12 Hours of Terror – 119 Syllables of Horror Haikus!

For those of you coming in late, every October I watch horror films and write haikus about them. Just got back from the 12 Hours of Terror at the Belcourt Theater – so away we go!

Night of the Creeps – 1986

Directed by Fred Dekker

Frat party tonight!

With slugs’n’blood and formal,

Flamethrowers – thrill me!

Abby – 1974

Director by William Girdler

She got extra soul!

Big bass voice battle, who wins?

Whup that demon ass!

Anguish – 1987 (aka  Angustia)

Directed by Bigas Luna

Eyeball collector,

For mommy. is it real, girl?

Kino comes to life!

Zombie – 1979 (aka Zombi 2)

Directed by Lucio Fulci

Zombie bait, big fish!

Wifey gets a woody,

Doh! There goes New York!

Squirm – 1976

Directed by Jeff Lieberman

Zapity Zap worms!

Not from around here are ya?

Dig that worm face, y’all.

Lady Terminator – 1989 (aka Pembalasan ratu pantai selatan)

Directed by H. Tjut Djalil

Need a thesis got,

An eel! Shoot that bitch, boys!

Bring in the mullets!

Return of the Living Dead - 1984

Directed by Dan O’Bannon

Canned goods - out of date,

Leg warmers warm no more for

Trash and party dead.

Horror Haikus 2011 - Part 5

Here's a quick one for a movie I hadn't seen since it's original release.

Fright Night - 1985

Directed by Tom Holland

Say howdy, neighbor!

Give my girlfriend a big grin.

Roast Bat for Breakfast!

Horror Haikus 2011 - Part 4

Two great ones this time! (The movies, that is, not necessarily the haikus...)

Dr. Phibes Rises Again - 1972

Directed by Robert Fuest

Off to Egypt, Phibes!

Boy, does he have toys and a,

Babe to row the boat!

I've been wanting to see this one since I saw a still from it in Famous Monsters nearly forty years ago. It was worth the wait!

It! – 1966

Directed by Herbert J. Leder

Pimm’s got a golem,

A dead mama, a hot blonde,

And an A-bomb – BOOM!

Horror Haikus 2011 - Part 3

Time to revisit a classic.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers - 1956
directed by Don Siegel

The pods have arrived,
Foamin'n'Poppin'-- you're next!
Load up the truck, boys!

Horror Haikus 2011 - Part 2

Today's entry is about a British rarity that just about overloaded the WTF meter and that was obviously inspired (ripped off from?) the French horror classic Les yeux sans visage (Eyes Without a Face).  Boy, the things that seemed like a good idea in 1967...

Corruption – 1967 (aka Carnage)

Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis

Peter hunts for glands,

To de-wafflefy wifey,

Look, a laser show!

Horror Haikus 2011 - Part 1!

Every October I watch horror movies, for the whole month, and I write haikus about them.  Sometimes they’re “reviews” of a sort, sometimes plot descriptions (with “spoilers”) of a sort, sometimes they’re something else.

This year I’m starting a week early because it was a really nasty summer in Tennessee and because I just want to (so there!)

Cry of the Banshee – 1970

Directed by Gordon Hessler

Vincent hunts witches

Roderick is a rascal

Dance, pagan girls, dance!

Master of Horror: Deer Woman – 2005

Directed by John Landis

Hot Indian Babe,

Dances on your giblets,

With two tiny hooves!

More to come!