The Fiasco Family welcomes Charlotte, from It’s Just a Show, to discuss three rom-coms for the Valentine’s Day return of Fiasco Family Movie Night!

All lists tagged ‘52films’ by Sadhbh Frost

The Alastair Sim version of A Christmas Carol (1951) has itself become a classic part of the holiday.

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

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.

Alt: Shaggy shushing someone, but he's a weirdo so it looks like he's trying to wipe his nose or something

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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).

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...

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

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

In Krampus (2015), family is Hell.

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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).

The Fiasco Family skipped prom, which is probably for the best. Look what happened to Carrie (1976).

The Fiasco Family has a culinary experience with the gore classic Blood Feast (1963).

The Fiasco Family falls into HubrisWeen with a grotesque version of Alice in Wonderland. You do not want to have the tea in Alice (1988).

Alt: The Silver Shamrock signal (from "Halloween 3") on a television causes a child's head to rapidly deteriorate under a pumpkin mask