Tag Archives: Supernatural

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

As The Simpsons put it, “there’s no justice like angry mob justice,” and vigilantism is the thrust of Dark Night of the Scarecrow, which along with Duel, is easily one of the best made-for-TV horror flicks ever. That might seem like faint praise — like being the brightest bulb at a psychics’ conventions — butContinue reading “Dark Night of the Scarecrow”

Candyman

Candyman is a film that puts the “urban” into urban legend, with a suave eponymous antagonist sporting of all things, a hook for a hand laying waste to occupants of the Cabrini-Green housing project in Chicago. Horror above all else, prioritizes setting over character investment – or at least, can get away with having doneContinue reading “Candyman”