Jun 28, 20247 min read‘Happy Birthday to Me’ Novelization Review – A Horrific Slice of Bloody Birthday FunThe slasher first established itself as the dominant art form of 1980s horror by capitalizing on the calendar. Arguably beginning with Black Christmas (1974) and Halloween (1978), the formula began to solidify by setting brutal killing sprees on the dates of beloved holidays. With the subsequent success of Friday the 13th (1980), directors clamored to […] The post ‘Happy Birthday to Me’ Novelization Review – A Horrific Slice of Bloody Birthday Fun appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
Nov 27, 20236 min read‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ Novelization Review – A Sick, Superb Twist on a Holiday Classic1984 was a good year for slashers. Not only did Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) claw his way onto the big screen for the first time, Jason Voorhees (Ted White) also burst through windows and slashed through teens in the franchise high Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. While Wes Craven was releasing his genre-defining classic […] The post ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ Novelization Review – A Sick, Superb Twist on a Holiday Classic appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.