For all you boils ‘n ghouls out there with deaddies, rotting or not, here’s a little something from FearNet featuring Sam, everyone’s favorite spirit of Halloween from TRICK ‘r TREAT (one of my now favorite flicks, one to be watched every year at Halloween). So dig up your pop, (maybe he wants his cake – pat yourself on the back with someone else’s arm if you got that reference) and sit down to watch this little clip in the spirit of the holiday. And don’t forget, just 5 more months till HALLOWEEN!
Still ramping up for Halloween, here’s a little bit of nostalgia to keep things festive. I have watched this clip too many times to count over the years… I remember seeing it on television as a child, and now, of course, I can watch it all the time online. It never gets old.
It’s that time of year again boils ‘n ghouls. That time of year when the air becomes cool and crisp. When dusk brings a brilliant orange hue and long, mysterious shadows. That time of year when the smell of woodsmoke drifts upon the brisk night wind. When the leaves carpet the ground with brilliant shades of red, orange, yellow, and brown. It is that time of year when a Jack ‘o Lantern, so carefully carved, sits glowing upon the steps of homes everywhere. When children stalk the night to trick or treat. It is a time of monsters, of werewolves, vampires, witches and ghosts. It is time…for Halloween!
If you’re reading this, then there’s a good chance that, like me, you’ve waited all year for this. In celebration, not only have I decided to resurrect Backwoods Horror from the dead, but the entire month of October is Halloween for me. And the day itself? I’m not yet certain what I’ll be doing, but I’m for DAMN sure it’s going to be memorable (IF I can remember it…heh…). So dust off your costumes, or make or buy new ones, because it’s time to get out there and celebrate the time of year when Horror in every form imaginable is brought to the forefront of every heart and mind.
This week I’ll be posting reviews for THE BOOGENS, INTO THE PIT: THE SHOCKING TRUE STORY OF DEADPIT.COM, THE WOLFMAN, and POOR PRETTY EDDIE. The first is an old favorite from the early 80’s that hasn’t yet made it to (legitimate) DVD release. INTO THE PIT is a documentary about the DeadPit Horror Talk Radio boys The Creepy Kentuckian and Uncle Bill. THE WOLFMAN was just fucking godawful and I will pull no punches. Finally, POOR PRETTY EDDIE falls within what you could call Hicksploitation and, being that this is BackwoodsHorror.com, I’m going to start reviewing quite a few flicks within this genre. Stay tuned!
One of my New Year Resolutions was to update more on BackwoodsHorror.com. Though I’ve been slow to it, I’m building up steam as I look forward to a new kickass year in Horror. January was so friggin’ awesome that visitors KILLED MY BANDWIDTH! And I’m not using a tiny little pissant bit of bandwidth, either, so thanks for kickin’ ass! As the year progresses, I have some plans that I hope can come to some form of fruition. Easiest will be to start THE BACKWOODS HORRORSHOW Podcast back up, perhaps with a bit more technical flair. I also plan (we’ll see which way the money train goes) to work on producing HORRORSHOW, a video-cast about all things horror. The latter is a bit ambitious, but I want to take BackwoodsHorror in a more high-octane direction.
Hey there boils ‘n ghouls. As you may or may not have noticed, I haven’t updated BACKWOODSHORROR.COM for a while now. This is because, well, my prized MacBook had an unfortunate, let’s say, run-in with a glass of Chocolate Milk that may or may not have had a large quantity of alcohol within it’s murky, yet delicious depths. The tasty beverage somehow came into contact with the motherboard of said beautiful machine and, well, that’s all she wrote. I lost the most recent Backwoods Horrorshow and a computer I absolutely adored. I’ll have to get another, so, until then, expect updates to be somewhat more sporadic than usual. I’ll probably have to use my work lappy, as I’m doing now. I have some reviews to put up at some point in the very near future, including one for Rob Zombie’s latest epic, Halloween 2, which, I may add, I actually enjoyed from a certain standpoint.
My apologies.
Please say a prayer as my beloved MacBook passes through those dark gates in the forest of the dead to find peace with its forbears…crying is acceptable as well. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF TEARS, PEOPLE!!!
I may have to replace it with a PC, which, really, makes me feel a little sick, but it’s cheaper and I just don’t have the cash right now for another MacBook…which, well, I got for free the first time.
Hey there, guys ‘n gals. Just wanted to be sure to remind you to check out the BACKWOODSHORROR.com podcast THE BACKWOODS HORRORSHOW. You can find a link to it on the right or subscribe via iTunes. We update it somewhat irregularly, but I’m lookin’ to rectify that situation relatively soon as I settle into my groove with my new job. Thanks for visiting the site!
I know, I know, I haven’t been keeping up with the site as much as I should be. Getting acclimated to the new job has been more than a handful, but rest assured boils and ghouls, big plans are in store for BACKWOODS HORRROR. Within the next few days, expect a full review of the new DELUXE EDITIONS of FRIDAY THE 13th IV, V, and VI, and a review for the horror/western THE BURROWERS, along with a slew of independent horror releases. THE BACKWOODS HORRORSHOW will be coming back soon…WITH A VENGEANCE, and I have been working out plans to turn it into a video production, making it, with any luck, the first real kickass video horrorshow on the ‘net. Along with everything else, I’m working towards redesigning the site a bit and getting away from the plain jane that we’ve all come to know and love, moving towards more of a bloody, backwoods feel more in the, ahem, vein of what I’m trying to do here. So peel off your eyelids because you ain’t gonna wanna miss what I have in store for YOU!
Sorry for the delay in updates fellow boils ‘n ghouls! Backwoods Horror has switched servers and it took a while to get everything back up and running correctly. Expect your delicious dose of creepy horror radness to get back to speed starting…well…probably later today! Also, I haven’t heard back from Rev3 about THE BACKWOODS HORRORSHOW *THE VIDEO SHOW* as far as helping towards putting that together, so, in the next few months, I plan on doing it all myself. Look forward to something along those lines in time for THIS HALLOWEEN!!! I just scored a new job, too, so I’ll be attempting to go to a few horror conventions this year, so expect coverage and, perhaps, INTERVIEWS! A new episode of THE BACKWOODS HORRORSHOW (maybe 2 of ‘em) will be coming down the line soon as well so clean the blood outta yer ears, ’cause it’s COMING…HARD! Heh…
The good boils ‘n ghouls over at SHOCK TILL YOU DROP were nice enough to put up some video of the Fangoria WEEKEND OF HORRORS out in LA which is just fantastic for people like me who can’t get out to the conventions (I’m in convention locked NC). Thanks for letting me live vicariously Ryan Rotten!
