Review: Wicked: Part I (2024)

 Wicked: Part I (2024)

Rated PG-13 for some scary action, thematic material and brief suggestive material

Salem Horror Fest 2024 Week 1, Day 3: Cat People (1942), Burned at the Stake (1981), Young Blondes, Stalked and Murdered (2024), and Faceless After Dark (2023)

The third night of the Salem Horror Fest had another theme to it, especially once I got past the retro films they showed earlier in the day. If the second night was Found Footage Night, then this was Hollywood Night, with both of the evening's films revolving around fame, especially that of actresses.

First up, though, comes the older films...

Cat People (1942)

Approved by the Production Code Administration of the Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of America

Review Double Feature: Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (2021) and Fear Street Part Three: 1666 (2021)

Now that it's October, I figure it's time to finally catch up on the other two Fear Street movies, especially given how much I enjoyed the first.

Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (2021)

Rated R for bloody horror violence, sexual content, nudity, drug use, and language throughout

Popcorn Frights 2021, Day 2: Pretty Boy (2021) and We Need to Do Something (2021)

 The second day of Popcorn Frights was capped off by a 35th anniversary screening of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, always a welcome treat in my book. It followed on from two movies that ranged widely in both themes and quality, producing a night that ultimately went two-for-three.

Unfortunately, the crap was front-loaded last night.

Pretty Boy (2021)

Not rated

Review: Fear Street Part One: 1994 (2021)

 Fear Street Part One: 1994 (2021)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, drug content, language and some sexual content

Nightstream Film Festival, Day 3: Reunion (2020), The Queen of Black Magic (2019)

Day 3 of the Nightstream Film Festival started with an occult horror film from New Zealand that felt like it had more ideas than it knew how to tell in ninety minutes, plus a return trip to Indonesia for a gory mess full of bugs and self-mutilation.

Reunion (2020)

Not rated

Review: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Rated R

Review Double Feature: Halloweentown High (2004) and Return to Halloweentown (2006)

There were still two more of these babies to get through. I wasn't expecting much, given that I hadn't heard the best things about them from fans, but one of them was supposed to be at least decent.

Halloweentown High (2004)

Rated TV-G

Review Double Feature: Halloweentown (1998) and Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001)

It looks like Hocus Pocus gave me a bit of a bug: namely, a desire to seek out some real-deal Disney Channel Original Movies set around the Halloween season. (Hey, they were selling the double-feature DVD for ten bucks at Target.)

So... hi, I'm Kevin, from Kevin's Review Catalogue, and you're watching Disney Channel! *waves wand*

Halloweentown (1998)

Rated TV-G

Review: Hocus Pocus (1993)

Hocus Pocus (1993)

Rated PG for some scary sequences, and for language

Review: The Craft (1996)

The Craft (1995)

Rated R for some terror and violence, and for brief language

Review: Suspiria (2018)

Suspiria (2018)

Rated R for disturbing content involving ritualistic violence, bloody images and graphic nudity, and for some language including sexual references

Review: The Lords of Salem (2012)

The Lords of Salem (2012)

Rated R for disturbing violent and sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some drug use

Review: The Covenant (2006)

The Covenant (2006)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some disturbing images, sexual content, partial nudity and language

Popcorn Frights, Night 3: Boogeyman Pop (2018) and Framed (2018)

For the third night of Popcorn Frights, I unfortunately had to miss the first two movies shown due to prior commitments, but I was still able to make it to the Savor Cinema to catch the final two movies of the night. Both of them... were actually pretty good!

First, we have a microbudgeted punk-rock indie...

Boogeyman Pop (2018)

Not rated

Review: Hereditary (2018)

Hereditary (2018)

Rated R for horror violence, disturbing images, language, drug use and brief graphic nudity

Review: Starry Eyes (2014)

Starry Eyes (2014)

Not rated

Review: Friend Request (2017)

Friend Request (2017)

Rated R for horror violence, disturbing images, and language

Review: Vampire Academy (2014)

Vampire Academy (2014)

Rated PG-13 for violence, bloody images, sexual content and language

Review: Blair Witch (2016)

Blair Witch (2016)

Rated R for language, terror and some disturbing images