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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 – […]Archive
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. […]Archive
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 mineArchive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
June 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman