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‘Psycho’ Movie Review: Another Viewing After Watching ‘Bates Motel’

May 6, 2013 by Fister Roboto

Screenplay by Joseph Stefano Based on the novel by Robert Bloch Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, and Janet Leigh A thirty-something secretary steals $40,000 from her employer’s client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother. Here we are 53 years after the release of Psycho, and this film is still as relevant as ever. I’ve seen this film at least a dozen times if not more. […]

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Categories: Hall of Fame, Horror, Retro Movie Review, Television, Thriller, Trailers • Tags: horror, horror movie reviews, Retro Horror

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Cronos (1993) Movie Review

February 17, 2013 by Fister Roboto

Written & Directed by Guillermo del Toro Starring: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel, and Tamara Shanath A mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path. Narrator: [over the opening sequence] In 1536, fleeing from the Inquisition, the alchemist Uberto Fulcanelli disembarked in Veracruz, Mexico. Appointed official watchmaker to the Viceroy, Fulcanelli was determined to perfect an invention which would provide him with […]

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Categories: Foreign Films, Hall of Fame, Horror, Movie Reviews, Retro Movie Review, Supernatural, Trailers • Tags: horror, horror films, horror movie reviews, horror trailers

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Halloween (1978) Movie Review – 2012 Theatrical Run

October 31, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Written by John Carpenter & Debra Hill Directed by John Carpenter Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Tony Moran A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets. Original theatrical release 10/25/78 What a Halloween treat to see this in the theaters as an adult. Featuring a new ten minute documentary titled You Can’t Kill the […]

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Categories: Films/Movies, Hall of Fame, Halloween, Horror, Insane in the Samhain, Retro Movie Review, Trailers • Tags: horror films, horror movie reviews, Retro Horror

The Shining (1980) Movie Review

October 30, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Written by Stephen King (novel), Stanley Kubrick (screenplay) Directed by Stanley Kubrick Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, and Danny Lloyd A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. It’s no secret that King and Kubrick clashed on this project. King wanted Richard Dreyfuss to play Torrence, clearly he didn’t get his […]

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Categories: Hall of Fame, Horror, Insane in the Samhain, Movie Reviews, Trailers • Tags: horror movie reviews, Retro Horror

Repulsion (1965) Movie Review

October 25, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Written & Directed by Roman Polanski Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, and John Fraser Left alone when her sister goes on vacation, a young beauty finds herself besieged on all sides by the demons of her past. 1965? Yes, there will be spoilers. Yeah, I just saw this for the first time. I’ll turn in my Serious Film Lover Card on my way out. It’s impossible to avoid something rated as a 10/10 from every other movie blogger […]

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Categories: Hall of Fame, Horror, Insane in the Samhain, Retro Movie Review, Trailers • Tags: horror movie reviews, Retro Horror

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The Blair Witch Project (1999) Movie Review

October 11, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by SisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Written & Directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez Starring: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, and Oshua Leonard Three film students go missing after traveling into the woods of Maryland to make a documentary about the local Blair Witch legend leaving only their footage behind. I love everything about The Blair Witch Project. This indie success story created an online marketing campaign that sucked me in. I couldn’t tell if the Blair Witch was a […]

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Categories: Hall of Fame, Horror, Insane in the Samhain, Movie Reviews, Retro Movie Review • Tags: horror, Retro Horror

The Devil’s Rejects (2005) Movie Review

October 9, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Written & Directed by Rob Zombie Starring: Sid Haig, Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, William Forsythe, Leslie Easterbrook, Ken Foree, and Matthew McGrory The murderous, backwoods Firefly family takes to the road to escape a vengeful police force which isn’t afraid of being as ruthless as their target. I’m not sure where to start with a film I love so much. I’m a Rob Zombie fan, and with the exception of Halloween II (at least the bulk of […]

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The Exorcist (1973) Movie Review

October 8, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Directed by William Friedkin Written by William Peter Blatty (written for the screen by), William Peter Blatty (novel) Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, and Jason Miller A visiting actress in Washington, D.C., notices dramatic and dangerous changes in the behavior and physical make-up of her 12-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, a young priest at nearby Georgetown University begins to doubt his faith while dealing with his mother’s terminal sickness. And, book-ending the story, a frail, elderly priest […]

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The Omen (1976) Movie Review

October 1, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Directed by Richard Donner Written by David Seltzer Starring: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, and Harvey Stephens Robert and Katherine Thorn seem to have it all. They are happily married and he is the US Ambassador to Great Britain, but they want more than to have children. When Katharine has a stillborn child, Robert is approached by a priest at the hospital who suggests that they take a healthy newborn whose mother has just died in childbirth. Without telling […]

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House of 1000 Corpses (2003) Movie Review

September 13, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Written & Directed by Rob Zombie Starring Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Karen Black, Rainn Wilson, Sheri Moon Zombie, Erin Daniels, Chris Hardwick, William Bassett, Dennis Fimple, and Matthew McGregory Two young couples take a misguided tour onto the back roads of America in search of a local legend known as Dr. Satan. Lost and stranded, they are set upon by a bizarre family of psychotics. Murder, cannibalism and satanic rituals are just a few of the 1000+ horrors […]

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Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) Movie Review

June 3, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Written & Directed by Guillermo del Toro Starring: Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil and Sergi López In 1944 fascist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she’s a princess, but must prove her royalty […]

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‘Psycho’ Movie Review: Another Viewing After Watching ‘Bates Motel’

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Cronos (1993) Movie Review

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Halloween (1978) Movie Review – 2012 Theatrical Run

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The Shining (1980) Movie Review

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Repulsion (1965) Movie Review

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The Blair Witch Project (1999) Movie Review

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The Devil’s Rejects (2005) Movie Review

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The Exorcist (1973) Movie Review

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The Omen (1976) Movie Review

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House of 1000 Corpses (2003) Movie Review

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Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) Movie Review

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