WRITTEN REVIEW: Mad Cow: The Scariest Mooooovie of the Year

By FOREST TAYLOR

The thing I love most about films distributed by Troma is that I never really know what to expect. For example, when I first heard about the film Mad Cow, (about a mad scientist who makes a crazed half-man, half-cow creature which then escapes and goes on a homicidal rampage) I was expecting some

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WRITTEN REVIEW: Killer Legends

By CORY CARR

A short time ago, Forest (my co-host) and I explained to a friend where the phrase, “Love means never having to say that your sorry” originated. Of course this was in the 1970 romantic drama Love Story. Why the HELL am I talking about Love Story, you ask? Well because it was the first of it's kind.

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WRITTEN REIVEW: The Godfather of Gore

By CORY CARR

“It wasn't any good, but it was the first of it's time.” is how Herschell Gordon Lewis refers to his film Blood Feast. It's a film that isn't very good by anyone's standards, but it is memorable in the hearts of horror fans as being the first “splatter” film. The “slasher” movie wouldn't quite be what it is without the works of H. G. Lewis.

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WRITTEN REVIEW: Krampus

By FOREST TAYLOR

I love the holiday season! While Halloween will always be number one on my list of favorite holidays, I think it's safe to say that Christmas is a close second. Not just Christmas Day; I love the weeks leading up to the day as well and all the fun and good cheer that they bring with them. Christmas time is just the perfect

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WRITTEN REVIEW: Troma's War

By FOREST TAYLOR

Allow me to take you back in time. All the way back to 1988. It was Ronald Reagan's last year as president, Iran-Contra was starting to pick up steam, aliens were secretly infiltrating our society much to the dismay of professional wrestlers everywhere, John Rambo was kicking the commies out of

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WRITTEN REVIEW: Darklands

By CORY CARR

Recently we were asked to take a look at the works of Julian Richards, a filmmaker from the UK. I didn’t realize it at the time but I have seen some of Richards films at the Eerie Horror Film Festival, Summer Scars in 2007 and Shivers in 2012. The later has recently been

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WRITTEN REVIEW: Skull Forest

By CORY CARR

Len Kabasinski is an indie filmmaker from right here in my home town of Erie Pennsylvania. He has been making films, almost one a year, since 2005. He specialize in genre films, horror mostly. He’s made films about zombies, vampires, and ninjas among others under the

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WRITTEN REVIEW: 7th Day

By CORY CARR

It wasn’t too long ago that we at Slaughter Film shared our thoughts on 7th Day, back when we first saw it at this years Eerie Horror Film Festival. A brief chat during a podcast is fine, but why not do the film justice and treat it to a full written review? Well, here it is.

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WRITTEN REVIEW: Leaf Blower Massacre

By CORY CARR

This isn’t any lame ass Pennsylvania Leaf Blower Massacre, or some limp-wristed Texas Leaf Blower Massacre. This is the one, the only Leaf Blower Massacre! A homage to ‘80’s slasher movies with a Texas Chainsaw Massacre flair, by filmmaker Anthony Cooney.

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WRITTEN REVIEW: Insidious: A Fashionably Late Review

By HARVEY GREER

This review’s been a long time coming for me. It was probably about a year ago that I promised Cory and Forest I’d give them a guest review for the film Insidious. As has become my style, I guess, I’m now finally living up to my word – albeit a little late. But with

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WRITTEN REVIEW: The Last Exit

By CORY CARR

I always enjoy having a nice sit down to watch some new indie horror film. It makes me long for a film festival -- hobnobbing with aspiring film makers and sharing ideas with them as their visions flutter on across the screen. I got that very same longing recently as I watched

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WRITTEN REVIEW: Spine Tingler!: The William Castle Story

By FOREST TAYLOR

It Seems that gimmicks in movies are a thing of the past. Aside from 3D, which seems more of a means to increase the price of tickets, every movie is made in exactly the same way these days. But there was a time when gimmicks ruled movies as a way to compete with the

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WRITTEN REVIEW: Screaming in High Heels: The Rise & Fall of the Scream Queen

By CORY CARR

Screaming in High Heels tells the tale of how the direct to video market created an environment that was directly responsible for the “scream queen”. While some were scream queens decades earlier, Linnea Quigley, Michelle Bauer and Brinke Stevens did it the best

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WRITTEN REVIEW: Horror Effects: Hosted by Tom Savini

By CORY CARR

Horror Effects is an interesting meet and greet style conversation with effects legend Tom Savini. He recounts some of his favorite effects from thought the years and how he accomplished these effects. We also see on set, and behind the scenes footage from Savini’s

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WRITTEN REVIEW: Nightmares in Red, White & Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film

By FOREST TAYLOR

I've always been intrigued by the subtext of horror films. It seems that horror movies are more able to address some of the fears and anxieties of the world than other genres of film. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to watch the documentary Nightmares in Red, White

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WRITTEN REVIEW: Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel

By CORY CARR

Corman’s World takes a look at the lifelong career of filmmaker Roger Corman. Though he is known best for B-movies and exploitation, this film is a peek into the mind behind all of the marauding bikers, sea monsters, topless women and exploding helicopters.

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WRITTEN REVIEW: The Conjuring

By CORY CARR

As I write this Slaughter Film has a podcast recorded in which I talk about The Conjuring. With that said I'm sure you are wondering why the hell I would write a review of it if I'm just going to turn around and say the same damn thing in a podcast. "Is someone fuckin' with

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WRITTEN REVIEW: True Romance

By FOREST TAYLOR

When most people think of "great love stories", the name Quentin Taratino doesn't really come to mind. That's only because most people have never heard of this mini-masterpiece. With True Romance director Tony Scott and screenwriter Tarantino have basically created

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WRITTEN REVIEW: Street Trash

By CORY CARR

Well, that very special time of year is upon us again. The McRib has made a return to a McDonald’s near you, and I am reviewing yet another 80's Goo Movie, Street Trash from 1987.

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WRITTEN REVIEW: Celluloid Bloodbath: More Prevues from Hell

By FOREST TAYLOR

It seems like it was ages ago when my friends and I all crowded around in my parents' basement to watch Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell on VHS. At that point, I thought that we were the only people who would enjoy something like that. However, I've recently learned

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