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Criterion Channel streaming collection of some of the best ’80s horror movies in October

Posted 4 years ago

If you’re a horror fan with a subscription to the Criterion Channel, you’ve got a hell of a month to look forward to. The streaming service will kick off the Halloween season with a collection of thirty of the best...

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The Funhouse (1981) Revisited – Horror Movie Review

Posted 4 years ago

Cody A new episode of the Real Slashers video series has just been released, and in this one we’re looking at one of the more underrated films on director Tobe Hooper‘s list of classics: the 1981 release The Funhouse (watch...

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The Funhouse: Scream Factory brings Tobe Hooper classic to 4K UHD in September

Posted 4 years ago

Tobe Hooper’s 1981 film The Funhouse (watch it HERE) tends to get overshadowed by other movies he made, like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist, but it is a classic in its own right. A great addition to the early ’80s...

The Funhouse (1981) Tobe Hooper – Show Me the Sequel

Posted 5 years ago

Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has gotten a ton of follow-ups, one of which he even directed himself. His Steven Spielberg collaboration Poltergeist got a couple sequels and a remake. But where's the sequel to his 1981 slasher The...

The Funhouse: trailer released for reality show horror film

Posted 5 years ago

A new, colorful trailer has recently dropped for the upcoming satirical horror-thriller The Funhouse, which takes a shot at vacuous reality shows. Check it out at the top of the article! Here's the official synopsis: Down and out backup singer...

We induct master of horror Tobe Hooper into our Horror Hall of Fame!

Posted 5 years ago

Texas Chainsaw Massacre director Tobe Hooper is the latest master of horror to be inducted into our Horror Hall of Fame! In the video embedded above, we celebrate the career of the filmmaker who brought us such classics as the...

Cinemaphagy: Scout Tafoya examines the career of Tobe Hooper in new book

Posted 5 years ago

Author Scout Tafoya's six year journey to bring the world a book that covers the entire cinematic career of late master of horror Tobe Hooper has culminated in the publication of Cinemaphagy: On the Psychedelic Classical Form of Tobe Hooper,...

The F*cking Black Sheep: Lifeforce (1985)

Posted 6 years ago

THE BLACK SHEEP is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATH. We’re hoping this column will...

R.I.P. Kevin Conway of Tobe Hooper’s The Funhouse

Posted 6 years ago

Actor Kevin Conway had 80 screen credits to his name, appearing with the likes of Sylvester Stallone in F.I.S.T. and PARADISE ALLEY, Kevin Costner in THIRTEEN DAYS, Bruce Willis in MERCURY RISING, Chevy Chase in FUNNY FARM, Michael Keaton in...

The F*cking Black Sheep: Crocodile (2000)

Posted 7 years ago

THE BLACK SHEEP is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATH. We’re hoping this column will...

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