@barrycinematic.bsky.social @realweegiemidget.bsky.social Hi, guys. I must apologize on behalf of Andrew and myself for our failure to participate in the Hammer-Amicus blogathon. We had the best of intentions (and desire). Personally, I just had and continue to have way too much going on.

And the finale… Step the Twenty-Third: Attend the Toronto International Film Festival showing of Guillermo del Toro’s utterly fantastic Frankenstein (2025).

Step the Eighteenth: Meet Hammer Horror icon Martine Beswick.

Step the Seventeenth: Meet Hammer Horror icons Caroline Munro and Valerie Leon.

Step the Sixteenth: Make a friend at the Criterion Closet.

How to have a glorious horror-movie-themed couple of months with your eldest daughter (a lesson in far too many steps): Step the First: Catch a showing of a 35mm print of Rabid (1977) in the theatre. Step the Second: Attend Q&A with Rabid director David Cronenberg hosted by Guillermo del Toro.

My daughter saw the horror/comedy Dead Talents Society at its North American premiere and thought it was great. Now that it is on Netflix, she shared it with me. She’s right. It’s a lot of fun.

My eldest daughter and I did a thing during the Christmas break. We experienced both House of Wax (1953) and The Mask (1961) at the theatre in glorious 3D. We even got to keep the glasses for The Mask! 😁

We are very sad to learn that Olivia Hussey, star of the fabulous and iconic, original Black Christmas has passed away.

As today would have been the 102nd birthday of Christopher Lee (shared with the 113th anniversary of Vincent Price’s birth), it is only fitting that we share our small tribute to the legendary man. maniacsandmonsters.com/2020/05/27/c...

What is Raymond Burr doing in B monster movies? Having a good time, hopefully. We take a look at Godzilla: King of the Monsters! and Bride of the Gorilla. maniacsandmonsters.com/2024/04/14/h...

Who should feel the most shame over Grizzly II: Revenge? Maybe us for watching it? maniacsandmonsters.com/2024/04/12/w...

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What’s not to love about a horror movie with Marcia Brady? Actually, a fair bit, but we are still fans of Return to Horror High. maniacsandmonsters.com/2024/02/25/i...

Because link cards were not working correctly when we first posted it, here again is our public service announcement. maniacsandmonsters.com/2023/02/27/b...

Amicus ruled the horror portmanteau sub genre. (Is that a thing?) We look at one of their best, From Beyond the Grave. maniacsandmonsters.com/2023/12/03/o...

Even legendary Hammer can miss the mark from time to time. We review The Woman in Black: Angel of Death. maniacsandmonsters.com/2023/12/02/b...

Looking for some good horror reading? Check out the fun and entertaining works of new author, C. M. Forest. maniacsandmonsters.com/2023/10/11/f...

Looking for a great baseball themed horror movie? Well, this is a baseball themed horror movie. No great implied. We look at Night Game with Roy Scheider. maniacsandmonsters.com/2023/04/01/p...

It’s hard to go wrong with a B-movie about fishmen. Throw in Richard Johnson, Joseph Cotten, and Barbara Bach and you have yourself a picture! We look at Island of the Fishmen. maniacsandmonsters.com/2023/03/31/a...

Don’t tell your brain but you should really read this public service announcement. maniacsandmonsters.com/2023/02/27/b...

Yes, there is a sequel on the way. No, we don’t know why either. We take a look at Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey. maniacsandmonsters.com/2023/02/24/b...

We review, unfavourably I’m afraid, the obscure witch Hunter film, The Devonsville Terror starring Donald Pleasence. maniacsandmonsters.com/2022/10/30/t...

Peter Cushing and Donald Pleasence star in the wonderfully wicked The Flesh and the Fiends. maniacsandmonsters.com/2022/10/28/w...

Roger Corman gives us his take on Frankenstein in our review of Frankenstein Unbound (1990). maniacsandmonsters.com/2022/05/28/f...

With a title like X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes directed by the king of the B movies, Roger Corman, expect to be entertained. maniacsandmonsters.com/2022/05/27/i...

Sure, we could write about the pinnacles of cinematic greatness, but why would we when instead we can revisit Kiss Daddy Goodbye? maniacsandmonsters.com/2022/02/27/w...

You really can not fathom just how many films have Amityville in their title. We look at just the tip of the iceberg. maniacsandmonsters.com/2022/02/24/a...

The “Golden Age” of Italy’s Gothic film movement ends as it began, with Barbara Steele. We look at An Angel for Satan. maniacsandmonsters.com/2022/01/22/a...

Antlers, a modern day monster movie. maniacsandmonsters.com/2022/01/22/a...

Oliver Reed gives an intense performance, as always, in Hammer’s The Damned. maniacsandmonsters.com/2021/10/22/b...

Another ‘new’ Hammer Horror. We look at Wake Wood. maniacsandmonsters.com/2021/10/21/w...

Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, and Christopher Lee star in one of the ‘other’ Hammer horrors, The Man Who Could Cheat Death. maniacsandmonsters.com/2021/05/23/t...

We take a look at the film that Christopher Lee apologized to Joe Dante for: Howling II Your Sister is a Werewolf. maniacsandmonsters.com/2021/05/22/h...

Who is terrorizing poor Judy Geeson? Is it Peter Cushing? Or Joan Collins? Ralph Bates? Someone else? Or is it all in her mind? We won’t tell as we look at Fear in the Night (1972). maniacsandmonsters.com/2021/03/08/d...

Looking for a B movie horror show with a host that doesn’t know anything about the movies interviewing arbitrary guests? Creature Features has you covered. maniacsandmonsters.com/2021/02/27/c...

We take a look at a half dozen of Roger Corman’s cheesy best: maniacsandmonsters.com/2021/02/26/r...

We bask in the gothic beauty of del Toro’s Crimson Peak (2015). maniacsandmonsters.com/2021/01/29/c...

We take a look at some ‘new’ Hammer with our article on The Lodge. maniacsandmonsters.com/2021/01/29/t...

Another article about a past event. This time it was the virtual edition of the Blood in the Snow film festival. maniacsandmonsters.com/2020/11/02/v...

The third and final part of our pandemic October horror-fest. maniacsandmonsters.com/2020/11/02/o...

Here is the second part of our October mini-reviews during the pandemic. maniacsandmonsters.com/2020/10/22/o...

During the pandemic, we watched a *lot* of horror. For October, we gave mini-reviews for a film per day. Here is the first third. maniacsandmonsters.com/2020/10/12/o...

This is a weird one. We review Japanese baseball-horror film, Deadball. maniacsandmonsters.com/2020/07/07/d...

Our second interview was with Scott S. Phillips, author of the Pete, Drinker of Blood book series. maniacsandmonsters.com/2020/06/27/g...

Back in May of 2020, we marked the day of Christopher Lee’s birth. maniacsandmonsters.com/2020/05/27/c...

The horror/comedy that scared the bejesus out of me when I was ten! Maniacs and Monsters reviews The Monster Club. maniacsandmonsters.com/2020/04/19/t...

Any one who reveals who he is will have to answer to: The Bat! maniacsandmonsters.com/2020/04/17/w...

If you have yet to see a Birdemic film, you really cannot imagine the ineptitude. maniacsandmonsters.com/2020/02/23/b...

Everything good about bad movie Slumber Party Massacre II! maniacsandmonsters.com/2020/02/21/s...