I love King's Hawaiian Sweet Rolls but I cannot eat them.
Willing Sacrifices (Bloodtide, 1982)
Set on a small greek island, a young man, Neil, and his new wife Sherry have arrived looking for his missing sister Madeline. He discovers she is staying with some nuns restoring art and hanging with a gruff treasure hunter named Freye.
The Island locals are secretive and not very friendly. As the film goes on, we discover that there is a dark secret… the locals still sacrifice virgins to…
The Hunger Grows (Alligator 2: the Mutation, 1991)
Over ten years after the original Alligator came the sequel. Now, the first film was about an alligator that was flushed into the sewers, fed on dogs full of growth hormones and was mutated into a giant alligator. It was defeated by a cop and his love interest zoologist.
Meanwhile, the sequel follows a police Detective David who is investigating disappearances that seem tied to a nearby…
Opening with a young girl getting a pet baby alligator at an alligator park (after an alligator attacks an employee) whose father decides to flush the gator down the toilet. Playing into the old urban legend about alligators living in the sewers, this film adds an animal testing conspiracy to the mix.
Robert Forster is a Detective named David investigating dog corpses and human body parts…
Cat Scratch Fever (Sleepwalkers, 1992)
Mary and Charles are the mysterious mother and son that have arrived in a local small town.Charles is handsome and charming, while his mother is ethereal and elegant. Quickly, Charles seems interested in local Tanya.
While she thinks his interest in her is romantic, it turns out that his real purpose is far more sinister. Charles and his mother are actually supernatural…
Heart Breaker (Split Second, 1992)
In the Distant Future of…uh…2008… global climate change is causing environmental upheaval. In London, it has rained continuously for weeks, causing the streets to be flooded.
Rutger Hauer plays tough cop Harley Stone. When he has to deal with a new killer who mutilates their victims, he is forced to work with a rookie cop Dick Durkin.
As they try and track the killer down to end their…
Last Time Around (The Last House on the Left, 2009)
After the Hills Have Eyes, studios aimed for Craven’s Rape and Revenge flick, The Last House on the Left.
Like the Hills Have Eyes, this one hews extremely close to the source material. A virginal young woman hangs out with her more worldly friend, they meet a young man and hang out with him, only to discover he is not on his own. He is with his father and his gang. This leads to the rape…
Revisiting the Hill Pt 2 (The Hills Have Eyes 2, 2007)
The first film was successful enough that they made a sequel. I don’t think that it would be accurate to call this a remake of The Hills Have Eyes Part 2.
This time around we have a script from Wes Craven and his son Jonathan. A new Director was also brought in. Largely a music video Director, Martin Weisz took over for Aja. Music video directors seem to have been a them for horror remakes.
RIP… I can see clearly now.
Revisiting the Hills Pt 1 (The Hills Have Eyes, 2006)
In the early part of the aughts, studios started to remake Wes Craven’s films. To a certain extent, this was, I believe, an attempt to give Craven more financial benefit from his work. He was tangentially involved in these films as a producer, they were all written and directed by different people.
The Hills Have Eyes was probably a good place to start. It is a film known mainly to fans…
The Saga Continues (Scream 4, 2011)
After the disappointment of My Soul to Take, Craven returned to the grounds of his second most popular Franchise. Or is it the first? I supposed I could look at the box office.
Picking up ten years after the third film, Sydney has written a book about overcoming the events of the prior films. Her book tour brings her back to Woodsboro, bringing (now) Sheriff Dewey and Gale (now married).…
