Ben Nagy reviews ‘HauntedWeen’: Scarce Kentucky Slasher Flick Turns a Haunted House into a Scene of Horror

An ultra-low budget flick made in 1991 in and around Bowling Green, Ky., (home to the famous philharmonic orchestra that performed the Halloween soundtrack) starts out with your typical Michael Myers setup, morphs into a college sex comedy and ends like Blood Sucking Freaks.
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Big Legend’: If You Pee on Bigfoot’s Property, He’s Gonna Get P.O.ed

An Army Ranger traipses through the Washington wilderness trying to figure out what the hell happened to his fiancee and gets called “chief” a lot in “Big Legend,” which features cameos by two Hubbie Award winners familiar to Mutants everywhere.
Halloween Hideaway: Recapping What Happens When the LDI Crew is Stuck in a Cabin in the Woods

If you missed it live or want to relive it, here’s a recap of The Last Drive-In Halloween Hideaway special that Shudder showed on October 23, 2020.
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Monsters Wanted’: Terrifying People is One Scary Business

Documentary “Monsters Wanted” is less about working hard to scare viewers and more about showing how scaring people is damn hard work. We see how taking a big chance can be scary as hell as Richard Teachout and Janel Nash work to establish the Asylum Haunted Scream Park in Louisville, Ky., back in 2011.
Ben Nagy reviews ‘CarousHELL’: What Would Happen if You Re-did a Michael Douglas Flick With a Killer Unicorn?

CarousHELL — it’s what happens when a carousel unicorn is sent to the edge — and goes over. More blood, breasts and impalings than “Falling Down” in half the time with 4000x fewer pretensions.
The Last Drive-In | Summer Slumber Party: Slumber Party Massacre 2

Slumber Party Massacre is not the seminal 1980s slasher epic people point to as the pinnacle of the genre, but it was still worth a watch.
The Last Drive-In | Summer Slumber Party: Victor Crowley

High-quality Victor Crowley might seem like old-hat to the most seasoned Drive-In Mutant, but we keep coming back for more chills and more community.
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Return of the Slasher Nurse’: Her Last Name Ain’t Nightingale, and Her Sister’s No Better

A killer in a nurse’s outfit and her sister kill a bunch of people while a couple of their victims’ relative decide to go after em in “Return of the Slasher Nurse,” an indy horror flick out of Orange County, Virginia.
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Slaughter Drive’: Intrepid Pennsylvania Trio Defends Their Cul-De-Sac From Sibling Killers

A struggling filmmaker and his two teacher buddies square off against a couple of bloodthirsty killers over the fate of the people living on a Pennsylvania cul-de-sac in “Slaughter Drive.”
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Killer Campout’: Axe-wielding Maniac Paints the Woods Red

A cannibalistic killer creep dresses up in camouflage, stomps around the woods and kills a whole bunch of people out on a retreat in “Killer Campout.” Anyone can die at any time, but you gotta get through some uneven performances to get to the red stuff.