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Face-Off: Suspiria vs. The Lords of Salem

Posted 10 years ago

This weekend, audiences will get to experience the terror of THE WITCH, a film which has gotten favorable marks from both JoBlo’s own Eric Walkuski and literary master of horror Stephen King, among many others. With that disturbing viewing experience...

Face-Off: Hospital Massacre vs. Lovers Lane

Posted 10 years ago

The horror genre has movies based around pretty much every holiday, and I like to celebrate holidays by watching movies that have something to do with that date. My required viewing for Valentine’s Day is the 1981 slasher MY BLOODY...

Face-Off: Hans Gruber vs. The Sheriff of Nottingham

Posted 10 years ago

It’s hard to believe Alan Rickman is no longer with us. The man left behind a preponderance of iconic performances and by all accounts was one of the sweetest and most generous people you could ever hope to meet. While...

Face-Off: Return of the Living Dead III vs. Cemetery Man

Posted 11 years ago

This week’s release PRIDE & PREJUDICE & ZOMBIES is certainly a unique approach to combining a love story with a zombie movie, dropping the living dead into Jane Austen’s public domain source material, but it is far from the first...

Face-Off: Hell Night vs. Savage Streets

Posted 11 years ago

Genre icon Linda Blair celebrates her birthday on January 22nd, and coincidentally this past 22nd was also the day when it was announced that Fox has ordered a pilot for a TV show based on Blair’s most famous film, THE...

Face-Off: Magic vs. Pin

Posted 11 years ago

Creepy dolls have a strong presence in the horror genre, and this Friday will see the release of a new doll-centric terror tale when The Walking Dead’s Lauren Cohan finds herself dealing with THE BOY. So it was obvious that...

Face-Off: I Come in Peace vs. Split Second

Posted 11 years ago

This week’s Face-Off comes at the suggestion of Arrow in the Head reader Phil Mitchell, who sent in an idea that immediately captured my imagination and made me smile, because I’m fan of both of the films he mentioned and...

Face-Off: Darth Maul vs. Kylo Ren

Posted 11 years ago

All right laserbrains, you’ve had a few weeks to see THE FORCE AWAKENS (and then promptly see it again), so it’s time to welcome the new film into the annals of the Face-Off archives. It should go without saying, but...

Face-Off: Demonic Toys vs. The Unborn

Posted 11 years ago

The David S. Goyer-produced supernatural horror film THE FOREST will begin haunting theatre screens this Friday, and the impending release of that film inspired me to take a look back at a pair of supernatural horror films that Goyer wrote:...

Face-Off: Bloody Birthday vs. Happy Birthday to Me

Posted 11 years ago

Another year gone. Another year older. I celebrate my birthday soon before the year ends, and since the best way to celebrate most occasions is by watching a slasher movie, I figured that the best way to mark this particular...

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