Lionsgate: Filling the Void that the House of Freddy Left.
If any studio knew from the lessons of the past, it is Lionsgate. This studio allowed us to see Kevin Smith’s “Dogma”, but CatBusRuss felt that was a Miramax film (and Smith will attest to that). The first distinctly LG film that CatBus saw was “Shadow of the Vampire”, which was technically horror, but so meta that it felt like an odd period piece.
“Saw” was the franchise that got our host’s attention. He came late to the franchise which may have been a good thing. Having to watch these flicks on DVD meant he got to see all the trailers for horror franchises that they purchased the rights to. Of those, the films of studios that went under despite make video stores so much fun means the classics are not lost. If it was not for this studio, the gore hound who curates “I Dig Crazy Flicks” may have never been.
Horror Pictures (Sinful Cinema)
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2001 Maniacs (2005)
Robert Englund and Lyn Shaye are Confederate ghosts murdering Yankee spring breakers.
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Evil Dead (1987)
Ash Williams and his girlfriend “returns” to the cabin in the woods where demons arose to possess the visitors after a tape of a translation of the “Necronomicon” was played. Someone has hit that button again.
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Jigsaw's Games with Joe Golwitzer + Trashy TRON & Costumes with ThePoeticCritic
A discussion about the “Saw” 1-8. A sister celebrating Disney’s failures. An opinion about a doc dedicated to cheap, licensed Halloween costumes.
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Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
Chris Rock provides “Saw” fans with a worthwhile fix. It beats the no-budget confusion of the “award-winning” 2016 possession movie.
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The Wraith (1986)
A year after a gang of street racers murdered the boyfriend of the leader’s “girl”, a mysterious Dodge Turbo Interceptor appears with a black-draped driver to avenge the boy by via vehicular homicide.
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You're Next (2011)
A family reunion is ambushed by a duo of animal-masked killers. Too bad they didn’t plan of an Australian survivalist being a family member’s plus one.