 October 7th
Victor Crowley (2017)
The Hatchet films are loads of fun and not to be taken seriously despite them having tremendous gory murders that would terrify the BBFC back in the day.
This fourth installment is no different. A young couple are hacked to pieces in beautifully bloody fashion in the first five minutes to signal the start of the mayhem and away we go. We've got gratuitous nudity - a book signing by original film survivor Perry Shen is one of many laugh out loud funny scenes - ridiculous but genuinely funny dialogue, awful over acting, Tiffany Shepis. (Yay!), and of course Kane Hodder as Victor Crowley, back to slice up anyone he can by any (inventive) means he can.
If you like the other movies then you'll have a lot of fun with this. Second time round i had an absolute blast. Especially the opening half hour with Shen and his publicist attempting to flog his book on tv and in stores.
The Fog (1980)
John Carpenter's classic exercise in supernatural horror. A sinister mist coming in from the sea envelops the sleepy California coastal community of Antonio Bay. From out of the fog come decaying corpses of mariners, armed with hooks, pikes and other weapons to tear the flesh, seeking retribution and vengeance for past deeds steeped in greed and murder.
The Fog plays on our innermost fears of the dark and the unknown, delivering atmospheric shock after shock as the fog slowly consumes the town as foghorns coupled with Carpenter's ominous piano notes create a chilling atmosphere.
Thankfully we still have local Antonio Bay DJ Stevie Wayne (Adrienne Barbeau), possibly the sexiest, sultriest voice that's ever floated across the night time airwaves to comfort us as the fog rolls in.
Unrivaled evens 44 years on, The Fog is a masterpiece of horror cinema
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