History From The Back Pages

The latest episode of History From The Back Pages features our host's analysis of the horror film From The Dark, focusing on a young couple's terrifying encounter with a mutant creature after they become lost in the Irish wilderness.

Collin reviews the psychological horror movie You Should Have Left on this week's episode of History From The Back Pages. The film, starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried, tells the story of a married couple whose vacation in remote Wales takes a dark turn as the husband begins to experience inexplicable and terrifying occurrences at their rented home.

This week on History From The Back Pages, Collin examines the compelling fictional murder mystery Brigham City. Wes Clayton serves as the local Sheriff and a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Bishop in one of the local Wards. Richard Dutcher produced, directed, and starred in the film. Although Brigham City is a real town in Utah, the movie depicts a fictionalized version filmed in Mapleton, Utah.

This week's episode of History From The Back Pages features Collins' review of the notoriously bad and boring shark film Dark Waters, starring Lorenzo Lamas as Dr. Dane Quatrall and Simmone Mackinnon as his sidekick Robin Turner.

On this week's installment of History From The Back Pages, Collin reviews the campy monster film The Crocodile, which revolves around eight teenagers who embark on a trip to a remote resort town in Southern California, only to find themselves face-to-face with a ravenous and irate Egyptian crocodile.

Collin reviews the extremely unappetizing German film Delicious on this week's History From The Back Pages. Finding a more boring film than Delicious would be a challenge. A wealthy and dysfunctional German family travels to their vacation home in France. After encountering a young, creepy woman, their lives deteriorate, particularly after she blackmails them following a failed payoff. Warning: If you are adverse to gore or disgusting imagery avoid this film.

This week on History From The Backpages, our host examines Capsized: Blood On The Water, a cinematic adaptation of a true story. While en route from Maine to Florida, the crew of the Trashman yacht encounters a violent storm and must devise a survival strategy as hungry sharks circle their life raft following a capsizing incident during the storm.

This week on History From The Back Pages, Collin explores the legendary Korean monster movie The Host, directed by the acclaimed Bong Joon Ho and boasting a talented cast, including Song Kang-ho, Go Ah-sung, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, and Park Nam-il.

For episode five of Collin’s Bigfoot Series he watches the highly enjoyable film Abominable. A disabled man going through depression after the loss of his wife revisits their Cabin in California for a short vacation. But suddenly things start to go horribly wrong when Bigfoot arrives and starts killing people!!!At the end Collin ranks the five films he has reviewed in the Bigfoot special so far. The five movies are Primal Rage, Big Legend, Feed The Gods, Willow Creek and Abominable.

Collin reviews the new independent haunted house horror film The House On Laura Anne DR. A young couple moves to a new house in Florida and soon creepy things start happening.

Colin reviews the oddly boring romance film We Live In Time to start off 2025 on History From The Back Pages. The movie stars very talented and skilled actors in Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield.

Collin reviews the enjoyable brand-new biographical film A Complete Unknown. The movie is about legendary folk and rock musician Bob Dylan. The film stars Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, and Monica Barbaro.

Collin reviews the mystery thriller film The Conclave starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, and John Lithgow. The current Pope dies and the Cardinals gather to elect the new Pope.

Collin reviews the beyond-boring and poorly written final chapter in the I Know What You Did Last Summer horror franchise. Ten years after the events of the first two stories a new group of teenagers are hunted down by the man with a hook for a hand. The film stars David Paetkau, Torrey DeVitto, and Brooke Nevin. In the end, Collin ranks the three films and chats about the new film rumored to be coming out next year.

Our host reviews the horror film Show Falls. Its plot is about five college friends who go to a mountain cabin to celebrate New Year's Eve. Things are going well until a horrible winter storm hits the area. The storm knocks out the power, turns off the heat, and closes the roads. Our friends must find a way to survive until the roads clear or someone rescues them by helicopter. Soon things turn scary when characters start having nightmares and panic attacks begin to set into the minds of our five friends.

Our host reviews the horror film Dreamkatcher. A young boy travels with his dad and his dad’s girlfriend to their vacation cabin for the weekend. But soon the relaxing vacation turns scary when a dark spirit enters their lives.

Collin reviews the frightening and emotionally moving Korean horror film The Closet (2020). The film was superbly directed by first-time director Kim Gwang-bin. The movie stars legendary Korean actor Ha Jung-woo and is supported by an excellent performance by Kim Nam-Gil. A desperate and grieving father (Jung-woo) hurries to rescue his daughter with the help of (Nam-gil) before she disappears forever in the spirit world. Excellent Horror Film

Collin reviews the Australian horror film Lemon Tree Passage directed by David James Campbell. The film’s main plot which is beyond confusing is about five friends who travel to Lemon Tree Passage Lane. Lemon Tree Passage is a haunted street in rural Australia. Throughout this very confusing and weird film, a dead man becomes a young woman in the afterlife and then haunts our five friends for some unknown reason in the real world. The use of nightmares, dreams, sleepwalking and body-swapping did not help this movie whatsoever.

Collin reviews the classic monster movie Them which came out in 1954. The plot is about a police officer, two scientists, and an FBI agent's mission to devise a plan to stop Gigantic Ants terrorizing New Mexico!!!

Collin reviews The Bigfoot horror film documentary Willow Creek for part four of his Bigfoot special. A young man named Jim is making a documentary about Bigfoot. Jim dreams of meeting Bigfoot, getting his autograph, and catching him on video. Jim and his girlfriend Kelly travel to Willow Creek, California. They aim to interview the locals, investigate the forest, and find Bigfoot. But their plans are dashed when they unearth a sleeping monster!!!

Collin reviews The Bye Bye Man for the first horror movie review this October. Three young people unearth the legend of the Bye Bye Man who seeks to destroy their pathetic lives for some unknown reason. Douglas Smith starred in The classic TV Show Big Love stars as Elliot. Who is the main character in the movie? Don’t Say Don’t Think It, Don’t Say Don’t Think It, Don’t Say Don’t Think It.

On this week’s episode of History From The Back Pages Collin reviews The monster movie The Mummy’s Tomb, the sequel to The Mummy’s Hand. The Mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney) and his new High Priest Dr. Bey (Turhan Bey) travel to Mapleton, Massachusetts to take revenge on Dr. Steve Banning after 30 years.

On this week of History From The Back Pages Collin reviews the classic monster movie The Mummy’s Hand for his upcoming classic monster movie series. The main cast in The Mummy’s Hand is Dick Foran, George Zucco, Wallace Ford, Peggy Moran, and Cecil Kellaway. The main plot is that The Mummy Kharis escapes from his tomb after thousands of years and sets out to kill our band of adventurers.

Collin reviews the “legendary” Bigfoot film Feed The Gods mentioned in the same breath as masterpieces such as Red Island, Primal Rage, After Dusk They Come, and The Open House. The brilliant acting by the three main characters leads to moments of such raw emotion and realism that it showcases their true power as actors. At times Collin was speechless and in a trance-like state. While he was watching this masterpiece of the Bigfoot genre of horror films unfold before his very eyes.

On this week's episode of History From The Backpages our host reviews the heartwarming sports movie The Champions. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Kaitlin Olson, and Ernie Hudson. A very enjoyable tale of redemption and building relationships together as a family.

Two best friends go on a bachelor party hiking trip in upstate New York. Suddenly after the two best friends Gus and Adam use drugs Wendigo either psychologically, in dreams, or real life hunts them threatening to ruin Gus and Adam’s lives.

Collin reviews the Korean fantasy masterpiece Dr. Cheon and Lost Talisman!!! The film’s story is about a fake exorcist Dr. Cheon who battles an all-powerful Spirit Warlock who is equipped with spells, mind manipulation abilities and a evil laugh to save a young girl's life.

Ulli a young Austrian police officer investigates the dark and mysterious disappearance of a young girl from 30 years ago.

Collin reviews the fantasy horror film The Watchers directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan in her debut. The film’s main character is Mina played by Dakota Fanning. A solid movie overall!

Our host was in awe after finishing a true film masterpiece in The Curse of La Patasola. Two couples whose relationships are on the rocks go on a camping trip. After telling a ghost story, a lady in white/ wailing witch/ ghost haunts the four characters.

Our host decided to risk it all and watch the sequel to the abysmal movie he reviewed last month, Shark Attack. Shark Attack 2’s story takes place in South Africa at a SeaWorld rip-off water park. The main character is a marine biologist who joins forces with his love interest to hunt down and kill a Great White Shark for revenge.

Collin reviews the new movie from the Strangers series. The Strangers: Chapter 1 which he saw over the weekend in the theatre. A young couple gets lost in the middle of nowhere in Venus, Oregon. Soon Ryan and Maya have to run for their lives and try to escape from three masked killers before they end up as their next trophies.

Collin reviews the classic horror film Burnt Offerings based on the novel by Robert Marasco. The movie stars Karen Black, Oliver Reed, and Bette Davis. The main plot is about a family who rents an old manor home for the summer. Soon evil events and scary things start to occur that threaten the family’s lives.

Collin reviews the Canadian horror film The Cube released in 1997. The movie’s plot is about seven random people trapped in a Cube full of thousands of rooms. They need to band together and escape before they die.

Our host reviews the Jewish horror film The Vigil. The main story is a about young man who left the Orthodox Jewish Community and is hired to be the Somer for the night of a man who recently passed. Suddenly a dark spirit arrives and creepy things start to happen!

Collin reviews the hilariously awful action thriller Shark Attack which currently has a 0 percent on Rotten Tomatoes starring Casper Van Dien and Ernie Hudson. The writing, story, and action scenes are incredibly dull and poorly thought out throughout the film.

Collin reviews the New Orleans haunted house horror movie House of Bones. The plot is a ghost investigator TV show that travels to film at an evil haunted home.

On this week’s episode of History From The Back Pages, we review the independent Canadian horror film The Spiral. The movie’s plot is about an LGTBQ couple who moved to the suburbs in 1995. Suddenly weird things start happening and one partner becomes convinced that there are dark secrets hidden beneath the town’s surface. Special Mention: Actor Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman who played Malik was excellent in this movie and was the star of the film.

Our host reviews the biographical comedy film Blackberry. The film portrays the founding and the rise and fall of the phone company Blackberry.

Collin reviews the remake of the well-beloved movie The Caine Mutiny from 1954 which was based on the novel and play of the same name. Jason Clarke and Monica Raymund both were very good in their roles as a Naval defense attorney and Naval prosecutor. Whereas the main character was not so good sadly. In Memory of Lance Reddick.

Collin reviews for part 2 of the show’s Bigfoot special the good movie Big Legend. The film's main story is about an ex-army ranger whose fiancé goes missing in the woods in Washington. He believes she was kidnapped by Bigfoot and he teams up with a local hunter to find her and eliminate Bigfoot.

Collin reviews two films for his Bigfoot movies special. For part 1 he reviews the boring film Primal Rage. The main plot is about an ex-con and his wife who get lost in the woods in Washington. Suddenly a predator clone/ Bigfoot/ Native American beast arrives with bows, knives, axes, and guns. And then he starts killing the local hunters in brutal ways and stalks the main characters.

Our host reviews the horror movie The Haunting of Patricia Johnson. The main plot revolves around a family moving to a haunted home in the suburbs.

On this week’s episode, Collin reviews the Latvian horror/ adventure film River of Fear. The main plot revolves around a river guide and his sister who go kayaking with employees of a vegan sausage company. They travel on the river next to a dark and spooky forest. Soon possessions and vanishings occur forcing Andrejs to find and save his sister and her friends.

On this week’s episode of History From The Back Pages, we review the horror movie Deliver Us From Evil. The film stars Eric Bana as an NYPD officer and Edgar Rameriz as an eccentric demon investigator priest. The movie’s soundtrack is only songs from the band The Doors. And the song's lyrics are a huge plot device for some unexplained reason.

Chad Michael Murray stars as the host of the ghost investigator TV show Ghost Hunt. He and his team travel to the middle of nowhere in Oklahoma to find ghosts at Camp Cold Brook. While there creepy things start happening to them!!!

A family moves to an old estate in Spain to fix up the home and sell it for a profit. But suddenly ghosts, witches, spirits, and demons begin to terrorize the family! Causing the father to seek the aid of a legendary ghost investigator.

On this week’s episode, our host reviews the Japanese Jidaigeki masterpiece Harakiri directed by Masaki Kobayashi, written by Shinobu Hashimoto, and starring the legendary Tatsuya Nakadai. Tatsuya Nakadai’s performance in this film was beyond words you will have to look far and wide to find a performance on par with his in the movie. Fun Fact: Tatsuya Nakadai played co-star Chief Detective Tokura in last week’s review of High And Low.

On this week’s episode of History From The Back Pages Collin reviews The masterful Japanese film High and Low directed by legendary director Akira Kurosawa and starring the great actor Toshiro Mifune.

Our host reviews the new Japanese animation fantasy film The Boy And The Heron. The movie was directed by legendary director Hayao Miyazaki the cofounder of Studio Ghibli. ( I saw the film in Japanese with English subtitles). A amazing film one of my favorites of 2023.