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![]() 25 April 2022 |
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The Hysteria Continues podcast
Hysteria Lives! is 20 years old! In August 1998, I started the site as a love letter to classic (and not so classic) slasher movies. I'd been a fan of the subgenre since the early 1980s, when I was a kid. But it wasn't until the release of Wes Craven's SCREAM in 1996 that it emerged from its wilderness years. With the advent of available internet I decided to look back at the humble slasher. I was genuinely surprised that it hit a chord with so many. Whilst I may poke fun sometimes, I am first and foremost a fan. Thank you for the support of readers old and new. If you enjoy the site, please consider a donation to keep Hysteria Lives! alive for a good few years yet! Donate now: https://paypal.me/hysterialives. Latest reviews and updates: 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 TRACKING (1986) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2 BITS & PIECES (1985) (JA Kerswell) ** NIGHTMARE BEACH (1989) (JA Kerswell) *** POSSESSION: UNTIL DEATH DO YOU PART (1987) (JA Kerswell) ** EDGE OF TERROR (1986) (JA Kerswell) *** GROTESQUE (1988) (JA Kerswell) ** CLICK: THE CALENDAR GIRL KILLER (1990) (Amanda Reyes) *** #HORROR (2015) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2 HACK-O-LANTERN (1988) (Amanda Reyes) *** HANGING HEART (1983) (JA Kerswell) * HOLLYWOOD'S NEW BLOOD (1988) (JA Kerswell) * 1/2 THE UNNAMABLE (1988) (Amanda Reyes) *** 1/2 FANTASIES (1982) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2 DESTROYER (1988) (JA Kerswell) ** MR WRONG (1984) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2 MADHOUSE
(1974) (JA Kerswell) *** 1/2 MARILOUISE MICHEL INTERVIEW (THE LAST SLUMBER PARTY) (with Nathan Johnson) CODA (1987,Australia) (JA Kerswell) **** FERD
SEBASTIAN
INTERVIEW (with JA Kerswell) IT
FOLLOWS
(2015,US) (JA Kerswell) ***** THE
CENTERFOLD
GIRLS (1974,US) (JA Kerswell) **** WICKED,
WICKED (1973,US) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2 THE
HOUSE
OF THE YELLOW CARPET (1983,Italy) (JA Kerswell) **** BESERKER
(1987,US) (JA Kerswell) ** 1/2 THE
NIGHT BEFORE EASTER (2014,US) (JA
Kerswell) *** HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES
ME NOT (2002,France) (JA
Kerswell) *** 1/2 DEADLY MANOR
(1990,Spain/US) (JA
Kerswell) ** THE CAT IN HEAT (1972,Italy)
(JA
Kerswell) *** VARSITY BLOOD
(2014,US) (JA
Kerswell)
*** 1/2 SUSPIRIA (1977,Italy) (Iain Todd) ***** TIME WALKER
(1982,US) (JA Kerswell) *** Check out the full list of reviews: Psycho-a-go-go
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