MONSTERZERO NJ’S 10 REASONS IT’S NOT HALLOWEEN WITHOUT BARBARA CRAMPTON!

The scream heard round the world, as the horror community is introduced to Barbara Crampton in Re-Animator!

Watching horror flicks during the Halloween 🎃 season, there might be one face, aside from Karloff, Lee, Lugosi and Tom Atkins, that you might see more than once…and that pretty face is actress and horror icon Barbara Crampton! A cult favorite, Barbara Crampton has appeared in a number of horror classics and cult classics from the 80s to present day and shows no sign of stopping! So, in honor of this queen of horror, here are 10 horror flicks that illustrate why it’s not Halloween 🎃 without Barbara Crampton!

Crampton chews up the scenery playing an evil politician…well, more evil than usual…in the recent Dead Night.

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-MonsterZero NJ

BARE BONES: PUPPET MASTER-THE LITTLEST REICH (2018)

PUPPET MASTER-THE LITTLEST REICH (2018)

After a brief opening that takes place in the 80s, the film jumps to present day where there is a convention being held to commemorate the Toulon puppet murders from three decades previous. There are going to be some replica puppets given away and a tour of Toulon’s mansion. Comic artist Edgar (Thomas Lennon) and his hot girlfriend Ashley (Jenny Pellicer) are there to attend and soon find the puppets present are the real thing and Toulon (Udo Kier) is not done with his reign of terror, even from beyond the grave.

Reboot is directed by Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund who gave us the derivative but entertaining Blood Runs Cold and Wither. They direct from a script by S. Craig Zahler based on the characters created by Charles Band and Kenneth J. Hall. One would probably have to be a fan of the original series to appreciate this dull reboot. If not, it’s just a series of gruesome murders of various puppet fodder characters, that has only some well executed practical gore effects to hold one’s interest. It’s just a random series of killings with no real plot other than to see toys kill people leading up to a Sharknado-esque finale. The tone of the flick goes from silly to trying to take itself seriously and if puppets, blood and boobs are all you came for, than it does at least deliver that…though still lacks the goofy charm of the original movie. Also stars genre favorites Barbara Crampton, Michael Paré and Matthias Hues.

-MonsterZero NJ