Horror

Dumb Ways to Die: The Prom Night Series in Chronological Order

The entire Prom Night series in under four minutes! In this special episode of Dumb Ways to Die, Dimitri recounts the events of all four movies in chronological order, accounting for... [ More ]

Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil (1992)

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I mentioned in my review of Prom Night III: The Last Kiss (1990) the oddity of a horror franchise starting off with a hit, following it up with an unrelated sequel, and then building... [ More ]

Prom Night III: The Last Kiss (1990)

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Prom Night III: The Last Kiss strikes me as somewhat of an oddity and, more to the point, a lost opportunity. The horror genre brims with cash-grab sequels that have nothing to do with the original, but it’s rare to see... [ More ]

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)

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Seeing as the original went out of its way to rip off the wave of American slashers spawned from John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween (the flick even stars Jamie Lee Curtis), it seems fitting that... [ More ]

Prom Night (1980)

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If you threw Halloween (1978), Carrie (1976), and Black Christmas (1974) into a blender and then dropped a great big bucket of tar into the mix, the resulting... [ More ]

Dumb Ways to Die: Terror Vision

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Which slasher victim simultaneously defied the laws of physics and of good taste? Find out in this episode of Dumb Ways to Die as Dimitri reviews... [ More ]

Terror Vision (1986)

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If Ted Nicolaou’s Terror Vision had legs, I’d call it a walking contradiction. Here is a horror comedy both lazy and creative that manages to miss every opportunity afforded by its offbeat premise all the while... [ More ]

Monsters: From Our Hearts to the Screen

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“Every kid knows who Freddy is. He’s like Santa Claus or King Kong.” This line from Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994) refers, of course, to Freddy Krueger from the popular A Nightmare on Elm Street series. It brings forth two interesting matters... [ More ]

Dumb Ways to Die: The Collection

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Which slasher victim grooved to the beat of her own doom? Find out in this episode of Dumb Ways to Die as Dimitri reviews... [ More ]

The Collection (2012)

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Horror sequels are an odd breed. Rather than build on the story established in the first film, they tend to simply reenact it with a different cast of victims. Only the monster... [ More ]

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Dumb Ways to Die: The Prom Night Series in Chronological Order

Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil (1992)

Prom Night III: The Last Kiss (1990)

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)

Prom Night (1980)

Dumb Ways to Die: Terror Vision

Terror Vision (1986)

Monsters: From Our Hearts to the Screen

Dumb Ways to Die: The Collection

The Collection (2012)