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February 26, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

The Marketing Genius of Friday The 13th

Most of the Friday the 13th movies don’t take place on Friday. It is not the 13th. And Jason is not the killer to begin with. Also, he doesn’t find his ‘look’ until the third film. That’s when he gets his hockey mask. Later in the series they will blast him into other bodies – for […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Brand, Friday The 13th, Horror, Horror Movie, Jason, Jason Vorhees, Marketing, The Marketing Genius of Friday The 13th, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 20, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Freddy Krueger Is White Male Privilege

With Freddy Krueger, it was the finger knives that hooked us, if you’ll pardon that obvious pun. We were so into Freddy – a horror ghoul with no heart and soul of his own – he’d rip open that garish red and green jersey to show you the swirling souls he stole. Quite how they […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Nightmare On Elm Street, Blog, Freddy Krueger, Freddy Krueger Is White Male Privilege, Horror, Horror Movie, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, White Male Privilege ·

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February 20, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Horrorfying: Overdosing On Horror Films To Cure The Frights

When I was a kid a rather stupid movie had a deep impact on me. It’s called Alligator. It’s from about 1980 – and I reckon we saw it a couple of years after that, we didn’t have a VCR any time early, it was always a trip across town to my auntie’s house and […]
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October 15, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of The “Final Girl” Trope

The “Final Girl” is a trope in horror films – the term was coined by academic, Carol Jeanne Clover in her 1992 book, Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film. A brilliant examination of the slasher boom across the mid-70s and 1980s. The “Final Girl” trope is something I’ve been aware of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Carole J. Clover, Final Girl, Horror, Horror Film, Horror Movie, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, In Praise, In Praise of The "Final Girl" Trope, Men Women and Chainsaws: Gender In The Modern Horror Film, The Final Girl, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Ben Living: Crystal Lake Tapes vol. 1

Ben Living Crystal Lake Tapes vol. 1 Earthship Records Drummer, producer, remixer and – crucially – horror movie fanatic, Ben Living takes snippets from the theme tunes and dialogue from the movies he loves and bends them to fit into new shapes; basically cut’n’paste instrumental hip-hop. Previously he took the music and dialogue from the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bandcamp, Ben Living, Ben Living: Crystal Lake Tapes vol. 1, Crystal Lake Tapes, Crystal Lake Tapes vol. 1, Drummer, Earthship Record, Friday The 13th, Halloween, Horror Movie, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Producer, Remix, Soundtrack, The Haddonfield Recordings, Vol. 1, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 23: Misery

I first saw Misery when it came out on VHS tape. I remember it vividly. If it wasn’t the first Stephen King adaptation I saw, it was the first to have real impact. I was in Gisborne, summer holidays. A small bunch of us staying at a friend’s house, watching Return of the Living Dead […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Big Screen, Book, Cinema, Film, Horror, Horror Film, Horror Movie, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, James Caan, Kathy Bates, Misery, Movie, Movies, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 23, Movies of My Life # 23: Misery, Richard Farnsworth, Stephen King, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Case Study In Genius Branding

Most of the Friday the 13th movies don’t take place on Friday. It isn’t the 13th. And Jason is not the killer to begin with – he also doesn’t find his look until the third film. That’s when he gets his hockey mask. Later in the series they will blast him into other bodies – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 13th, Case Study In Genius Branding, Friday, Friday The 13th, Horror, Horror Movie, Jason, Poem, Poem: Case Study In Genius Branding ·

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June 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: My Favourite Kill of All Is Mrs. Vorhees’ Head Being Chopped Off In Slow-Motion

Betsy Palmer collected bit-parts, replaced Lauren Bacall in a play one year, same deal with Ellen Burstyn about a decade later. She’d been on game shows and in some B-movies. She’s got another great footnote in her CV – she dated James Dean. But the last impression of her on the screen is the best. […]
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October 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Looping

the horror movie is never over which is great when you’re watching it but not when you’re living it, I’ve got to stop giving it my time or letting it take what was mine
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Horror, Horror Movie, LOOP, Looping, Movie, Poem, Poem: Looping ·

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October 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Oh, The Horror!

I’m like a horror-movie villain with the vacuuming, the dishes, the washing, and the folding and stacking and sweeping and cleaning. I put my mask on and just go at it. One speed. And if it escapes me momentarily I’ll continue to stalk it all, arriving eventually – netting it, capturing it. Strangling it down […]
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September 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies: Halloween – Expanded Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies Halloween: Expanded Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Sacred Bones John Carpenter’s original score for the original Halloween movie is what saved it – the low-budget movie which is legendary now for its kickstarting of a new strain of horror films and for its pioneering indie film spirit was […]
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September 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Horror Movie Scores: Some Favourites

On a big horror kick right now. I feel like I have been on a big horror movie kick since I was 13. That’s when I conquered any fear of being frightened by overdosing on horror films. The good, the bad, the ugly. Now I’m catching up on some classics I haven’t seen – or […]
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