Happy Halloween! We'll be live on Pittsburgh NPR station WESA today talking about Pennsylvania horror films with "Essential Pit...

Another film Bill Hinzman directed, from the screenplay by John Russo.

We were sad to learn of the passing of Bill Hinzman, the "cemetery zombie" from George Romero's Night of the Living Dead . As ...

In honor of the late Bill Hinzman, here's the trailer for the zombie film he directed and appeared in, Flesheater .

Among Burt Bacharach's many accomplishments, perhaps this is his most culturally significant? The Five Blobs vocalize over the opening c...

George Romero's return to form after two non-horror features.

I love it when people send me stuff, particularly when they send me interesting new research material, and especially when the source is ano...

John Russo's Midnight (1982), co-produced by our friend Samuel M. Sherman for Independent-International Pictures.

From the late Charles McCrann comes this tale of Pennsylvania pot farmers transformed into hideous flesh eaters by a chemical spray. We firs...

We decided to end September with a bonus trailer, this one for John P. Finegan's Girls School Screamers (1986) from Pennsylvania.

I'm a sucker for a great horror movie soundtrack, so I was thrilled to find out that Zero Day Releasing had unleashed a complete mono ...

The tax shelter laws that existed in the U.S. prior to 1986 encouraged a lot of professionals to invest in low-budget film projects, in hope...

From the wilds of Pennsylvania -- it crawls, creeps, and eats you alive! Plus, the snappy theme song written by Burt Bacharach.

THE CRAZIES (1973) Pittsburgh, Pa. With the remake now in theaters, I figured it was time for a post on George Romero's The Crazies (...

After many, many months of piddling around, I'm finally getting back to this blog project, and I'm now in a position to officially a...