Kate Spofford, author

Category: Horror Movies

  • 31 Days of Halloween, Day 5 – The Exorcist (TV series)

    I didn’t have enough time to watch a full horror movie today, so I settled for the pilot episode of the new Exorcist television series. I wasn’t entirely if this was going to be a prequel, or a continuation – but it seems there is no connection at all to the movie.  You’ve got the…

  • 31 Days of Halloween, Day 4 – Baskin

    Naturally, when I came across a Turkish horror movie, I had to watch it.  I’ve seen a lot of foreign horror movies, but never one from Turkey!  I have not seen any Turkish movies at all, so I really had no idea what to expect. This got a LOT more explicit than I thought it would –…

  • 31 Days of Halloween, Day 3 – Hellions

    I did not have high hopes for this one, since Netflix showed the average rating as 2 stars.  How could this be?  You’ve got creepy kids in masks!  This is a surefire way to make a horror movie awesome. So Dora discovers that she’s preggers, and opts to stay home while her mom and little…

  • 31 Days of Halloween, Day 2 – Opera

    Today’s horror movie was Dario Argento’s Opera (1987), a film so buried in my Netflix DVD queue that I’ve forgotten how or why I put it there. Dario Argento is considered one of the masters of horror, and yet I’ve always had sort of a “meh” feeling about his movies.  To be fair, I’ve only…

  • 31 Days of Halloween, Day 1 – We Are What We Are

    Feeling a bit hungry last night, I decided to watch a movie about cannibals. “We Are What We Are” (2013) has been sitting in my Netflix queue for a while, and I’ve heard generally positive things about it, although I wasn’t aware until now that it’s a remake of a Mexican film.  The good reviews…

  • horror movies “based on a true story”: The Conjuring (and Annabelle)

    “Based on the true case files of the Warrens,” proclaims the tagline of “The Conjuring.”  The Warrens have been involved in a number of these “based on a true story” horror movies, including The Amityville Horror and The Haunting in Connecticut. What is true: Ed and Lorraine Warren investigated the haunting of the Perron family…

  • Carrie showdown: The Original vs. The Remake

    It was with a lot of hesitancy that I even watched the “Carrie” remake.  I’m not sure how a director takes a classic horror movie – not a cult horror movie, or one with shitty special effects, but a classic horror movie that was well-received in its time and continues to be well-known and loved…

  • horror movies “based on a true story”: The Haunting in Connecticut

    Yet another haunted house tale “based on true events.”  Is this any closer to the truth than The Amityville Horror? What makes the true story behind this movie kind of cool is that the house was examined by Ed and Lorraine Warren, the ghosthunters whose story is told in the movie “The Conjuring.” What is…

  • horror movies “based on a true story”: Open Water

    “Based on true events.”  Today we’ll look at this oft-used tagline for horror movies to examine the truth behind the shark attack movie “Open Water.” What is true: In 1998, a couple (Tom and Eileen Lonergan) went scuba diving and did not return because the boat crew did not take an accurate headcount. They were…

  • horror movies “based on a true story”: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

    The tagline says, “What happened is true.”  Tobe Hooper based this classic horror flick on serial killer Ed Gein (who has inspired several other “based on a true story” movies…).  I will examine things that are true/false based only on events in “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (not the other Gein-inspired movies). What is true: Ed…