Galaxy of Horrors is a 2017 horror anthology and is another portmanteau package curated from short movies previously presented as part of the Little Terrors Festival. It follows on from the subject of our previous Portmanteau-a-go-go, Minutes Past Midnight.
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This 2016 portmanteau follows that curious modern trend of having lots of stories. At nine stories deep, Minutes Past Midnight is one of the more packed ones that we’ve covered. At 1hr 39, it’s not too long though and the stories come thick and fast. Especially the film’s opener.
Cradle of Fear is a 2001 UK horror anthology that features four tales and one wraparound story and it will certainly polarise audiences. Most people will struggle to get past the dreadful acting and the ‘oh look how shocking we are’ teenage death metal fan pandering cheap shocks. Fans of […]
XX is a four part horror anthology is a fairly standard mix of horror tales linked with some creepy stop-motion and a gimmick that all the stories are seen from a female perspective (as well as written and directed by women).
So, we watch a lot of portmanteau/horror anthology films. I mean A LOT of them. The Horror Network caught our attention and as you can’t stream it anywhere I decided to pick up the DVD. I checked the user reviews on IMDB. Three 10s. Oh my. Don’t trust anyone on […]
Despite being around for ages, and actually quite celebrated, we’ve taken our time getting around to Trick ‘r Treat. This horror anthology movie is based around one Halloween night and features five stories. That puts it in straight competition with the excellent Tales of Halloween and means that this well-regarded […]
It’s Christmas Eve and no one is stirring apart from us as we snack on EVERYTHING while watching A Christmas Horror Story (2015). This festive horror portmanteau pulls together four tales set in the town of Bailey Downs that all occur on one particularly odd Christmas Eve. The film is […]
On the face of it, a horror anthology based around various holidays seems like a particularly good idea. We loved Tales of Halloween and the idea of expanding that out to other holiday themes should be guaranteed gold. Holidays is a 2016 portmanteau that hits each major holiday starting with […]
Given our love of ’80s movies and horror anthologies, it is safe to say that we finally discovered this 1987 pormanteau a tad late. However, From a Whisper to a Scream (also known as The Offspring) was worth the wait. It’s a by-the-numbers genre flick that manages to hide some […]
Southbound is a modern horror anthology film that takes a lot of cues from this particular sub-genre’s past but updates it for modern audiences. As such you can feel a good degree of love for the portmanteau format and the writers here have done well to keep a flow between […]
There are only so many portmanteaus out there and we hadn’t checked out a new one for a while. Tales of Halloween was sat there waiting to be watched but we had to psyche ourselves up for this one as it kind of looked rubbish. We’re idiots though and actually […]
Deadtime Stories is a 1986 portmanteau that is classified under horror/comedy and therefore should be right up our alley and with a paper-thin linking story and three full segments, the ingredients are in place for a portmanteau classic. There is just one problem with the movie. It is the worst […]