By Geno McGahee I am a big fan of Texas Hold’em and most films that concern the game will attract my interest. ROUNDERS was released, and it featured Matt Damon as “Mike McDermott” and Edward Norton as his screwed up buddy, “Lester Murphy.” Mike was the king of the game […]
Scared Stiff Reviews Wishes you Happy Holidays – HORROR NEWS
Here at Scared Stiff Reviews, we would like to thank you, the reader, for your continued support, and for helping make this site the best horror source on the net. This is a time for family togetherness, and we hope that you are all experiencing that this holiday. This is […]
Black Sabbath (1964) – Anthology Horror Movie Review Netflix Instant Watch
By Melissa Antoinette Garza I had heard about this anthology on some message boards that had declared it the scariest film of all time. Even on IMDB, some comments indicated it was an extremely frightening movie. I watched with high expectations. I love anthologies. The 60s were a great time […]
Frailty (2001) – Horror Movie Review
By Geno McGahee In 2001, Bill Paxton directed the movie “FRAILTY.” I have been a Bill Paxton fan for some time. The first time I saw Paxton was when he was heckling a naked Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1984 film “THE TERMINATOR.” In 1985, he was the older prick brother […]
Funky Werepig Greg Hall: TMV Cafe Host Speaks to Scared Stiff
Podcast by Forris Day JR Forris talks with fellow podcaster Greg Hall, A.K.A. “Funky Werepig”. It’s a live broadcast every Friday night on TMV Cafe, with varying guests that include musicians, film makers, authors and much more. Greg has been a stand-up comedian, theater performer and director, not to mention […]
The Being (1983) – Toxic Waste & Monsters HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee Toxic waste has done a lot for the monster business. Without it, where would the Toxic Avenger be? C.H.U.D. would have never existed. It would be a sad world without the existence of toxic waste, and yet, you have these tree huggers that want to get rid […]
Island of Blood (1982) – HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee I love whodunits. I especially like them when they are done well and the motive is good. Usually, you get the “you picked on me in high school” or “you turned me down for a date one time” sort of motive, but in ISLAND OF BLOOD (AKA […]
Witchcraft (1964) – HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee “I wish I never started this construction project.” –Bill Lanier (Jack Hedley) I love movies about Satanists. They are just so much fun. I loved RACE WITH THE DEVIL and ROSEMARY’S BABY, and I have found another one that I was really impressed with by the name […]
Valentine (2001) – Whodunit Horror Movie Review
By Melissa Garza Valentine was released in March of 2001. Horror was in a very strange place at that time. The excitement that the original Scream (1996) stirred had died down in the five years after its release. Whatever enthusiasm remained was destroyed by lackluster and uninspired sequels to not […]
Generation Iron: Vlad Yudin Speaks to Scared Stiff: MOVIE NEWS
Podcast by Forris Day JR Today Forris talks with Russian-born, director, writer and producer Vlad Yudin. Vlad owns his own production company called The Vladar Company that he started in 2008 with Edwin Mejia. They have produced several projects, including a continuation of the 1977 movie “Pumping Iron”, called “Generation […]
Shriekfest Official Selection gets Nabbed by Anchor Bay Ent – HORROR MOVIE NEWS
Shriekfest Film Festival Director Denise Gossett updated us on official selection Mimesis. It has been picked up by Anchor Bay Entertainment. Dead Wait Productions announced today worldwide distribution for the award winning movie Mimesis: Night of the Living Dead. Anchor Bay Entertainment has acquired all rights US and Canada and […]
The Thing (1982) – John Carpenter HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Chris Summerfield John Carpenter, in my opinion is without doubt one of the greatest movie directors of the seventies and eighties, having created such trophy movies as Halloween, The Fog, and Assault on Precinct 13 and though Mr. Carpenter does not have any writing input in this movie, he […]