It Came From Netflix:From Beyond

By Eric Polk of anotherdescentinto.blogspot.com

As a lifelong horror fan who grew up in the mom-and-pop video store era, I often found myself attracted to the mid-80s,MGM-released horror films. They were in alot of ways like early MTV music videos, by that I mean they loved to use a lot of bright lights and alot of visuals to get your attention.

Dollar Bin Horror Spotlight - The Art of Zombie Warfare

This manual provides a review of the tactical combat advantages enjoyed by zombies and gives the reader a step-by-step guide to adopting them for him or herself. Have you wondered where the great military leaders of modern history have found their collective inspirations? Well look no further.

Dollar Bin Book Review:Something Wicked This Way Comes

By Eric Polk of anotherdescentinto.blogspot.com

"By The Turn of the Thumbs, Something Wicked This Way Comes."
Not only is this a quote from Shakespeare's MacBeth, but is partially used as the title of this 1962 novel from the great Ray Bradbury. When a hellish carnival comes to a small midwestern town, two boys, Jim Nightshade and William Holloway are thrown into a world where fantasies are paid with a price.

It begins with an encounter with an odd lightning rod salesman(on a personal note, another lightning rod salesman turns up in Stephen King's The Dead Zone) claiming a storm is coming.  Throughout that same night, Will and Jim meet up with townsfolk who also sense something in the air including  Will's father, Charles.

Sutures - Dollar Bin Film

In honor of Rhonda (Rhonny) going to college and working on becoming a nurse, I thought it would be the perfect time to look back at a recent release that has elements of the medical profession included in the film. Director Tammi Sutton's Sutures is about a group of med students taking a vacation to the middle of nowhere for a little R & R, but something is amiss from the get go. Soon, each one of them is kidnapped and token to an underground medical facility where the doctors are either harvesting their organs or conducting medical research on them involving deadly viruses.

It Came From Netflix:Return of the Evil Dead

By Eric Polk of anotherdescentinto.blogspot.com

Today, I debut a new segment on DBH entitled It Came From Netflix. The majority of movies I review come from this very wonderful, very inexpensive service so I figured, why not?

I begin with the 1973 film, Return of the Evil Dead. No, not an unofficial sequel to that legendary Bruce Campbell-driven trilogy, but rather the second in the Blind Dead quadrilogy directed by Amando de Ossorio. Sadly, RotED is not a continuation of the original Euroshock classic, only a separate story.

The film opens with a flashback to 13th century Portugal. A peasant mob has captured the Templar knight and is preparing to burn them for witchcraft and murder. One of the captured knights swears revenge on the village. The villagers burn the knights eyes out with torches before burning them to death. It's ahead to the present where the village prepares for a festival celebrating the 500 year anniversary of the defeat of the Templars. The village idiot, Murdo, watches the preparations until being attacked and stoned by a pack of children. The children are run off by lovers Moncha and Juan.

The Faculty - Dollar Bin Film

Why is it The Faculty is one of those films that I can revisit over and over again without ever tiring of the film? Why is it that I find this film so enduring? Could it be the energetic pace? Could it be the hip, happening cast mixed with some old pros? Could it be the in jokes and humor? Could it be the opening sequence that had me clutching my chair's armrest due to some heart stopping suspense? These are all elements that I enjoyed about The Faculty, but digging a little deeper and sometimes fully getting across why you enjoyed a film so much, at times, can be a little difficult.

BluRay Double Feature Giveaway!

Recently, The folks over at http://www.crazyape.com/ sent me some kick ass horror movie packs for review and as a thank you for mentioning their amazing prices. They sent me 2 collections of 12 films and a Bluray double feature. Now I don't have a Bluray player and the films on the Bluray double feature were also in one of the dvd collections, so even if I did I'd have 2 copies. So what is a girl to do with an extra horror twin pack?....Give it away of course!

Dollar Bin Film:Tombs of the Blind Dead

By Eric Polk of anotherdescentinto.blogspot.com
(Reprinted from Eric's MySpace blog, May 27th,2009)


Tombs of the Blind Dead is a rather obscure Spanish horror film from 1971. It is the first of a quadrilogy directed by Amando de Ossorio. It has developed quite a cult following over the years and had I not heard it mentioned in the movie "Free Enterprise", I would have missed it altogether.

The plot basically starts with a two girls and a guy on a train. The two girls had a brief intimate encounter in college and one of them jumps of the train as images from that encounter flood her mind.She winds up in an old, abandoned temple. Well, the fact actually is it's populated by long dead, long rotted blind Knights Templar who arise from their tombs and yes she meets her demise at their bony hands.

Dollar Bin Film - "A Brush With Death"

Five cheerleaders spend the night in an abandoned farmhouse; they soon find themselves up against the vengeful spirit of a boy who’s rumored to have painted a portrait with the blood of his brother that he murdered forty years earlier.

Dollar Bin Film - "Harvest of Fear"

Medical intern, Billy McKinley arrives in the small town of Devil’s Lake and finds himself thrust into the middle of a mystery of unsolved murders just as the annual Harvest Festival begins. The murders are similar to those of 20 years earlier. Has the original killer resurfaced or has a copycat come to take his place? Now, Billy must find the killer and save the town before it’s too late.

The "Going Back To Horror High Giveaway Extravaganza" Winners!!!

Alright, It's time to announce our final two winners in the "Going Back To Horror High Giveaway Extravaganza"! The Winner of the kick ass "Double Tap" shirt from T-shirt Bordello is...

October Toys Z.O.M.B.I.E. Contest Winners!

It's time to announce the winners of the October Toys Giveaway! This was one of our most entered contests ever here on DBH so thank you to all the entrants and congrats to our two randomly selected winners who are...

Sorority House Massacre - Splurge of the Week

By: Brandon Sites of http://bigdaddyhorrorreviews.com/

With The Slumber Party Massacre collection about to be re-released, I thought it was a fitting time to look back at this rip-off from the very same producer, Roger Corman, as Massacre. This one also manages to ripoff Halloween too.

Dollar Bin Film - "Shadows of the Dead"

A couple's weekend getaway turns into a nightmare after they are stranded in the woods and discover what they assume to be a dead body. The assumption is wrong and John and his girlfriend Jennifer are infected with a deadly disease that will soon ravage their bodies. With no place to go, and no one to turn to, they are forced to find shelter in a deserted cabin. This is where they'll find safety, but this is also where they'll experience a slow and torturous death. They must come to terms with their inevitable deaths, the temptation to kill others to sustain their own lives, and the consequences of murder. They will cling to one another's love and support, but in the end.... all great love stories end tragically.

Dollar Bin Film:Phantasm

Phantasm(1979)


By Eric Polk of anotherdescentinto.blogspot.com

Originally, I had planned for my comeback review, Black Sunday,Mario Bava's 1960 film featurning Barabara Steele. Sadly, I just couldn't get into it, but I'll try again at a later date. Instead, I plunged the depths of my Netflix Instant View and pulled out Don Coscarelli's 1979's Phantasm.

The story centers around two young men(Michael Baldwin,Bill Thornbury) noticing alot of strange deaths taking place in their neighborhood. They are joined by an odd ice cream man,Reggie(Reggie Bannister, seriously that's his real name)in their suspicious that the town mortician a.k.a. The Tall Man(Angus Scrimm) is person responsible for the killings.

The 2010 Star Costumes Horror Scholarship!

 Costume company extraordinar www.starcostumes.com/ wants to give one student who is attending college to be in the horror industry the chance at a $1,000 scholarship!

All New Items in the Updates Webstore!

Well, I figured since the blog had an overhaul, why shouldn't the Dollar Bin Horror Webstore have one too?

Great Horror Collections for Less at Crazyape.com!

I was recently emailed by a website called crazyape.com that specializes in dvd sets at significantly lowered prices. Now seeing that Dollar Bin Horror is dedicated to horror fans on a budget, I felt this site needed to be shared. How would you like 50 classic horror films for just $15, or 12 cult classics for just $10, Or even 100 classics for $30!?! Crazyape.com has a wide collection of horror films for very low prices and I just wanted to share a few of them with you:

Blood Bath 12 Movie Collection; 3 DVDs; $9.99

Get ready to face your biggest fears with 12 uniquely terrifying films, packaged together in one sublimely horrific movie collection.  This shocking showcase unleashes edgy new horror classics to hungry audiences with a thirst for independent horror.  The body count rises and nightmares become reality in these gruesome tales of terror.

Featuring: International Scream Queen Fiona Horsey, Legendary Actor and Author Marc Fiorini, Cult Favorite Jack Elam, and Master of Horror Tom Savini. Over 18 hours of Blood and Gore Galore!

I'm Back!

Hey Reaplings! It's Eric and I'm back posting after a prolonged absence. Yet, someone else is back and he wears a mask!

From Friday the 13th:Part VI-Jason Lives, it's the legendary Alice Cooper with The Man Behind The Mask.

Dollar Bin Horror Spotlight - Darkness Of Night (Preview Book Review)

Recently, I was asked by Lyle Perez of http://www.undeadinthehead.com/ to take a gander at his wife's new book, Darkness Of Night.