Doc Manson

Doctor | Podcaster | Horror Movie Fiend | Host of Horrid: A History of Horror Movies

Half stars are for cowards.

Favorite films

  • Evil Dead II
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street
  • Godzilla
  • Ghostbusters

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  • Ju-on: The Grudge 2

    ★★

  • Ju-on: The Grudge

    ★★★★

  • Dark Water

    ★★★★

  • Corpse Party

    ★★★

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  • Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell

    Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell

    ★★★★

    A fun ride, also known as The Japanese Evil Dead for reasons that become increasingly obvious as you watch throughout it relatively short hour runtime. You’d be justified in calling it a ripoff, but I enjoyed this bloody and practical effects laden homage to one of my favorite films. I appreciated seeing the general “cabin in the woods” premise twisted through the lens of another different culture.

  • Malignant

    Malignant

    Style over substance.

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  • Girls Nite Out

    Girls Nite Out

    ★★★

    Pretty good for a nearly forgotten slasher film. The cast is energetic and fun enough to watch, and the movie really only gets dull towards the end. 

    The premise is a killer dressed as the school mascot (a bear) kills a bunch of coeds during a weekend long, campus wide scavenger hunt. The killer is unnerving enough, and more misogynistic than many. There’s little more terrifying than a costumed bear jumping out at you from the shadows while screaming sexual…

  • Camp Blood: The Musical

    Camp Blood: The Musical

    ★★★★★

    Absolutely amazing low budget amateur production. The 30 minute long film is a fun parody of the slasher movie genre, with some really clever songs throughout. There is little to no suspense or horror throughout the movie, and the special effects are as basic as they can get. The acting is bad in all the right, campy ways, and the mediocre-to-poor singing voices of the entire cast help strike the perfect tone. It's a shame that this movie is so hard to find, as it would be a cult classic if more b-movie fans were able to see it!