens:

  1. The Mad Monster
  2. Robot Monster
  3. Mesa of Lost Women
  4. Dementia
  5. Bride of the Monster
  6. Plan 9 From Outer Space
  7. The Bat

Horror on TV:

  1. The Hitchhiker 5.2 “In Living Color”
  2. The Hitchhiker 5.3 “Dark Wishes”
  3. The Hitchhiker 5.4 “Garter Belt”
  4. The Hitchhiker 5.5 “Shadow Puppets”
  5. The Hitchhiker 5.6 “Renaissance”
  6. The Hitchhiker 5.8 “Code Liz”
  7. The Hitchhiker 5.12 “Spinning Wheel”

News From Last Week:

  1. Actress Piper Laurie Dies At 91
  2. Director Jeff Burr Dies At 60
  3. Actress Suzanne Somers Dies At 76
  4. Actor Mark Goddard Dies At 87
  5. Actress Phyllis Coates Dies At 97

Links From Last Week:

  1. “The Stepford Wives” Is A “Shocktober” Classic! The “Rosemary’s Baby” Author Strikes Again!
  2. Some Vintage Products You Just Had To Buy!
  3. Tater’s Week in Review 10/14/23
  4. Vampyres, Witches, and Queen B’s Oh My::Margaret Sheridan

Links From The Site:

  1. Case reviewed FRIEND!
  2. Doc welcomed you to Friday the 13th!
  3. I shared my week in television!
  4. I reviewed Degrassi Junior High, Miami Vice, Nightmare Cafe, Fantasy Island, Gun, The Love Boat, Monsters, Jennifer Slept Here, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, and Check it Out!
  5. I reviewed The Touch, The Mummy’s Hand, Troll, Cloverfield, The Seventh Grave, Texas Killing Fields, Night of the Cobra Woman, X-Ray, Step Over The Edge, The Mummy’s Tomb, The Mummy’s Curse, The Mummy’s Ghost, Night Feeder, Mothra vs. Godzilla, Chicago Massacre, Sweet Kill, Blood Theatre, Prayer Never Fails, Hounded, House on the Hill, Things, Uncommon, The Screaming Skull, The Deeper You Dig, Meandre, Dahmer, Creature From Black Lake, The Last Slumber Party, The Majorettes, Catching Faith, Catching Faith Part 2, The Serial Killer Seduced Me, Rollergator, The Killer Must Kill Again, Deranged, Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield, Winter of Frozen Dreams, Stoned, The Chill Factor, Clinton Road, Birdemic 2, The Beast of Yucca Flats, Abby, Cutback, The Alligator People, The Failing of Raymond,  and The Psychotronic Man!
  6. I shared 6 Trailers For Friday the 13th and an AMV of the Day!
  7. I reviewed The Cheater, College Weekend, The Visitor, Friday the 13th, and Friday the 13th Part 2!
  8. I paid tribute to John Carpenter, William Castle, Roger Corman, Lugi Cozzi, Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, and Joe Dante!
  9. I shared scenes from Wishmaster, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Godzilla vs Megalon, House of 1,000 Corpses, Friday the 13th Part VII, Night of the Living Dead, and Carrie!
  10. Jeff shared music videos from Shriekback, The Sisters of Mercy, Fields of Nephilim, The Human League, Metallica, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction!
  11. Jeff reviewed Blood Sisters of Lesbian Sin, Death Metal, The Devil’s Mistress, Scary Bride, Corbin Nash, Fan Base, and Cruella’s Castle!
  12. Jeff shared a Great Moment From Television History!
  13. Erin shared Terror Tales, Spicy Mystery Stories, Dime Mystery Magazine, Horror Stories, Friday the 13th — The Final Chapter, My Late Wives, and Hi!
  14. Erin shared The Three Covers of Ace Mystery!
  15. Erin shared pictures of an alley!
  16. Erin congratulated the Rangers!  And then she encouraged the Rangers!  And then she celebrated The Rangers!

More From Us:

  1. At Reality TV Chat Blog, I shared Week 10 Veto Meeting, Zingbot’s Zings, It’s Time To Open Up The Diary Room For Whatever Week It Is, About Tonight, and Week 11 HoH and Nominations!  And, right before the midnight deadline, I also shared A Quick Invisible HoH Update!
  2. At my music site, I shared songs from Donovan, John Carpenter, Nina Simone, Annie Lennox, Harry Menfredini, John Williams, and Goblin!
  3. At SyFy Designs, I shared I’ve Been Getting The Worst Migraines, Christopher Lee and Vincent Price Play Chess, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee On The Set of the Gorgon, and Piper Laurie and Paul Newman!
  4. For Horror Critic, I reviewed Nadja and Ratman!
  5. At my online dream journal, I shared: Last Night’s Open Air Market Dream, Last Night’s People In The Garage Dream, Last Night’s Hula Hooping Dream, Last Night’s Warning Poster Dream, Last Night’s New Contributors Dream, Last Night’s Skipping School Dream, and Last Night’s Book Sale Dream!
  6. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: End of an Era, Will Hurd Is Out, Steve Garvey Is Running, Kari Lake Is Running Again, Why Would Anyone Want To Be Speaker Of The House, Congratulations to Jeff Landry, and Suzanne Somers, R.I.P.
  7. At her photography site, Erin shared Hiding, Hiding 2, Dusk, Morning, Entrance, Abandoned Chair, and Backyard!

Want to see what I did last week?  Click here!

Happy Friday the 13th From All Of Us At The Shattered Lens

Posted on by Doc Bowman

Happy Friday the 13th!

Today is the greatest Friday of the year because today is not only the 13th but it’s also October 13th!  Some people consider Friday the 13th to be unlucky but those people have obviously never been the only “good girl” at a weekend party up at Camp Crystal Lake.  Ask any of them and they can tell you just how lucky Friday the 13th can be.

To our readers who are currently struggling today, we make the following suggestion: Turn off twitter.  Turn off MSNBC.  Turn off Fox.  Definitely turn off CNN.  And why not just sit back and enjoy the antics of those fun-loving kids up at Camp Crystal Lake?

In fact, in case you need help picking which movie to watch, the flame-haired one has reviewed every single one of them here on the Shattered Lens!  She personally recommends that you watch parts 1, 2, and 4 but it’s totally up to you!  Here’s some links to her reviews:

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th Part 2

Friday the 13th Part 3

Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

Friday the 13th: Jason Lives

Friday the 13th Part VII: A New Blood

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday

Jason X

Freddy vs Jason

Friday the 13th: The Pointless Remake

And then be sure to check out: 12 Thing You May Not Have Known About Friday the 13th and then read the flame-haired one’s review of Camp Crystal Lake Memories!

The world will still be here when you get back, we promise.

Happy Friday the 13th everyone!  Happy Horrorthon!

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 10/2/23 — 10/8/23

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The first week of Horrorthon is in the books!  And I have to admit that I’m kind of exhausted right now so I’ll save my big analysis for next week.  For now, I encourage everyone to just take a look back at everything that we’ve published over the past 8 days!  Truly, this is the greatest time of year.

Here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week!

Films I Watched:

  1. Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
  2. Black Friday (1940)
  3. Challenge of the Devil (1963)
  4. The Delta Force (1986)
  5. Doom Asylum (1987)
  6. Elevator Game (2023)
  7. A Force of One (1979)
  8. Honest Thief (2020)
  9. Invisible Agent (1942)
  10. The Invisible Man’s Revenge (1944)
  11. The Mad Monster (1942)
  12. Monster From The Ocean Floor (1954)
  13. The Mummy’s Hand (1940)
  14. Project Shadowchaser 2 (1994)
  15. Savage Vows (1995)
  16. The Seventh Grave (1965)
  17. Snuff (1976)
  18. Sorority House Massacre (1986)
  19. Troll (1986)
  20. Waxwork II: Lost In Time (1992)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. The Amazing Race
  2. Big Brother
  3. Check it Out
  4. Degrassi Junior High
  5. Dr. Phil
  6. Friday the 13th
  7. Highway to Heaven
  8. The Hitchhiker
  9. Monsters
  10. Night Flight
  11. Survivor
  12. Yes Prime Minister

Books I Read:

  1. The Bad Girl (1999) by R.L. Stine
  2. The Cheater (1993) by R.L. Stine
  3. Dead End (1995) by R.L. Stine
  4. The Stepbrother (1998) by R.L. Stine

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Bauhaus
  3. Big Data
  4. Britney Spears
  5. The Chemical Brothers
  6. Concrete Blonde
  7. Creedence Clearwater Revival
  8. Goblin
  9. Hot Blood
  10. John Carpenter
  11. Katy Perry
  12. Kid Rock
  13. Lynard Skynard
  14. Muse
  15. Nine Inch Nails
  16. The Rolling Stones
  17. Saint Motel
  18. Shriekback
  19. Siouxsie and the Banshees
  20. Taylor Swift

Live Tweets:

  1. Project Shadowchaser 2
  2. Honest Thief
  3. A Force of One
  4. Troll

Horror on the Lens:

  1.  The Headless Horseman
  2. The Unknown
  3. Svengali
  4. Phantom Ship
  5. The Man Who Changed His Mind
  6. The Devil Bat
  7. The Boogie Man Will Get You

Horror on TV:

  1. The Hitchhiker 4.2 “Minuteman”
  2. The Hitchhiker 4.4 “Why Are You Here?”
  3. The Hitchhiker 4.7 “The Legend of Billy B”
  4. The Hitchhiker 4.9 “Made For Each Other”
  5. The Hitchhiker 4.12 “The Secret Ingredient”
  6. The Hitchhiker 4.13 “Cabin Fever”
  7. The Hitchhiker 5.1 “The Martyr”

News From Last Week:

  1. Actor Dick Butkus passes at the age of 80
  2. Director Terrence Davies passes at the age of 77

Links From Last Week:

  1. “Airplane” Soars Again! The Hilarious Memoir “Surely You Can’t Be Serious” Is Here – A Star-Studded Audio Book Too! Here Are Details!
  2. Tater’s Week in Review 10/6/23
  3. I’ve Been Doing It All Wrong

Links From The Site:

  1. Case analyzed Rain!
  2. I wrote about The Woman In The Hallway!
  3. I shared six non-horror roles of Vincent Price!
  4. I shared 6 trailers for the end of the 1st week of horrorthon!
  5. I reviewed Miami Vice, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Jennifer Slept Here, T and T, Welcome Back Kotter, Degrassi, Nightmare Cafe, Gun, Monsters, Highway to Heaven, Friday the 13th, and Check it Out!
  6. I reviewed Play Misty For Me, The Cross and the Switchblade, House of Dracula, The Invisible Man Returns, Invisible Agent, The Invisible Man’s Revenge, Black Friday, The Being, Invaders From Mars, Beyond the Living Dead, Freeway Killer, I Dismember Mama, My Friends Need Killing, Don’t Go In The Woods Alone, Madman, Heaven’s Heroes, Waxwork, Waxwork II, Lake Dracula, Overkill, Under Arrest, Challenge the Devil, D.C. Sniper, The Fourth Man, Combat Shock, Sorority House Massacre, Exodus of the Prodigal Son, Elevator Game, Who Can Kill A Child, Beware Children At Play, Doom Asylum, Snuff, Savage Vows, Easy Prey, Birdemic, Finding Faith, Happy Face Killer, Dark Image, Day of Defense, Mark of the Witch, Astral Factor, Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas, Confessions of a Serial Killer, Chopper Chicks in Zombietown, Glorious, Five Desperate Women, and Dr Black, Mr. Hyde!
  7. I read Missing, Haunted, Dead End, Bad Girl, and The Stepbrother!
  8. I shared scenes from The Exorcist II, Hellraiser, Army of Darkness, Vampire Hookers, The Wolf Man, Prom Night, and The Horror of Dracula!
  9. I paid tribute to Jack Arnold, Roy Ward Baker, Charles Band, Clive Barker, Lamberto Bava, Mario Bava, Dick Butkus, and Tod Browning!
  10. I shared an AMV!
  11. I shared my week in television!
  12. Jeff shared music videos from The Damned, Garbage, Killer Barbies, Cliff Richard, UB40, Alice Cooper, and Pat Benatar!
  13. Jeff reviewed Murderbot, Ghost Track, Blood Vessel, The Odds, Zombex, and The McPherson Tape!
  14. Jeff shared a great moment in television history and comic book history!
  15. Jeff reviewed Weird Texts From An Unknown Number!
  16. Erin shared Mystery Tales, An Old Friend of the Family, The Horror in the Museum, Argosy, The Prey, Locked Doors, and Ghostly Vintage!
  17. Erin wrote about her visit to a cemetery!
  18. Erin reviewed The Catcher! 
  19. Erin shared The Covers of Mystery Tales!

More From Us:

  1. At Horror Critic, I shared reviews of Blue Monkey, The Devil Bat, Cabin Fever, Lisa and the Devil, The Living Skeleton, I Don’t Want To Be Born, and The Crazies!
  2. At my online dream journal, I shared Last Night’s Very Weird Dream, Last Night’s Halloween Party Dream, Last Night’s Joey Dream, Last Night’s Joseph Dream, Last Night’s New Cousin Dream, Last Night’s London Dream, and Last Night’s Lake Dream!
  3. At SyFyDesigns, I shared October 2nd, October 3rd, Young Vincent Price, I Know Where I Stand, Young Bela Lugosi, Young Boris Karloff, and Young John Carradine!
  4. At my online music site, I shared songs from Goblin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Hot Blood, Concrete Blonde, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Rolling Stones, and Muse!
  5. At Reality TV Chat Blog, I shared Week 9 Veto Meeting, A Possible Flip?  Probably Not, It’s Time To Open Up The Diary Room, A Few Thoughts on Survivor, Two Things I Never Thought Would Happen, Week 10 Nominations, and Week 10 Veto Comp!
  6. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared a cover of Bela Lugosi’s Dead from Trent Renzor!
  7. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared Does It Matter That Laphonza Butler Doesn’t Live In California?, Unbelievable, Scalise vs Jordan, House of Menendez, Cornel West Is Not Green, Standing With Israel, and The Useful Idiots Make Their Voice Heard!
  8. At her photography site, Erin shared Enter, Sun, Pumpkins, Pumpkins 2, Pumpkins 3, Pumpkins 4, and Pumpkins 5!

Want to see what I did last week?  Click here!

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 9/25/23 — 10/1/23

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

What a week!

So, my plan was to spend this week watching horror movies and writing up all sorts of reviews and stuff and scheduling them for the October Horrorthon.  That’s what I do every year during the final week of September.  This year, though, the universe had other plans.

On Monday, around 4 p.m., I noticed that I was getting a sore throat and that I was starting to feel a little bit light-headed.  I figured it was either a cold or maybe a sinus infection.  Instead, it was the flu.  I spent most of this week in bed, running a fever, and coughing.  I didn’t get to watch or write half of the things that I had planned for.  Fortunately, I’m now recovering.  I wouldn’t say that I’m a 100% well but I’m definitely doing better than I was just two days ago and, more importantly, I’m at a point where I can once against start watching and reviewing films.  And just in time because …. IT’S OCTOBER!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN MONTH EVERYONE!  THE OCTOBER HORRORTHON IS HERE!  And we’ve got a lot in store for you, both here at the Shattered Lens and also at Horror Critic!  On a personal note, this is my favorite time of year and I can’t wait to share it with all of you.

Here is this week in review:

Films I Watched:

  1. Army of Darkness (1992)
  2. Beyond The Living Dead (1973)
  3. House of Dracula (1945)
  4. I Dismember Mama (1972)
  5. The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
  6. Lake of Dracula (1971)
  7. Princess of Thieves (2001)
  8. Tentacles (1977)
  9. Waxwork (1988)
  10. Wind River (2017)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. All You Need Is Love
  2. Big Brother
  3. Dr. Phil
  4. Gun
  5. Hell’s Kitchen
  6. The Hitchhiker
  7. Montel Williams Show
  8. Night Flight
  9. Police Woman
  10. Red Dwarf
  11. Yes, Prime Minister

Books I Read:

  1. Haunted (1990) by R.L. Stine

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Barry Adamson
  2. Britney Spears
  3. Christina Aguilera
  4. Katy Perry
  5. New Order
  6. Phil Collins
  7. Saint Motel
  8. Skrillex
  9. Souixsee and the Banshees

Live Tweets:

  1. Princess of Thieves
  2. Wind River
  3. Army of Darkness
  4. Tentacles

Horror on the Lens:

  1. Avenging Conscience 

Horror on TV:

  1. The Hitchhiker 4.1 “Perfect Order”

News From Last Week:

  1. Michael Gambon Dies at 82
  2. David McCallum Dies at 90
  3. Sophia Loren Hospitalized After Fall, Has Several Fractures
  4. Martin Scorsese Says ‘Fight Back’ Against Comic Book Movie Culture by Supporting Directors Like Christopher Nolan: ‘We’ve Got to Save Cinema’

Links From Last Week:

  1. Who you save, saves you as well
  2. “Shocktober” Gets Underway With The “Head-Spinning” 70’s Classic “The Exorcist”!
  3. Tater’s Week in Review 9/30/23
  4. Scientology gets another journalist fired for daring to print the truth

Links From The site:

  1. Case reviewed Out There!
  2. Leonard shared the trailer for Argylle!
  3. I reviewed Miami Vice, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, South Central, T and T, Welcome Back Kotter, and Dragnet!
  4. I shared my week in television!
  5. I shared an AMV of the Day!
  6. I shared my September Oscar predictions!
  7. I shared 8 things that I’m looking forward to in October!
  8. I shared 6 trailers for the first day of Horrorthon!
  9. I reviewed Spellbound, Blackenstein, The Prey, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Julie and Jack, My Dad’s On Death Row, Trucker’s Woman, The Day My Kid Went Punk, Karate Warrior, Replica, House of Frankenstein, Frogs, Oasis of the Zombies, The Honeymoon Killers, and Deadly Nightshade!
  10. I reviewed three books: The Devil’s Candy, Bonfire of the Vanities, and Into the Dark!
  11. I paid tribute to Robert Bresson, Arthur Penn, Nicolas Winding Refn, Michael Powell, and Dario Argento!
  12. I shared scenes from Wall Street and Halloween 3!
  13. Jeff shared music videos from LL Cool J, Olivia Newton-John, Meat Loaf, Brigitte Bardot, Cypress Hill, Jewel, and Smashing Pumpkins!
  14. Jeff reviewed American Ninja 4 and the Zombie King!
  15. Jeff shared a great moment from comic book history!
  16. Erin shared Ranch Romances, Add Flesh to the Fire, Best True Detective, The Duchess of Skid Row, The Death Giver, Click, and Barn!
  17. Erin welcomed you to October!
  18. Erin shared moments involving an RV and a cemetery!
  19. Erin shared The Showmanship of Broadway Nights!
  20. Erin celebrated the Rangers making it to the play-off for the first time in a while!

More From Us:

  1. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared Weekend News Roundup and Another Weekend News Roundup!
  2. At her photography site, Erin shared Clock, Pink, Pioneer, Teeth, Evidence of a Southern Scandal, The Price of Fame, and I Hope He Returns!
  3. At SyFyDesigns, I shared I Guess The WGA Strike Is Over, Sick, and Just In Time For October!
  4. At my music site, I shared music from Skrillex, Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and New Order!
  5. At the Reality TV Chat Blog, I shared What Happened To The Updates?, About Tonight, Week 9 Nominations, and Week 9 Veto Comp!
  6. For Horror Critic, I reviewed Tentacles!
  7. At my dream journal, I shared Last Night’s Air Conditioning Dream, Last Night’s Dr. Phil Dream, Last Night’s Courthouse Dream, Last Night’s Vacation Dream, Last Night’s Golf Course Dream, Last Night’s Laptop Failure Dream, and Last Night’s Flooded House Dream!

Want to see what I did last week?  Click here!

8 Things To Which I Am Looking Forward In October

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Welcome to October!  October is a big month here at the Shattered Lens.  It’s the month when we devote the majority of our time to the horror genre.  It’s time for our annual Horrorthon!  Last year, we had a record number of Horrorthon posts.  I’m hoping that we break that record this year but, even if we don’t, it should still be a lot of fun!

Here’s what I’m looking forward to in October!

  1. Killers of the Flower Moon — So, technically, it’s not a horror film, though it does deal with a horrific incident in American history.  That said, Martin Scorsese’s latest is the film that I have most anticipated getting to watch this year.  I know that I’m not alone in that.  We’ve all read the rapturous reviews.  We’ve seen the enigmatic trailers.  This month, on October 20th, we’ll finally get a chance to see it for ourselves!
  2. The Killer — One week after we get a new Scorsese film, we’ll be getting a new film from David Fincher!  Again, it may not be a horror film but it is a movie from one of our best filmmakers.
  3. The Holdovers — If you can’t get into David Fincher’s latest film, you can check out the latest from Alexander Payne, The Holdovers!  Along with Killers Of The Flower Moon, Barbie, and Oppenheimer, The Holdovers is expected to be an Oscar contender come awards season.
  4. Pain Hustlers — And if you can’t get into The Killer or The Holdovers, you can check out Pain Hustlers.  2023 is the year of Emily Blunt!
  5. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Trial — The final film from the great William Friedkin is scheduled to be released on Paramount Plus and Showtime on October 6th.
  6. Horror Movies, Horror Movies, and more Horror Movies! — If you can’t enjoy watching horror movies, classic and otherwise, in October, when can you enjoy watching them?
  7. The Fall Of The House of Usher — Mike Flanagan’s upcoming Netflix miniseries promises an update to Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tale of gothic horror!
  8. Halloween — It’s my favorite holiday!  I can’t wait to see all the decorations, all the parties, and all the costumes!

October’s going to be a great month and those of us at TSL can’t wait to celebrate it with you!  What are you looking forward to in October?

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 9/18/23 — 9/24/23

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today, I was standing outside when there was suddenly a loud clasp of thunder, rain started to pour out of the sky, and a piece of hail bounced off the roof of my house and then struck me in the forehead!  OUCH!  Of course, being in Texas, the sun was shining the entire time.  Interestingly enough, the storm itself was over in 20 minutes.  As the sun set, the clouds in the sky glowed a deep red color.

This can only mean that October is quickly approaching and with it, our annual Horrorthon!  Horrorthon begins next Sunday and I can’t wait to celebrate everyone’s favorite time of the year with you all!

Here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week!

Films I Watched:

  1. The Best of Times (1986)
  2. The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
  3. The Devil Bat (1940)
  4. The George McKenna Story (1986)
  5. Karate Warrior (1987)
  6. The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
  7. Red Eye (2005)
  8. Spellbound (1945)
  9. Suburbia (1983)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Big Brother
  2. Degrassi: The Next Generation
  3. Dr. Phil
  4. The Hitchhiker
  5. Jennifer Slept Here
  6. Nightmare Cafe
  7. Saved By The Bell
  8. South Central
  9. T. and T.
  10. Welcome Back Kotter
  11. Yes, Prime Minister

Books I Read:

  1. Missing (1990) by R.L. Stine

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Beck
  2. Britney Spears
  3. The Chemical Brothers
  4. Christina Aguilera
  5. Coldplay
  6. Goblin
  7. Jakalope
  8. Katy Perry
  9. Michael Fredo
  10. Moby
  11. Muse
  12. Patti Smith
  13. Phantogram
  14. Phil Collins
  15. Red Hot Chili Peppers
  16. The Rolling Stones
  17. Saint Motel
  18. Siouxsie and the Banshees
  19. Taylor Swift

Live Tweets:

  1. Karate Warrior
  2. Red Eye
  3. The Best of Times
  4. The Being

Trailers:

  1. Butcher’s Crossing
  2. Miranda’s Victim
  3. Woman In the Maze
  4. Dream Scenario
  5. Impuratus
  6. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
  7. The Exorcists
  8. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Trial

News From Last Week:

  1. Box Office: ‘Expend4bles’ Flops With $8.3 Million Debut as ‘The Nun II’ Claims No. 1 Again
  2. Maury Povich Offers Matthew McConaughey DNA Test to See if He’s Woody Harrelson’s Brother: ‘I Would Come Out of Retirement’ for It
  3. Pierce Brosnan’s RFK Jr. Support Sparks Fury From Fans: ‘Traitor’
  4. Eric Clapton raises beaucoup bucks for RFK, Jr.
  5. POTUS refers to rapper LL Cool J as ‘boy’ while speaking to Congressional Black Caucus
  6. Michigan Senate candidate Hill Harper spent years doing gigs for Wells Fargo as a promotional speaker, conflicting with his progressive message.
  7. Hollywood studios put ‘best and final’ deal forward. WGA strike nears an ending
  8. Writers Guild Reaches Tentative Agreement With Studios and Streamers, Union Says

Links From Last Week:

  1. My Ode to Mabon
  2. Tater’s Week in Review 9/22/23
  3. “Shirley You Can’t Be Serious!” The Oral History Of “Airplane!” Celebrating Classic 70’s Cinema…
  4. Hip-Hop — and America — Are Changing, and Not for the Better
  5. The Short, But Spectacular Career of Freddie Prinze
  6. Cancer Chronicles

Links From The Site:

  1. I reviewed Miami Vice, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, South Central, T and T, and Welcome Back Kotter!
  2. I shared my week in television and an AMV of the Day!
  3. I shared a scene from Ghostbusters!
  4. I reviewed The George McKenna Story, A Very Delicate Matter, Double Nickels, and Prizzi’s Honor!
  5. Erin shared Dragnet, Nickel Detective, Liberty, Complete Love, Sports Fiction, Dr. Bobbs, and Danger Trail!
  6. Erin shared The Sinister Covers of Sinister Stories!
  7. Jeff shared music videos from Def Leppard, The Alice Band, White Lion, Warlock, Peter Gabriel, L.A. Guns, and Bauhaus!

More From Us:

  1. At her photography site, Erin shared Cottage, Sky, Woodpecker, Watcher, Rainbow, Rainbow 2, and Angry Bird!
  2. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared On Dress Codes and American Tragedy!
  3. At my music site, I shared songs from Patti Smith, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Phantogram, Phil Collins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Rolling Stones, and Muse!
  4. I wrote Big Brother for the Reality TV Chat Blog!

Want to see what I watched, read, and listened to last week?  Click here!