To all those who came here from the event or Storm Crow's FB page, welcome! I am Jay, one half of the horror trivia quizmasters and this is my humble blog. Here's a selected list of titles mentioned at the last event. Click on the titles to be redirected to their Imdb listing. Horror Trivia Night happens at Storm Crow Manor in Toronto. If you're in the area, come on down! Register here. Cuckoo (2024) Humane (2024) Uncle Sam (1996) Midsommar (2019) The Brood (1979) Under Paris (2024) Fall (2022) Becky (2020) Under The Skin (2013) Creepers (1985) Demons (1985) Repo: The Genetic Opera (2008 ..read more

With this week's tape off the pile, we continue our parade of covers featuring people (or beings in this case) looking through windows. I do remember 1985's Terror in the Swamp from my video store, but it seemed too bargain basement at the time to give it a go. Well, better late than never! An experiment gone wrong escapes in a Louisiana swamp and starts preying on the nearby townsfolk. When the cast list came up for Terror in the Swamp (or T.I.T.S. for short), I wondered if this was thinly disguised porno. I mean with names like Chuck Bush, Chuck Long and Claudia Wood, what the hell am ..read more

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The next VHS in the pile was a tape I recently acquired from the basement of the Vinegar Syndrome store. It's a movie I hadn't seen, or even thought of for decades, but when I saw that cover I instantly recognized it. I'm speaking of John McCauley's 1985 slasher The Deadly Intruder. A mental patient escapes custody and makes his way to Midvale, only to cross paths with Jessie (Molly Cheek). Who will survive, and will I still be awake? Just as I'm now looking at it, I realize how similar this cover is to the 1989 flick Hider in The House, only that art director had the sense to turn a l ..read more

Well, I'm a week removed from my Fantasia trip and suitably recovered enough to talk about it. Now a veteran of over fifteen years at this fest, it's become just as much about visiting restaurants and cocktail bars in Montreal as it is about watching movies... (from top left) The Mayahuel at Caifan MTL, the pan-seared hanger steak at Joe Beef & the counter at Neo Tokyo. ...but here is a sampling of my festival faves. #3: Retro screening of The Carpenter (1988) Perhaps surprisingly, I had never seen this. It was a delight to watch for many reasons, including viewing it wit ..read more

I found this Blockbuster Video Ghoulies III highlighter in my desk. That is all ..read more

To all those who came here from the event or Storm Crow's FB page, welcome! I am Jay, one half of the horror trivia quizmasters and this is my humble blog. Here's the selected list of titles mentioned at the last event. Click on the titles to be redirected to their Imdb listing. Horror Trivia Night happens at Storm Crow Manor in Toronto. If you're in the area, come on down! Register here. In A Violent Nature (2024) Terror Train (1980) Prom Night (1980) Road Games (1981) Happy Birthday To Me (1981) Abigail (2024) Bubba Ho-tep (2002) Deadly Eyes (1982) ABC's of Death 2 (2014) Jennifer 8 (19 ..read more

Hello all! This week's VHS Friday hits right before my yearly pilgrimage to Montreal for the Fantasia Film Festival. I had recently noticed that I had two babysitter-centric tapes in the pile so I figured I would knock them off together. I have a fascination with the concept of the babysitter. I wager it is from the horror trope, and not any real experience since my brother was seven years older and the time we actually had one was very narrow (she was a family friend that I remember vaguely; her name was Dorothy). However, the idea of leaving a young non-family member with your children al ..read more

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Sorry for the absence, June has been a month racked with little annoyances that have kept me off my couch doing the “important” things. Anyhoo, with Canada Day happening soon, I pulled the nearest Canuck horror off the pile, a 1980 joint called Deadline, shot here in our fair Toronto. It actually took me a while to acquire this tape so I was chuffed to finally watch it. A controversial horror novelist struggles to balance his failing marriage with his agent breathing down his neck for new content. Within the first few scenes of this movie, I had to ask myself “why doesn't Dead ..read more