3-D FRENZY

For the next few reviews here at Tales From The Backroom, I'm going to be looking at horror movies that enter the third dimension.

That's right...3D.

I'm not talking the modern type of 3D either. The type of 3D that's more concerned with depth of field. I'm talking old school.

The eye popping, gimmick heavy, things leaping out into your lap type of 3D. The type of 3D you'd have to wear badly designed cardboard glasses with red and green lenses to watch. The type of 3D that would give you a horrible headache after ninety minutes of watching it...

Over the next few days I'm going to be looking at films which exploited this cheesy gimmick. There where two waves of 3D movies - the first took place in the 50's, the second wave became popular in the 80's. I'm going to be covering films from both periods.

There's going to be a new category in the reviews to reflect this...COMING AT YA - This section will look at those iconic moments in the film when the 3D gimmick is exploited to it's fullest, those moments when the action truly EXPLODES from out of the screen and into the audience's lap.

So join me over the next few days, after all what's the Halloween season without a cheesy fun fair gimmick or two...and that's exactly what the 3D craze did...turn the cinema into a fun fair ride.