Half Price Horror

Here we go, folks! Sound the trumpets, raise the drawbridge, and drop the Oldsmobile, because Half Price Horror is celebrating its 100TH EPISODE in style with Sam Raimi's hilarious conclusion to the original Evil Dead trilogy, 'Army of Darkness'! Enjoy this celebration of Bruce Campbell's defining role and every one-liner that comes with it as the "Summer of Sam" continues!

Some of you might already know about this Sam Raimi-funded indie horror flick made by low-budget producer J.R. Bookwalter. But if that's all you know, you're in for a deep dive into trucker hats, religious cultists, finger swallowing, and all the best and silliest gore that a hundred thousand bucks and a Super 8 camera can shoot as the "Summer of Sam" continues!

Our "Summer of Sam" continues as we take a look at what many believe to be his masterpiece, the 1987 horror comedy 'Evil Dead II'! Join us... excuse me, I mean JOIN USSSS... for a discussion of what makes this sequel bigger, bolder, and more reflective of Sam Raimi's personal style of filmmaking, alongside plenty of praise for his lead actor Bruce Campbell, as we get ever closer to our big 100th episode!

Our series on the work of Sam Raimi and his collaborator Bruce Campbell takes a bit of a detour, as we go back to examine the legendary director's roots with a look at the 1963 movie 'The Haunting'! With plenty of eerie cinematography, direction by the iconic Robert Wise, and a story from one of the best books in the history of the genre, there's plenty to look at and talk about. In the night. In the dark.

It's time to kick the march to Episode #100 into high gear, as we launch into the trilogy that made your host John into the horror fan he is today with Sam Raimi's original classic, 'The Evil Dead'! Come dive into every detail, enjoy the reminiscences over one of the legends of horror, and JOIN USSSS for a discussion of the ways this influenced directors for generations to come!

There are some movies that are classics, there are some movies that are cult classics, and there are some movies that are little-known secret touchstones of the genre that inspired all your favorite filmmakers without ever being very well known themselves. And 'Equinox', the first-time effort of future Academy Award winner Dennis Muren, is definitely one of those secret touchstones. So let's jump back to 1970 (and even earlier), and examine a Criterion Collection film that many people have never even heard of, the weird little movie known as 'Equinox'!

Anyone who watched late-night cable television in the late 80s is probably familiar with this direct-to-video horror movie... but for the rest of you, here's a work of cosmic supernatural horror hidden inside a zombie flick just waiting for you to discover its low-budget charms. Enjoy a deep dive into an enjoyably shallow movie with this week's episode, 'The Video Dead'!

No, not the bees (not the bees!) - this is the original, accept no substitutes British classic where Edward Woodward travels to Summerisle in search of a missing girl and clashes with the suave and sinister Christopher Lee. And we talk folk horror, conspiracy thrillers, and the terrible misrepresentations of pagan culture as we dig into everything worth discussing about this amazing movie!

Sting as the Baron von Frankenstein! Clancy Brown as his creation! Jennifer Beals as the infamous Bride! Could there be a more 80s take on the Frankenstein mythos? Hard to say for sure, but maybe you'll know by the time you listen to Half Price Horror dive into 1985's 'The Bride'!

There's lurid and there's lurid, there's trashy and there's trashy, and then there's the champion of sleazy exploitation, 'Pieces'! Come and listen to a discussion of chainsaw murders, male frontal nudity, waterbed stabbings, and just about everything else the director could toss into a classic of the Eurosleaze genre.

And if you only watch one thing from it, watch this clip:

https://youtu.be/KCCxGQetNrk

You're welcome.