Brad of The Daily Rotation wrote, "The leaves are changing, pumpkins are being carved, the harvest is in the air, and the Halloween season is in full swing. It must be October. Soon the television will be flooded with horror movies from channels that repeat the exact same features they’ve been showing for the last decade. Why? Easy ratings? Don’t fix what isn’t broken? People don’t like change? It’s a combination of everything, but for the adventurous fan who’s tired of watching the original Halloween or AMC’s Fearfest, there’s a huge cache of fun slashers from the 80′s that will never be shown on mainstream television."
The new episode of our age-restricted YouTube series Real Slashers digs into the 1981 classic The Burning, featuring gore effects by Tom Savini.
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Nicholas of Movies Hate You Too writes:
This week’s Blu-ray Breakdown is a little smaller than usual especially in the new release department with only one major release, an 80s teen remake. Luckily there are two fantastic catalog releases; a sadly under appreciated Wes Anderson film and one of the most surprising and disturbing 80′s slashers.
Is it bad that I've seen about 4 or 5 of these? lol
I wouldn't say these are hidden gems... A couple of them are more rare than most movies, but Happy Birthday To Me? Prom Night? April Fool's Day? My Bloody Valentine?
Everybody has seen those.
The Burning is the only one I haven't seen. And most of them are as sword said... not very hidden actually very popular.
@Legion I'd say Prom Night and My Bloody Valentine were popular among bigger horror buffs back in the day to warrant remakes, but most casual fans probably haven't seen him, which is why the studios remade them, to get them in front of bigger audiences. They just happened to remake them and dilute them down to what they thought the original fans liked.
I'm a fan of MBV3D, but I can't stand Prom Night, due to its PG-13 rating.
Never saw the originals for either films, but have heard of them through the horror grapevine as classics.