Horror On The Lens: I Was A Teenage Werewolf (dir by Gene Fowler, Jr.)


 

1957’s I Was A Teenage Werewolf combines two genres that were very popular in the late 50s.

On the one hand, it’s a film about a teenage rebel.  Tony Rivers (Michael Landon) is a teenager that means well but he keeps losing his temper.  If he can’t learn to control his anger, he could very well be looking at a life behind bars.

On the other hand, it’s also a horror film.  When Tony visits a hypnotist (Whit Bissell), the end result is Tony turning into a werewolf and going on a rampage, all while still wearing his letterman jacket.

All in all, this is a pretty fun little movie.  You can check out my review of it by clicking here.

And you can watch the movie below!

Join #MondayMania For The Perfect Nanny!


Hi, everyone!  Tonight, on twitter, I will be hosting one of my favorite films for #MondayMania!  Join us for 20oo’s The Perfect Nanny!

You can find the movie on Prime and then you can join us on twitter at 9 pm central time!  (That’s 10 pm for you folks on the East Coast.)  See you then!

Horror Song of the Day: Ave Satani by Jerry Goldsmith


Today’s horror song of the day is the only hymn to Satan to have been nominated for an Oscar.  From 1976’s The Omen, here is Ave Satani.  Don’t sing along as much as you may be tempted too.  We’ve all seen Hellraiser.

Composed by Jerry Goldsmith, this version of this song was performed by the Tenerife Film Orchestra and Choir.

Horror Scenes That I Love: Vincent Price in Masque of the Red Death


Vincent Price always cited Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe adaptations as being amongst his favorite of the horror films in which he appeared.  In this scene from 1964’s The Masque of the Red Death, Vincent Price delivers a monologue on the meaning of terror as only he could.

4 Shots From 4 Films: October 26th


4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films.  As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films is all about letting the visuals do the talking.

4 Shots From 4 Films

Forbidden Photos Of A Lady Above Suspicion (1970, directed by Luciano Ercoli)

Forbidden Photos Of A Lady Above Suspicion (1970, directed by Luciano Ercoli)

Torso (1973, directed by Sergio Martino)

Torso (1973, directed by Sergio Martino)

Spasmo (1974, directed by Umberto Lenzi)

Spasmo (1974, directed by Umberto Lenzi)

The House With Laughing Windows (1976, directed by Pupi Avati)

The House With Laughing Windows (1976, directed by Pupi Avati)

Monday Live Tweet Alert: Join Us for Psycho Scarecrow!


As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in hosting a few weekly live tweets on twitter and occasionally Mastodon.  I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday, I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday, and I am one of the five hosts of Mastodon’s #MondayActionMovie!  Every week, we get together.  We watch a movie.  We snark our way through it.

Tonight, for #MondayActionMovie, the film will be the SOV classic, Psycho Scarecrow!

If you want to join this watch party, just hop onto Mastodon, pull up Psycho Scarecrow on YouTube, start the movie at 8 pm et, and use the #MondayActionMovie hashtag!

Enjoy!

The Speaker From Hell, Short Film Review by Case Wright


I describe True Fiction Pictures as sort of Christian. The production company is not explicitly Christian, but they have Christian themes. They swear a lot and have jokes that are based in edgy things, but there is a moral lesson in these comedies. In fact, they quote the bible at the end of the film.

This film depicts a motivation speaker who makes a hard left turn, accuses one of the attendees of being a Hellbound sinner, and the sinner vows to repent. It was funny and kind of scary, trust me.

I put this in the Christian film camp. If you think about it, bad language and adult humor might be a great vehicle to get a lot of people to watch a Christian film and learn a lesson who would never seek out a Christian film. I do not claim to fully understand this production company, but the film had humor, a clear Christian message, and I was thoroughly entertained.

Music Video of the Day: Photograph by Def Leppard (1983, directed by David Mallett)


This video was controversial when it was first released with some people wondering if the video would promote violence with its story of a Marilyn Monroe look-alike being photographed while a killer tossed around a knife and newspaper headlines announced that a movie star had been murdered.  Controversy sells and the video was put in heavy rotation on MTV, helping Photograph to reach number one on the charts and to stay there for several weeks.

Director David Mallet is one of those directors who has done videos for just about everyone, from AC/DC to Olivia Newton-John to Peter Gabriel.

Enjoy!