Robert Freese
@robfreese.bsky.social
Writer for The Phantom of the Movies’ Videoscope and It Came From Hollywood. I also write novels, movie tie-ins and screenplays.
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Robert Freese
@robfreese.bsky.social
· Oct 25
Recollections from a Rotting Brain: Talking Slasher Flicks with "The Hysteria Continues!" Podcast - Rue Morgue
Rob Freese sits down with the popular podcasters to look back at the masked killers and maniacs who painted the 1980s red!
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My interview with the Scholars of Slash at The Hysteria Continues (Justin, Erik, Joseph and Nathan) is available now on Rue Morgue.
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I knew I watched a lot of Carry On last year, but I’m surprised my most watched actor wasn’t Kenneth Williams or Sid James.
January 3, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I knew I watched a lot of Carry On last year, but I’m surprised my most watched actor wasn’t Kenneth Williams or Sid James.
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New Review: DR GIGGLES (1992)
"An escapee from a lunatic asylum, convinced he's a doctor, returns to his hometown and begins killing teenagers. It isn’t hard to see why this potential franchise was given a do-not-resuscitate order."
www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/Dr-Giggles.h...
"An escapee from a lunatic asylum, convinced he's a doctor, returns to his hometown and begins killing teenagers. It isn’t hard to see why this potential franchise was given a do-not-resuscitate order."
www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/Dr-Giggles.h...
December 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
New Review: DR GIGGLES (1992)
"An escapee from a lunatic asylum, convinced he's a doctor, returns to his hometown and begins killing teenagers. It isn’t hard to see why this potential franchise was given a do-not-resuscitate order."
www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/Dr-Giggles.h...
"An escapee from a lunatic asylum, convinced he's a doctor, returns to his hometown and begins killing teenagers. It isn’t hard to see why this potential franchise was given a do-not-resuscitate order."
www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/Dr-Giggles.h...
I hope everyone enjoys Christmas as much as Vincent enjoys getting into the tree! Happy Holidays!
December 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I hope everyone enjoys Christmas as much as Vincent enjoys getting into the tree! Happy Holidays!
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THE SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT CONTROVERSY!
"Protesting Elves, a killer Santa, & the shadowy potential role of a soft drink giant in the downfall of the most controversial holiday horror film ever made. A sometimes surreal true-life tale of festive fear ..."
www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/silent_night...
"Protesting Elves, a killer Santa, & the shadowy potential role of a soft drink giant in the downfall of the most controversial holiday horror film ever made. A sometimes surreal true-life tale of festive fear ..."
www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/silent_night...
December 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
THE SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT CONTROVERSY!
"Protesting Elves, a killer Santa, & the shadowy potential role of a soft drink giant in the downfall of the most controversial holiday horror film ever made. A sometimes surreal true-life tale of festive fear ..."
www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/silent_night...
"Protesting Elves, a killer Santa, & the shadowy potential role of a soft drink giant in the downfall of the most controversial holiday horror film ever made. A sometimes surreal true-life tale of festive fear ..."
www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/silent_night...
That time Vincent said he wanted to be in one of my videos. (He was a good sport!)
December 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
That time Vincent said he wanted to be in one of my videos. (He was a good sport!)
The All-Night Video Guide: Slashers 70’s & 80’s is now $11.95 for a limited time!
The All-Night Video Guide: Slashers 70's & 80's
examines how the slasher film searched for its identity in the 1970s, until maturing into what we consider a "slasher movie" today in the 1980s. After countless hours consuming knife-kill flicks, Rob ...
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December 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The All-Night Video Guide: Slashers 70’s & 80’s is now $11.95 for a limited time!
A new review for the slasher book. Thank you!
Multi-Genre Music, Sound & Film Webzine
<p><em>The All-Night Video Guide: Slashers 70’s & 80’s</em> is a glorious dive back into the golden age of slash ‘n’ stalk films. Instead of an in-depth/ definitive guide to the genre/ period, this is...
www.musiquemachine.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A new review for the slasher book. Thank you!
All the It Came From Hollywood books are 40% off this weekend at Makeflix! Includes the Salute to Slashers (Book 2), our giant Arch Hall Jr. book (Book 5) and our look at the year 1984 (Book 6). All the novelizations and Colossals are also in the sale and signed copies of my slasher book!
More Black Friday Weekend Deals
Sale prices valid 12AM EST 11/28/25 thru 12AM EST 12/02/25. Quantities limited.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
All the It Came From Hollywood books are 40% off this weekend at Makeflix! Includes the Salute to Slashers (Book 2), our giant Arch Hall Jr. book (Book 5) and our look at the year 1984 (Book 6). All the novelizations and Colossals are also in the sale and signed copies of my slasher book!
My new blog for Rue Morgue- looking at film fandom past and present in Italy with cinema scholars, Fabio and Luna Chimenti!!!
Recollections from a Rotting Brain: International Fandom with Fabio and Luna Chimenti - Rue Morgue
The husband-and-wife film journalists from Italy's "NOCTURNO" reveal the state of the genre in the country that gave us Argento, Bava and Fulci.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My new blog for Rue Morgue- looking at film fandom past and present in Italy with cinema scholars, Fabio and Luna Chimenti!!!
My interview with the Scholars of Slash at The Hysteria Continues (Justin, Erik, Joseph and Nathan) is available now on Rue Morgue.
rue-morgue.com/slasher-flic...
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Recollections from a Rotting Brain: Talking Slasher Flicks with "The Hysteria Continues!" Podcast - Rue Morgue
Rob Freese sits down with the popular podcasters to look back at the masked killers and maniacs who painted the 1980s red!
rue-morgue.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
My interview with the Scholars of Slash at The Hysteria Continues (Justin, Erik, Joseph and Nathan) is available now on Rue Morgue.
rue-morgue.com/slasher-flic...
rue-morgue.com/slasher-flic...
Reposted by Robert Freese
From the producers of the original Silent Night, Deadly Night and Anthony Masi, the producer of my novelization, here comes an all new movie this December. youtu.be/wIi7YOvQe7s?...
SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 🎅🏼🪓🩸 | Official Trailer | In Theaters December 12
YouTube video by Bloody Disgusting Horror
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October 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
From the producers of the original Silent Night, Deadly Night and Anthony Masi, the producer of my novelization, here comes an all new movie this December. youtu.be/wIi7YOvQe7s?...
My new blog is up on Rue Morgue. I finally caught up with the author of the Halloween novelization, Richard Curtis! (Did you know a fully illustrated version of the novel was rereleased a couple years ago? I didn’t either!)
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: The Curious Case Of The "HALLOWEEN" Novelization – A Conversation With Author Richard Curtis - Rue Morgue
Published months after the release of John Carpenter's groundbreaking film, the 1979 novelization expanded Michael Myers' backstory with Celtic folklore.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My new blog is up on Rue Morgue. I finally caught up with the author of the Halloween novelization, Richard Curtis! (Did you know a fully illustrated version of the novel was rereleased a couple years ago? I didn’t either!)
I was on this episode! I had so much fun! Thank you, Hysterical Continues!!!
Videocast 008:
Drive-In Massacre (1976)
Patreon:
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YouTube:
youtube.com/watch?v=ExtbWgHpip0
Audio-only version available on all good/bad podcatchers!
Thank you to one and all for your continued support!
The Hysteria Continues Team
Drive-In Massacre (1976)
Patreon:
patreon.com/posts/videocast-008-in-140113940
YouTube:
youtube.com/watch?v=ExtbWgHpip0
Audio-only version available on all good/bad podcatchers!
Thank you to one and all for your continued support!
The Hysteria Continues Team
October 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I was on this episode! I had so much fun! Thank you, Hysterical Continues!!!
Film producer Sam Sherman passed away on Monday. Sam was great. He called me out of the blue one day, “Rob Freese? This is Sam Sherman, president of I-IP.” I always loved talking to him. I was on the editorial team who helped put his book, “When Dracula Met Frankenstein” together. Rest now, sir.
October 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Film producer Sam Sherman passed away on Monday. Sam was great. He called me out of the blue one day, “Rob Freese? This is Sam Sherman, president of I-IP.” I always loved talking to him. I was on the editorial team who helped put his book, “When Dracula Met Frankenstein” together. Rest now, sir.
“Rob, what exactly do you do at the library?” Well, I show awesome movies and remind people how much fun you can have going to movies. I also concoct cheap gimmicks for the movies I show. Tomorrow is Dana Cannon’s Moving Violations scratch off game. 27% accurate- if you drive a puppet stage.
September 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“Rob, what exactly do you do at the library?” Well, I show awesome movies and remind people how much fun you can have going to movies. I also concoct cheap gimmicks for the movies I show. Tomorrow is Dana Cannon’s Moving Violations scratch off game. 27% accurate- if you drive a puppet stage.
Spandexorcist trailer
YouTube video by Gelatin Skelatin and Gray Chance Films
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August 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Reposted by Robert Freese
Two months from today, Santa will arrive before Halloween. Silent Night, Deadly Night: The Official Novelization of the Original Movie is coming to paperback from Titan Books on October 21, and preorders are now open from your favorite book retailers. This year, Naughty season starts early.
August 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Two months from today, Santa will arrive before Halloween. Silent Night, Deadly Night: The Official Novelization of the Original Movie is coming to paperback from Titan Books on October 21, and preorders are now open from your favorite book retailers. This year, Naughty season starts early.
RECOLLECTIONS FROM A ROTTING BRAIN: '80s ACTION SLASHERS! - Rue Morgue
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August 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I’m joining Bill Van Ryn and Sam Panico tonight for this slasher double feature!
August 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I’m joining Bill Van Ryn and Sam Panico tonight for this slasher double feature!
Just a reminder: The All-Night Video Guide: Slashers 70’s & 80’s is available from Amazon (paperback, Kindle & Kindle Unlimited). Signed copies available from Makeflix.com. If you’re in the Huntsville, AL area you can pick up a signed copy from Big Mix Video.
August 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just a reminder: The All-Night Video Guide: Slashers 70’s & 80’s is available from Amazon (paperback, Kindle & Kindle Unlimited). Signed copies available from Makeflix.com. If you’re in the Huntsville, AL area you can pick up a signed copy from Big Mix Video.
I don’t tend to post about flicks I snag for my collection, but I picked up this set for practically nothing. (A couple are still sealed.) I recently learned about this series from my favorite slasher movie podcast, The Hysteria Continues. Funny how life works sometimes. Matron, please!
August 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I don’t tend to post about flicks I snag for my collection, but I picked up this set for practically nothing. (A couple are still sealed.) I recently learned about this series from my favorite slasher movie podcast, The Hysteria Continues. Funny how life works sometimes. Matron, please!
I had an awesome time talking to Justin, Erik, Joseph and Nathan today about Drive-in Massacre for an upcoming episode The Hysteria Continues! podcast. Now for something a little less slashery.
August 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I had an awesome time talking to Justin, Erik, Joseph and Nathan today about Drive-in Massacre for an upcoming episode The Hysteria Continues! podcast. Now for something a little less slashery.
My new piece, an interview with legendary screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti and his work with Mario Bava, is available now at Rue Morgue. This piece covers Shock, when it was originally written and how it was eventually changed, and ends with the never made sci-fi horror Anomaly…and Roger Corman!
EXCLUSIVE: Inside "ANOMALY," The Greatest Sci-Fi Horror Film Never Made! - Rue Morgue
RUE MORGUE contributor Rob Freese reveals the inside story of the unrealized project that would have teamed B-movie king Roger Corman with the maestro of Italian horror, Mario Bava, featuring exclusiv...
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July 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
My new piece, an interview with legendary screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti and his work with Mario Bava, is available now at Rue Morgue. This piece covers Shock, when it was originally written and how it was eventually changed, and ends with the never made sci-fi horror Anomaly…and Roger Corman!
July 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
More signed copies of Slashers 70’s & 80’s on the way to Makeflix.com. It’s sold out twice over the last couple weeks. I hope everyone is getting a kick out of it!
July 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
More signed copies of Slashers 70’s & 80’s on the way to Makeflix.com. It’s sold out twice over the last couple weeks. I hope everyone is getting a kick out of it!