Iconography: My Name is Taylor
Today's iconography comes from the classic 1968 film PLANET OF THE APES. Chuck Heston, sans voice, had to find some way to communicate with his damn dirty ape captors. This hastily scrawled note was...
View Article[Movie Review] Deadly Revisions (2013)
Horror scriptwriter Grafton Torn (how's that for a name?) wakes up from a coma with no idea ofwhat happened to him. In fact, there's a sizable chunk of time prior to the mysterious accident that is...
View Article[Ephebiphobia] The Last Days Of The World (2011)
Japanese Theatrical PosterTeenager Kanou's life isn't exactly ideal. His father is unemployed and unable to land a new job, his mother is having an affair with another man, and Yumi, the girl he loves,...
View ArticleEphebiphobia Is Now Available To Download...FREE!
The EPHEBIPHOBIA 'Zine is now available to download for absolutely free, simply by clicking HERE!Ephebiphobia: The Fear of TeenagersIncluded in this issue:The Beatniks, 1960Teenagers From Outer Space,...
View ArticleShort Film: Devil in the Room (2013)
This short documentary from filmmaker Carla Mackinon explores the phenomenon known as sleep paralysis, where one awakens in bed, unable to move, and sometimes feels (or even sees) an alien presence...
View ArticleHeadlines: Hobo Stops Begging, Demands Change
This classic headline comes from the 2011 film HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN. The nameless hobo is tired of the crime that is overrunning his town, so he picks up a shotgun and starts blasting his way into a...
View Article[Musophobia] Of Unknown Origin (1983)
Theatrical PosterBart Hughes is one of many financial big shots that were all the focus of the 1980s, just this side shy of being a yuppie. He and his wife Meg are nearly done remodeling their...
View Article[Musophobia] Nightmares: Night Of The Rat (1983)
Theatrical PosterNIGHTMARES is a 1983 anthology film that began life as a made-for-TV movie, but somewhere along the way, plans changed and it was released theatrically instead. It is comprised of four...
View Article[Musophobia] Trilogy Of Terror II: The Graveyard Rats (1996)
Promotional PosterThe original TRILOGY OF TERROR was a 1975 ABC Movie of the Week from Dan Curtis, who I like to call the dark Aaron Spelling. It was comprised of three segments that were unrelated to...
View Article[Musophobia] Willard (1971)
Theatrical PosterPoor put-upon Willard. He wants nothing more than to find a friend in this unfair life, but he just keeps getting dumped on. His boss is too demanding, his invalid mother is...
View Article[Movie Review] Alien Abduction (2014)
Okay, so it doesn't exactly have an original title, but at least you know precisely what you're in for. The only way that it could be more truthful is if it was called CAMCORDER ALIEN ABDUCTION....
View Article[Musophobia] Ben (1972)
Theatrical PosterThis sequel to WILLARD (1971) pretty much picks up exactly where its predecessor left off. In fact, the opening scenes to BEN are the closing scenes from WILLARD, following which we...
View Article[Musophobia] Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Water's Edge (1964)
Title ScreenRusty Connors has been rotting in a jail cell with his bunkmate Mike Krauss for a good couple of years now. With nothing but chatter to keep them entertained, Rusty has heard a great deal...
View Article[Musophobia] Beasts: During Barty's Party (1976)
DVD Cover ImageBEASTS was a six-episode British miniseries of sorts that aired on ITV in 1976. None of the episodes were related except in theme, each of them a horror story revolving around a...
View Article[Musophobia] Deadly Eyes (1982)
Theatrical PosterHealth inspector Kelly Leonard orders a massive quantity of steroid-infused grain to be destroyed after she discovers that it is infested with rats. Perhaps her investigation should...
View Article[Musophobia] eRATicate (2003, Short Film)
"Once upon a time, there was a girl and her rats. The rats were the girl's only friends. They spent every moment together. Until one day, when the girl met a boy. The boy and the rats immediately hated...
View ArticleMUSOPHOBIA is Now Available to Download...FREE!
The MUSOPHOBIA 'zine is now available to download for absolutely free, simply by clicking HERE!Musophobia: The Fear of Rats and MiceIncluded in this issue:Of Unknown Origin, 1983Nightmares: Night of...
View Article[Aquaphobia] The Beach Girls And The Monster (1965)
Young surfer chick Bunny, who seems slightly preoccupied with feeding sand to her hunky beau, wanders off from the pack and is attacked by a silly looking monster that murders her and then apparently...
View Article[Aquaphobia] The Horror Of Party Beach (1964)
Some unscrupulous fellows ditch a barrel of radioactive waste into the ocean, and literally the secondit strikes the bottom, it begins to leak its contents. The waste drifts over to a mysterious human...
View Article[Aquaphobia] Creepshow 2: The Raft (1987)
Theatrical PosterThe horror anthology film CREEPSHOW was released in 1982, written by Stephen King and directed by George Romero, with special makeup effects by Tom Savini. With a hard-hitting crew...
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