Retro Review
Retro Review: Puppet Master (1989)
For my very first Retro Review for the Syndicate, I decided to pick a film that I actually had not seen before. The film has gone on to spawn nine sequels with a tenth being […]
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Horror Blu Ray/DVD News
RETRO REVIEW: Demons (1985) released today, 31 years ago!
Demons was a movie introduced to me by one of The Horror Syndicate’s own, Bryan Enright (@thehorrorjew), back in 2014. I had heard about it before but was never able to come across a DVD […]
Horror Blu Ray/DVD News
Retro Review: Memorial day (1999)
Well here we are again another holiday and another day to drink a beer and watch a horror movie. This one like any other is based on a specific day….Memorial day. A b horror movie […]
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Retro Review: Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007)
There is a local DVD/Blu Ray store that I visit in town, they have this awesome selection of horror movie DVDs for great prices. A couple weeks ago I walked in to pick up some […]
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Retro Review: House on Haunted Hill (1999)
After my retrospective on the original 1959 classic House on Haunted Hill, I decided that it was about time to take a stab at the 1999 remake. It’s one that I’ve been wanting to check […]
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Classic Review: House on Haunted Hill (1959)
William Castle is a classic horror director, but he’s not exactly Alfred Hitchcock. Whereas Hitchcock took films that could so easily fall flat and made them astoundingly brilliant, Castle was more of a mainstream gimmicky […]
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Retro Reviews: Night of the Creeps (1986)
Another horror film review, well I am trying to play catch-up on some of the films I have missed over the years. I do not know how Night of the Creeps passed me by. It […]
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RETRO REVIEW: Psycho IV: The Beginning
A few weeks back, I wrote about Hannibal Rising and how it was a horror prequel that–unlike most– was handled pretty well. The horror prequel is a tricky thing to accomplish, but one prequel idea that […]
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RETRO REVIEW: Hannibal Rising (2007)
Horror prequels are a tricky thing to do. Sometimes it can add a new, compelling layer to a character, but sometimes you run the risk of revealing too much or delivering unsatisfying answers. Rob Zombie’s Halloween, […]
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RETRO REVIEW: The Hitcher (2007)
In the 2000’s, we’ve had a jarring number of horror remakes, some of which have been released under Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes production company. Some of these include the remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A Nightmare […]