DRACULA (1979), Directed by John Badham, Rated R     PREFACE: Before I say anything at all about this movie, be aware that this film comes from the director of SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER. That, coupled with the fact that it was also released in the late 70′s  (deep in the heart [...]

Guest Writer Joshua Davis! “PHASE IV” (1974) Directed by Saul Bass, RATED PG I’ll start this one simply. Here is the plot synopsis: After an unusual cosmic event (not fully explained, but it appears to be a solar eclipse), the ant population on earth begins to grow at an alarming rate — so much so [...]

Guest Writer Joshua Davis! “SALO” or The 120 Days of Sodom (1975), Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, NOT RATED (NC-17) hor·ror (hôr′ər, här′-) noun 2.       the strong feeling caused by something frightful or shocking; shuddering fear and disgust; terror and repugnance SALO is a film that cannot be taken at face value, nor is it [...]

Guest Writer Joshua Davis! “DEATH NOTE” (2006) Directed by, NOT RATED (tough call but I’d say it’s a hard PG-13) DEATH NOTE is a peculiar film. The first of two pictures based on an extraordinarily popular manga and anime of the same name, it has an intriguing premise, solid enough characters, and a suitably fast [...]

Guest Writer Joshua Davis! “MATANGO” (1963) Directed by Ishiro Honda, NOT RATED Wow, now here’s an interesting one. Think GILLIGAN’S ISLAND meets LORD OF THE FLIES by way of David Cronenberg. A Japanese horror film that I’d heard about for many years but only recently got the chance to view, MATANGO is a film that [...]

Guest Writer Joshua Davis! “BUCKET OF BLOOD” (1959) Directed by Roger Corman, NOT RATED Roger Corman was something else, I tell you. “Was?”, you say? “He’s not dead!”, you exclaim? Very true, but he has retired and the days of his type of films are long gone, so I will speak of him in the [...]

Guest Writer Joshua Davis! “PEEPING TOM” (1960) Directed by Mike Powell, NOT RATED Simply put, PEEPING TOM is a brilliant, terrifying film. I’ve seen very few films that successfully get under my skin and stay there, but this film did it and did it well. Part of me wants to think that the reason it [...]

Guest Writer Joshua Davis “TOMIE” (1999) Directed by Ataru Oikawa, Not Rated (Equivalent of R) As you’re probably aware, the vast majority of the films I’ll be writing about are ones that  I’ve seen before and like well enough to recommend to you. Well, for this year, there’s a little something I’d like to try [...]

Guest Writer Joshua Davis! “THE NIGHT STALKER” (1972) Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey, NOT RATED For this year’s film suggestions, I’ve made a conscious decision to try to include some things that are more…accessible and yet still a little obscure, and things that, while they may not be outright horror and are not even the [...]

Guest Writer Joshua Davis “THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN” (2008) Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, Rated R (also released UNRATED, which I recommend over the theatrical R rated release) No, this movie certainly isn’t obscure, but it’s fast on its way to becoming that way. And it’s a shame, because despite a letdown of a script and [...]

“THE GATES OF HELL” AKA “THE GATES OF HELL” (1980) Directed by Lucio Fulci  NOT RATED (NC-17) Yes indeed, it’s October! It’s time, once again, to be SCURRRED!!!  Welcome to Horror-a-Day, Stay On Fountain’s celebration of the craziest and most obscure horror cine that yours truly, Joshua Davis (joined this year by Adam Sass himself [...]

Nightmare City “Nightmare City”(1980), Directed by Umberto Lenzi, Not Rated (equivalent of an R) Quite frankly, this will probably be the least scary film I’ll put on this list. And this isn’t one of those films that tries to be scary and fails — no, this is a film that is more or less an [...]

Near Dark “Near Dark” (1987), Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Rated R At first I was a little hesitant to include this film on the list because I feel it’s a little too well-known. Then I was walking through a store the other day where I saw merchandise for “New Moon“, the new Twilight film, prominently [...]

Prince of Darkness “Prince of Darkness” (1987), Directed by John Carpenter, Rated R I feel like I can’t make a horror film list without mentioning John Carpenter – it just isn’t possible. I mean…Halloween. The Thing. And, to a lesser extent…The Fog.  So, with this list’s theme being an appreciation for the lesser known, I’ve [...]

Zombie “Zombie“(1979), Directed by Lucio Fulci, Not Rated (equivalent of an X at the time it was released) “We Are Going To Eat You!” Okay, now we’re getting into the meaty (pun intended) stuff. This here film, an italian cheapie made as a “sequel” to DAWN OF THE DEAD, has become almost as legendary. Never [...]