In the early 40s, Val Lewton had to make a horror film for RKO. With no budget to create the stunning visuals of the Universal epics, he focused on moody lighting and atmosphere.
As the title might suggest, it’s about an expedition to the planet Uranus. Upon landing on the world of barren ice and snow, the crew discover themselves to be in a pristine woodland!
For this entry into our Friday the 13th traditional feature, we take you back to 1982’s Friday the 13th Part 3 (in 3D), the the film in which Jason first acquired his iconic hockey mask. Here we have Edna Hockett, played by Cheri Maugans.
Another Friday the 13th is upon us and, as always on this special day, we present to you another female to fall victim to the wrath of the goalie mask clad antagonist of the Friday the 13th horror franchise, Jason Voorhees.
The Car leaves you with many unanswered questions, like; “so how long has she owned this car and has it ever shown any carnivorous tendencies before, or was that a first?”
The 2019 horror short Smiling Woman is one of those short films that made me say after I had watched it; “Huh? That’s it? Did I miss something I was supposed to understand about the smiling woman?”
For this installment of our traditional Friday he 13th article, we go back to victim number nine from the original 1980 Friday the 13th, Brenda Jones, played by actress Laurie Bartram in her last screen credit.
On this Friday the 13th, we present Jane’s death in the Friday the 13th horror film franchise’s 1988 installment; Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood. Staci Greason, the actress portraying Jane, is a face soap opera buffs may know.
There are a myriad interpretations of Lynda’s death and how it fits in to the classic slasher narrative. The one that is most prevalent is that promiscuity leads to death.
She wasn’t a camp counselor, but part of a trio who were tormenting the counselors in 1982’s Friday the 13th Part III. Still, “Fox” (played by Gloria Charles) was on Jason’s kill radar, just the same. Good guys, bad guys, it didn’t matter to Jason.
Columbia offered some cool sci-fi films in the 50s. 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH, one of the most famous, is considered by many to be Ray Harryhausen’s master work of the B&W era.