HubrisWeen!

2025A. Altered States. 06.10.2025 9:50 ↓

Ken Russell rustles up a psychedelic spiritual journey in Altered States (1980).

HubrisWeen 2024 Wrap Up. 03.10.2025 1:10:13 ↓

HubrisWeen is over for another year. While the Fiasco Family plans for next year’s event, we take some time to answer some questions from friends and colleagues.

2024Z. Zeiram. 31.10.2024 9:17 ↓

The deadly monster Zeiram (1991) is on its way to Earth, and only 2 intergalactic bounty hunters can save us… if the local goobers can stop getting in the way.

2024Y. You Should Have Left. 30.10.2024 8:11 ↓

By the time you find a note that says You Should Have Left (2020), it’s already too late.

2024X. Xtro. 29.10.2024 9:44 ↓

We got nothing. It’s Xtro (1982), and we just have to deal with that.

2024W. White Zombie. 28.10.2024 7:16 ↓

Will you take this White Zombie (1932) to be your wife, to do your bidding, and to never question your commands?

2024V. Vacancy. 27.10.2024 9:58 ↓

If you murder all your guests, you can always be certain to have a Vacancy (2007).

2024U. The Undying Monster. 26.10.2024 8:10 ↓

What do you do when another studio has a hit werewolf film? If you’re 20th Century Fox, you dig up the rights to The Undying Monster (1942) and kit-bash it into a cash-in.

2024T. 30 Days of Night. 25.10.2024 6:43 ↓

Vampires converge on a remote Alaskan town to enjoy a captive feast due to 30 Days of Night (2007).

2024S. Slotherhouse. 24.10.2024 7:45 ↓

It’s a sloth. A murderous sloth. It kills people. What else do you need in a movie called Slotherhouse (2023)?

2024R. Remote Control. 23.10.2024 8:43 ↓

People have long claimed that television rots brains, but it’s much worse than that with Remote Control (1988).

2024Q. The Quatermass Conclusion. 22.10.2024 11:12 ↓

Professor Quatermass saves the world one last time in The Quatermass Conclusion (1979).

2024P. Pearl. 21.10.2024 10:55 ↓

There’s no place like home, especially if you’ve filled it with corpses like Pearl (2022) did.

2024O. The Oblong Box. 20.10.2024 7:47 ↓

An Edgar Allan Poe movie from the 1960s, starring Vincent Price! It’s not part of the Corman cycle, and if you accept that you might enjoy opening The Oblong Box (1969).

2024N. Night of Dark Shadows. 19.10.2024 10:21 ↓

Once there was a show, and people liked it. Then there was a movie, and people liked that. Then there was an immediate followup to that movie, and maybe they should have worked on the script for Night of Dark Shadows (1971) a little more before filming.

2024M. The Mad. 18.10.2024 9:01 ↓

Do you want to see Billy Zane fight mad cows? We did too! Instead, we got The Mad (2007).

2024L. The Lighthouse. 17.10.2024 9:24 ↓

All your secrets will be revealed in the stark light of The Lighthouse (2019).

2024K. Krampus. 16.10.2024 9:32 ↓

In Krampus (2015), family is Hell.

2024J. Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter. 15.10.2024 7:51 ↓

What happens when a famous outlaw encounters the descendant of a famous mad scientist? When Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter (1966), sparks fly! Also bullets. Probably some furniture, too.

2024I. It’s a Wonderful Knife. 14.10.2024 9:17 ↓

Another Christmas horror movie? And why not? George Bailey never had as bad as Winnie Carruthers does in It’s a Wonderful Knife (2023).

2024H. House. 13.10.2024 11:33 ↓

Avant-garde horror? Child’s nightmare? Whatever it is, there’s no place like House (1977).

2024G. The Green Slime. 12.10.2024 8:55 ↓

Clashing egos and zero tactical skills struggle to resolve an infestation of The Green Slime (1968).

2024F. Flora. 11.10.2024 9:35 ↓

Out in the deep woods, it’s not the fauna you have to watch out for — it’s the Flora (2017).

2024E. Eerie Tales. 10.10.2024 13:53 ↓

We’re not certain that Eerie Tales is the earliest anthology horror film, but from 1919 it’s certainly earlier than any we’ve covered so far!

2024D. Dial Code Santa Claus (aka Deadly Games). 09.10.2024 9:24 ↓

A child is left alone in a grand house for Christmas Eve and must use his wits to fight an intruder. Santa brings real stakes and brutal assault in the French film Dial Code Santa Claus (1989).