Lost and Found: The Lair of the White Worm

In which a ravenous Amanda Donahoe devours the English countryside. With The Lair of the White Worm, based on Bram Stoker’s novel of the same name, director Ken Russell (The Devils, Tommy, Crimes of Passion) combined some of his favorite themes into one truly bonkers horror-comedy about an ancient snake god's horny and hot-as-sin priestess (Amanda … Continue reading Lost and Found: The Lair of the White Worm

Bonus Hot Shots of the Week: Tough Day at the Office

Talk about a rough week! This poor paralegal was just trying to retrieve some documents for her boss when full-blown Lovecraftian horror reared its extremely ugly head. Them’s the breaks when you work for an attorney specializing in paranormal law. If we could read this leggy legal assistant’s thoughts right now, they’d probably go something … Continue reading Bonus Hot Shots of the Week: Tough Day at the Office

Lost and Found: Doppelganger

In which Drew Barrymore singlehandedly puts the “erotic” in this forgotten erotic thriller. A neglected erotic thriller that got lost in the glut of the 1990s erotic thriller boom, Doppelganger (1993) comes courtesy of writer-director Avi Nesher, of such acclaimed films as She (1982), Time Bomb (1991) and Raw Nerve (2000). Okay, none of those … Continue reading Lost and Found: Doppelganger

Bombshells: Allison Hayes

In which we sing the praises of B-movie Bombshell Allison Hayes. In the late 1950s, if you needed a voluptuous, sexy, and beautiful Bombshell to headline your science fiction or horror B movie, you could do no better than Allison Hayes, born May Jane Hayes in West Virginia in 1930. The auburn-haired smokeshow was intensely … Continue reading Bombshells: Allison Hayes

Modern Scream Queen: Samara Weaving

I grew up during the Golden Age of Scream Queens. From horror franchise icons like Jamie Lee Curtis and Heather Langenkamp, to B-movie babes like Brinke Stevens and Michelle Bauer, horror cinema in the 1980s was bursting with feisty female protagonists. The Scream Queens never really went away, of course, and in recent years even … Continue reading Modern Scream Queen: Samara Weaving