Mean Girls was released on April 30, 2004. Cady Heron (played by Lindsay Lohan), homeschooled for her entire life, finally attends public school and gets caught up with the most popular clique in school, The Plastics, led by Regina George (Rachel McAdams). Hilarity ensues. Obviously it’s not a horror movie (although there are more violent…… Continue reading MEAN GIRLS (2004)
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CARRIE (2013)
Carrie was released on October 18, 2013. It stars Chloe Grace Moretz in the title role, with Julianne Moore as Margaret White and Judy Greer as Miss Desjardin. Once again, Carrie is a bullied outcast with telekinetic powers, and they come out in full force after her classmates play an awful prank on her at…… Continue reading CARRIE (2013)
PROM NIGHT (1980)
Prom Night was released on July 18, 1980. Four high school seniors are stalked on their prom night by a masked axe-wielding killer as revenge for being involved in the accidental death of a classmate six years earlier. Jamie Lee Curtis is also there. Prom Night was filmed in and around Toronto. I didn’t get…… Continue reading PROM NIGHT (1980)
URBAN LEGEND (1998)
Urban Legend was released on September 25, 1998. An axe-wielding killer terrorizes a college campus, with each murder suspiciously resembling a famous urban legend… This is one of my favorites. I can remember watching it for the first time so vividly. I had already seen Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, and…… Continue reading URBAN LEGEND (1998)
BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974)
Black Christmas was originally released in Canada on October 11, 1974. A US release followed in May 1975 under the title Silent Night, Evil Night before being released again as Black Christmas. It also aired on TV under the title Stranger in the House. It stars Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, and Andrea Martin as sorority…… Continue reading BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974)
SILVER BULLET (1985)
Silver Bullet was released on October 11, 1985. It is based on the 1983 novella Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King. It was filmed in North Carolina, around Wilmington and Burgaw. I’ve been to Wilmington a couple of times for locations, but somehow never did any of the numerous Stephen King locations. I decided…… Continue reading SILVER BULLET (1985)
WEAPONS (2025)
Weapons was released on August 8, 2025. As soon as I saw the first trailer, I recognized Georgia and I immediately got to work. The school looked like the one in The Exorcist: Believer so I started looking around Tucker and found the school that way. I also looked at some of the nearby streets…… Continue reading WEAPONS (2025)
MUTANT (1984)
Mutant was released to theaters on August 24, 1984, under the title Night Shadows. It was renamed Mutant when it was released on home video. It stars Wings Hauser and Lee Montgomery as two brothers who get stranded in a small southern town and discover that the residents are being turned into bloodthirsty mutants by…… Continue reading MUTANT (1984)
THE HITCHER (2007)
The Hitcher, a remake of the 1986 original, was released in theaters on January 19, 2007. It was filmed in both New Mexico and Texas, with the Texas locations all being in the Austin area. I found this out shortly after I went to Texas in 2019, and I kicked myself for not getting any…… Continue reading THE HITCHER (2007)
DANCE OF THE DEAD (2008)
Dance of the Dead was filmed in Rome, GA and released in 2008. I’ll be honest, I never saw this until a couple of days before I went to the locations. I definitely remember seeing it in Fangoria magazine and such, but just never got around to seeing it. But once I saw it listed…… Continue reading DANCE OF THE DEAD (2008)