- Introduction to Shock Endings -
I'm here to pay homage to a strange and uncanny phenomenon that's been occurring for decades now in the horror-genre (and related movies)... Final freeze-frame shock-shots!
View ArticleSleepaway Camp
Director, writer: Robert Hiltzik Release year: 1983 When we’re talking about freeze-frame shock-endings, I think this one is edged in the collective memory of all true horrorfans. Slasherfans in...
View ArticleLa Morte Vivante
Director: Jean Rollin Writers: Jean Rollin and Jacques Ralf Release year: 1982 Jean Rollin’s LA MORTE VIVANTE (aka THE LIVING DEAD GIRL) – so far the one and only Rollin movie I’ve seen – is a very...
View ArticlePrey
Director: Norman J. Warren Writer: Max Cuff Release year: 1978 Norman J. Warren’s PREY (also known as ALIEN PREY and re-baptised by the French as the silly-sounding and very inappropriate LE ZOMBIE...
View ArticleSpookies
Director, writer: Genie Joseph, Thomas Doran Release year: 1987 Oh, how I love the 80’s… Well, at least when it comes to cheesy horror movies. And SPOOKIES, although mildly atmospheric and effectively...
View ArticleThe Quiet Earth (Shock Ending)
Director: Geoff Murphy Writer: Bill Baer (…) Release year: 1985 Every now and then New Zealand manages to surprise the rest of the world with excellent genre movies. Geoff Murphy’s THE QUIET EARTH is...
View ArticleLe Notti Del Terrore
Director: Andrea Bianchi Writer: Piero Regnoli Release year: 1981 LE NOTTI DEL TERRORE or BURIAL GROUND or THE ZOMBIE DEAD or whatever else aka-title this steaming pile of zombie-turd is known by,...
View ArticleDogs
Trends and waves have appeared vastly in the horror genre throughout all decades. And by the time the second half of the 70's came around, it were the animals who had build up an unstoppable reign of...
View ArticleRumpelstiltskin
Director: Mark Jones Writer: Joe Ruby & Mark Jones Release Year: 1996 RUMPELSTILTSKIN unites the talents of LEPRECHAUN director Mark Jones ("Huh? The man has talent? Seriously?") and special...
View ArticleThe Pit And The Pendulum
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM from 1961 does probably not contain the first shock ending ever to be realized, but it sure is one to remember. So far, this film is one of my favorite Corman/Poe/Price...
View ArticleRace With The Devil
Satanists. You gotta hand it to them, they're usually not the most friendly kind of people. In 'Race With The Devil' Peter Fonda and his friends run into more than a whole bunch of them. The only thing...
View ArticleDeviation
José Ramón Larraz is quite the interesting duckling of Spanish horror & exploitation cinema. From his early sensual psycho-thrillers from the '70s to his more genre-flavored '80s horror efforts....
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