26 April 2024

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Teenage Wasteland AKA The Slasher Movie Book is BACK! Like any good (or very, very bad) slasher movie villain, it's the book that just wouldn't die! Revised and updated (with 8 additional pages) bringing the history of the slasher movie right up to date. Also available as a Kindle eBook! Order your copy now:

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Latest reviews and updates:

HAPPY HELL NIGHT (1991) (JA Kerswell) ***

ANATOMY (2000) (JA Kerswell) ***

SCREAM 4 (2011) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

ZHIGRANA (2015) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

SCARED (2002) (JA Kerswell) * 1/2

THE SEVERED ARM (1973) (JA Kerswell) ***

MØRKELEG (1996) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

PREY FOR THE BRIDE (2024) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

KILLER INSTINCT (2001) (JA Kerswell) **

KARUSELL (2023) (JA Kerswell) ***

CRYSTAL EYES (2017) (JA Kerswell) ****

CHEER OR DIE (2022) (JA Kerswell) **

MALDITO AMOR (2014) (JA Kerswell) **

FOUNDERS DAY (2023) (Joseph Henson) * 1/2

THE FINALE (2023) (JA Kerswell) ***

KULU MANALI (2012) (JA Kerswell) ***

PENGANTIN TOPENG (2010) (JA Kerswell) ***

MADHOUSE (2004) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

4 MANTAN (2020) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

DEMENTIA 13 (1963) (JA Kerswell) ****

FLASHBACK (2000) (JA Kerswell) ***

FEED (2022) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (2021) (JA Kerswell) ****

THE KILLER ONE OF 13 (1973) (JA Kerswell) ***

SCHOOL'S OUT 2 (2001) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

SCHOOL'S OUT (1999) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

DEAD OF WINTER (2014) (JA Kerswell) ***

THE STONEMAN (2002) (JA Kerswell) **

HOLLYWOOD HORROR (1999 (2005)) (JA Kerswell) **

WISHCRAFT (2002) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

THANKSGIVING (2023) (Joseph Henson) ** 1/2

SNEEKWEEK (2016) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

IT'S A WONDERFUL KNIFE (2023) (Joseph Henson) **** 1/2

DEAD ABOVE GROUND (2002) (JA Kerswell) **

KILLER BOOK CLUB (2023) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

HALLOWEEN II (updated and expanded review) (1981) (JA Kerswell) **** 1/2 !500th review!

NIGHT OF THE KILLER BEARS (2022) (JA Kerswell) **

THE 13TH ALLEY (2008) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

KILLING 7 (2013) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

DARK WINDOWS (2023) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

CUB (2014) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

FEED THE DEVIL (2015) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

BLOODY CRAYONS (2017) (JA Kerswell) ***

PHANTOM FUN-WORLD (2023) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

MIDNIGHT SHOW (2016) (JA Kerswell) ****

WHEN THE TRASH MAN KNOCKS (2023) (JA Kerswell) ****

UNA FIESTA INOLVIDABLE (2019) (JA Kerswell) **

SCREAM 2 (1997) (Joseph Henson) *** 1/2

LOVE MOTEL (2012) (JA Kerswell) ****

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU (1998) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

SLICE (2009) (JA Kerswell) ****

THE SWISS MISS MASSACRE (2012) (JA Kerswell) ***

THE CONFERENCE (2023) (JA Kerswell) ***

KRISTY (2014) (JA Kerswell) **** 1/2

LA CENTRAL (2006) (JA Kerswell) * 1/2

PSYCHO III (1986) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

ANGEL NEGRO (2000) (JA Kerswell) ****

EXPLOITED (2022) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

JAPANESE DOLL (2019) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

TOTALLY KILLER (2023) (JA Kerswell) ****

THE CINDERELLA (2011) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

FIVE WOMEN FOR THE KILLER (1974) (JA Kerswell) ***

FINGERPRINTS (2006) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

TUNO NEGRO (2001) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

BLÖDAREN (1983) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

NATTY KNOCKS (2023) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

DEAD AND BURIED (1981) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

FATAL GAMES (updated and expanded review) (1984) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

THE POOL (2001) (JA Kerswell) ****

THE POOL 2 (2005) (JA Kerswell) (lost slasher)

AIR TERJUN PENGANTIN (2009) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

DROWNING GHOST (2004) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

SRIGALA (1981) (JA Kerswell) ***

VILLMARK (2003) (JA Kerswell) ***

CASSANDRA (1987) (JA Kerswell) ***

SICK (2023) (JA Kerswell) ****

SHOCK: DIVERSÃO DIABÓLICA (1984) (JA Kerswell) ***

Interview with Jair Correia director of SHOCK: DIVERSÃO DIABÓLICA

TERROR TRAIN 2 (2022) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

PEARL (2022) (JA Kerswell) **** 1/2

X (2022) (JA Kerswell) ****

BODIES BODIES BODIES (2022) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

PSYCHO COP RETURNS (1993) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

SISSY (2022) (JA Kerswell) ****

CHILDREN OF SIN (2022) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

TERROR TRAIN (2022) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

HALLOWEEN ENDS (2022) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

THE FINAL GIRLS (2015) (JA Kerswell) ****

MASK OF MURDER (1985) (JA Kerswell) **

THE NEWLYDEADS (1988) (JA Kerswell) **

THEY/THEM (2022) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES AT CAMP BLOOD: HOW KILLER CRITICS TRIED TO MASSACRE PARAMOUNT'S BIGGEST HORROR HIT OF 1980 (essay about FRIDAY THE 13TH) (JA Kerswell)

THE LITTLE REGIONAL SLASHER THAT COULD: NIGHT SCREAMS (1987) (essay) (Amanda Reyes)

ZOMBIE ISLAND MASSACRE (1984) (JA Kerswell) **

BLACK GLASSES (2022) (JA Kerswell) **

BLOOD HOOK (1986) (Bradley Steele Harding) *** 1/2

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2022) (JA Kerswell) **

ARABELLA: BLACK ANGEL (1989) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

TRHAUMA (1980) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

HALLOWEEN KILLS (2021) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

CRUISING (1980) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

TERROR (1978) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

MURDER BY ADOPTION (1981) (JA Kerswell) (lost/unproduced slasher)

DELUSION (1980) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

NIGHT INTRUDER (1980) (JA Kerswell) (lost/unproduced slasher)

EARLY FROST (1982) (JA Kerswell) **

DEATHWATCH (1982) (JA Kerswell) (lost/unproduced slasher)

SHE'S DRESSED TO KILL (1979) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

BODY PUZZLE (1992) (JA Kerswell) ****

THE MAJORETTES (1987) (JA Kerswell) **

THE KILLER OF DOLLS (1975) (JA Kerswell) ****

FADE TO BLACK (deep dive) (1980) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

BOSQUE DE MUERTE (1993) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

TOO BEAUTIFUL TO DIE (1988) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

TWO MALES FOR ALEXA (1971) (Bengt Wallman) ** 1/2

PRIMAL RAGE (1988) (JA Kerswell) ***

NIGHT KILLER (1990) (JA Kerswell) **

LOST SLASHERS (a special retrospective looking at slasher movies from the Golden Age that were planned, abandonned or are simply M.I.A by JA Kerswell)

TEACHER SHORTAGE (2020) (JA Kerswell) ***

MURDER-ROCK: DANCING DEATH (1984) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2

DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE (deep dive) (1980) (JA Kerswell) **

TRAPPED (1989) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

TERROR ON ALCATRAZ (1987) (JA Kerswell) *

SEX, LIES AND SCARECROWS: REFLECTING ON THE NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW (1995) (Amanda Reyes)

DARKROOM (1989) (JA Kerswell) ** (20th anniversary review suggested by Bree Perry!)

LOVER'S LANE (1981): THE CURIOUS CASE OF CANNON'S LOST SLASHER

MOZART IS A MURDERER (1999/2002) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2

BLIND DATE (1984) (JA Kerswell) **

NOTHING UNDERNEATH (1985) (JA Kerswell) ****

INTO THE DARKNESS (1986) (JA Kerswell) * 1/2