Final Women

My friend and I were looking for something to watch last night, and we decided on The Gallows. I knew it had plenty of bad reviews, but the plot sounded interesting, so I wanted to give it a chance. Unfortunately, in the end I had to admit it was pretty lackluster. The movie follows Reese, former football player turned nervous star of the school play, The Gallows,  a play which had previously been staged by the school years before, ending tragically when the star was accidentally hung on the titular set piece. Reese's two popular friends convince him to break into their school to destroy the show's set the night before opening, ostensibly in an effort to save Reese from embarrassment. However, the play's female lead (and Reese's crush), Pfeifer sees their car outside and comes in to investigate.  All four teens soon find themselves trapped in the school with the ghost of the hanged thespian. The main problems with this movie were the god-awfully obnoxious main ch...

With Christmas just around the corner, I thought I'd publish a short list of some of my favorite holiday horror movies to get you in the mood for the scary season. Black Christmas Gremlins Silent Night, Deadly Night Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 Jack Frost* *Not the one with Michael Keaton. We're talking horror movies here. Not horrifically bad pathetic excuse for a film   movies. To All a Goodnight Don't Open Till Christmas If you're looking for more Christmas horror themed fun, then you also can't go wrong with A Christmas Horror Story (from the Spanish series 6 Films to Keep you Awake); A Nightmare Before Christmas; Silent Night, Bloody Night; Christmas Evil; Better Watch Out; and the recently reviewed Home for the Holidays.

I recently watched the 1972 Aaron Spelling produced TV movie, Home for the Holidays for the first time. I love to watch Christmas horror movies throughout the season, and this was my first choice for this year, as I have a minor obsession with 1970s TV horror (and also a slightly more minor obsession with the work of Aaron Spelling). Plus this movie features some awesome ladies, including Julie Harris ( The Haunting ), Jessica Walter ( Arrested Development and Archer , here playing a more seriously depressed - but similarly drunk and neurotic - version of her more famous roles), and a very young, fresh faced Sally Field.                                                           The plot of the movie revolves around four sisters (including Walters and Field), who return to their family home to see their estranged dying father (...