Deep Red: Movie Review

A few years ago, I reviewed the first film in Dario Argento's "Three Mothers" trilogy - Suspiria. This time I'm looking at the first film he worked on with Goblin - Deep Red. As this is an over 30-year-old-movie, there will be some spoilers below the cut.

Deep Red is a much more conventional Giallo, a mystery film with minimal (t

https://countzeroor.com/2022/10/29/deep-red-movie-review/

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Film Review: The House That Dripped Blood

It's not October without a review of an Amicus film, and this year I've got another Amicus Anthology here - the one with the title that grabbed my attention the most - The House That Dripped Blood. Unfortunately, it's also probably the most disappointing I've seen to date.

The House That Dr

https://countzeroor.com/2022/10/23/film-review-the-house-that-dripped-blood/

#film #1970sinfilm #FilmReview #Horrorfilm #OctoberHorrorReviews

Book Review: Vampire Hunter D, Vol. 1

For the Spooky Season, I decided to do something a little different from my usual string of horror films - having picked up the Vampire Hunter D audiobooks from Audible, and since I have a commute again, I decided to get started listening to those on my way to work - and having finished re-reading the first one

https://countzeroor.com/2022/10/22/book-review-vampire-hunter-d-vol-1/

#Books #Anime #lightnovels #OctoberHorrorReviews #VampireHunterD

Film Review: Jigoku (1960)

We have our second horror review for the month, with the 1960 film Jigoku.

https://youtu.be/w6U_UQNaGZc

Streaming On The Criterion Channel: https://www.criterionchannel.com/jigokuAvailable from Amazon.com (Affiliate Link): https://amzn.to/3T9wTtm

https://countzeroor.com/2022/10/19/film-review-jigoku-1960/

#film #1960sinfilm #Horrorfilm #J-horror #OctoberHorrorReviews

Slaughterhouse Rock: Film Review

And now we move fully into the horror films with an ‘80s supernatural horror slasher film – Slaughterhouse Rock, with a bunch of college students being terrorized by a supernatural terror. Also, it’s scored by Mark Mothersbaugh and Devo, so it’s gotta be good – right? Right?

So, Slaughterhouse Rock has a lot of potentia

https://countzeroor.com/2022/10/16/slaughterhouse-rock-film-review/

#film #1980sinfilm #Horrorfilm #OctoberHorrorReviews

Film Review: Ghost of Yotsuya (1959)

It's time for the first of my two horror film reviews for this year, with a look at the 1959 version of Ghost of Yotsuya.

https://youtu.be/q21DXDjAZcA

Criterion Channel Link: https://www.criterionchannel.com/tokaido-yotsuya-kaidan

https://countzeroor.com/2022/10/05/film-review-ghost-of-yotsuya-1959/

#film #1950sinfilm #Horrorfilm #J-horror #OctoberHorrorReviews

NOS4A2: Book Review

I’ve read few Stephen King books – Bag of Bones, the Dark Tower, Skeleton Crew, It – before, but never anything from Joe Hill, King’s son. I was aware of Locke & Key as it was coming out, but I had never really gotten around to reading any of it. So, when the Sword & Laser Podcast chose NOS4A2 as its October pick, I figured this was as good a

https://countzeroor.com/2021/10/31/nos4a2-book-review/

#Books #2010sinbooks #horrorfiction #JoeHill #OctoberHorrorReviews

Wicked City: Anime Review

I guess I’m doing an unintentional theme week, when it comes to hard-boiled urban fantasy, as this time I’m taking a look at the anime film Wicked City, based on a novel by Hideyuki Kukichi, and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri.

Wicked City follows Taki Renzaburou, an agent for the Black Guard, an organization that helps keep the

https://countzeroor.com/2021/10/30/wicked-city-anime-review/

#Anime #1980sinanime #Anime #OctoberHorrorReviews #Urbanfantasy

Cast a Deadly Spell: Film Review

Cast a Deadly Spell is interesting as a historical artifact. While the film wears the trappings of the Cthulhu mythos, with the Necronomicon being the focus of the plot, and the protagonist bearing the name of H. P. Lovecraft (though with a different first name than the spectacularly racist author), it has almost mor

https://countzeroor.com/2021/10/24/cast-a-deadly-spell-film-review/

#film #1990sinfilm #Horrorfilm #OctoberHorrorReviews #Urbanfantasy

Jigoku (1960): Film Review

What happens when you give the director of Ghost of Yotsuya $1.95 and a ham sandwich (or, in this case, 195 yen and an onigiri), say the studio is on the brink of bankruptcy and tell him to make a horror film – you get Jigoku. This is a dark, grim, surreal, and truly nightmarish film.

Our protagonist is Shirou. He’s a

https://countzeroor.com/2021/10/23/jigoku-1960-film-review/

#film #1960sinfilm #Horrorfilm #Japanesecinema #OctoberHorrorReviews