Directed by the legendary Tobe Hooper, starring horror icon Robert Englund and based on a short story by Stephen King – this film would appear to be the stuff that horror fans dreams are made of – but the film has a bit of a notorious past and was largely panned by fans at the […]
Grue Believers, one of our Decades of Horror shows, Decades of Horror 1980s, is celebrating two years on the air! Pretty bodacious, right? Well, in honor of that, Doc, Thomas, and Christopher G. Moore have decided to do something special — the Top 10 Eighties Horror-themed Music Videos! But, rather than throw that responsibility of narrowing down […]
“Open the window, Mark. Please! Let me in! It’s OK, Mark, I’m your friend. He commands it!” If a floating Glick boy ever says this to you, no matter what, don’t open the window! Doc Rotten is off on assignment for this episode, but regular hosts Jeff Mohr, Bill Mulligan, and Chad Hunt are joined […]
It’s “Netflix and chill” on HNR this week as the Grue-Crew open the Death Note adaptation from director Adam Wingard and join The Defenders along side Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist. Dave launches into the Horror News of the Week with the passing of the legendary director Tobe Hooper – a sad […]
At this point in time – I would think that anyone whom follows the horror scene is aware of the fact that our genre lost yet another defining and important voice on Saturday evening. Director / Writer Tobe Hooper leaves behind an amazing resume of genre defining work that film scholars will lament about for […]
“They’re Here.” Carol Anne Freeling (Heather O’Rourke) becomes an iconic character in the history of horror. Poltergeist sent shockwaves through audiences when it premiered 35 years ago. Taking the traditional suburban landscape and sending ghosts through it. Giving a whole generation fears of trees, TV sets and clowns. The nightmare fuel is palpable to this day, as Poltergeist still […]
“Something is alive in the funhouse…something that, tonight, will turn the funhouse into a carnival of terror!” – the tagline for Tobe Hooper’s THE FUNHOUSE promises a nightmare of horror and delivers, mostly, featuring “Gunther” make-up designed by Rick Baker and executed by Craig Reardon. Let the fun begin! Thomas Mariani, Doc Rotten and Christopher […]
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“You have one choice, boy: sex or the saw. Sex is, well… nobody knows. But the saw… the saw is family.” – this dialog from Texas Chainsaw Massacre II illustrates the different take on the Sawyer family director Tobe Hooper has in mind for the sequel to grimy drive-in hit from 1974. Chop-Top joins Drayton and Leatherface […]
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