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MeFi Horror Club: Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

Friday the 13th Part 2 is a 1981 American horror film directed by Steve Miner. It is a direct sequel to Friday the 13th, picking up five years after that film's conclusion, where a new murderer stalks camp counselors at a nearby training camp. The film marks the first time Jason Voorhees is the antagonist. [more inside]
posted by Literaryhero on Mar 5, 2015 - 2 comments

Proposal for a new Horror Club model

OK, I think we have a plan for a new way to proceed with horror club that will: a) get more people involved; and b) make for minimal workload to keep it going indefinitely. Details inside. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 18, 2014 - 12 comments

Movie: The Golem

In 16th-century Prague, a Jewish rabbi creates a giant creature from clay, called the Golem, and using sorcery, brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 8, 2014 - 3 comments

Movie: The Changeling

A composer moves into a huge Victorian mansion after the death of his wife and daughter, only to find that he's not quite alone. [more inside]
posted by Joakim Ziegler on Sep 3, 2014 - 11 comments

MeFi Horror Club #12: The Changeling

This week's pick is what I think is one of the best horror movies ever, "The Changeling". [more inside]
posted by Joakim Ziegler on Aug 29, 2014 - 7 comments

Horror Club Planning: Halloween Extras

We moved some things around to add in the Crossover category, with the first selection One Hour Photo honoring the recently-passed Robin Williams. Not only do we need to put the rotation back on track, but we also need to come up with a plan for the extra picks for October. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 17, 2014 - 6 comments

Movie: Tesis

Ángela, a film student researching for her thesis paper on violence in cinema, stumbles upon a snuff film featuring the murder of a former student at the university. Enlisting the help of classmate and violent-movie buff Chema, Angela begins an investigation into the crime that leads them to several suspects. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 13, 2014 - 12 comments

MeFi Horror Club #10: One Hour Photo

We've already agreed in principle on adding a "Crossover" category to the rotation for Horror Club, a category that would include scary science fiction, thrillers, etc. Since there wasn't much steam building for any particular film for the scheduled "retro" pick for week 10, and since the world just lost Robin Williams, I'm going to invoke my benevolent dictator powers. Week 10 will now be the debut for "Crossover" as a rotation slot, and the first pick will be Mark Romanek's film One Hour Photo. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 11, 2014 - 6 comments

MeFi Horror Club #9: Tesis

This week's pick is a non-English rotation selection. The feature length debut of director Alejandro Amenábar (who later made The Others), this 1996 low budget Spanish film is available free on Hulu, with ads. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 8, 2014 - 22 comments

MeFi Horror Film Club, #7: John Dies at the End

This week's pic is Don Coscarelli's (Phantasm, Bubba Ho-Tep) adaptation of David Wong's loony serialized novel, John Dies at the End. This goofy, mind-bending horror comedy combines slacker comedy, Lovecraftian horror, and freshman dorm philosophy weirdness. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jul 24, 2014 - 59 comments

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