Tommy Lee Wallace Archives

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Rating: ★★★

Feb 19, 2001Mad Scientist's Occult Revenge Plot

Unrelated to the Michael Myers saga, John Carpenter tried to use the Halloween name to launch an original horror series. The plot is a baffling mix of Celtic magic and hi-tech but Tommy Lee Wallace creates some way out effects scenes

Director: Tommy Lee Wallace

Actors: Tom Atkins, Dan O'Herlihy

Category: Horror

19 February 200129 October 2025 by Roog

Fright Night Part 2 (1989)

Rating: ★★½

Sep 5, 2002Vampire Film

Sequel to Fright Night, this basically rehashes what went before but introduces Jerry Dandridge's sister. This does come with the benefit of some way-out stylistic effects from director Tommy Lee Wallace

Director: Tommy Lee Wallace

Actors: Roddy McDowall, William Ragsdale, Julie Carmen, Traci Lin, …

Category: Horror

5 September 20029 February 2026 by Roog

It (1990)

Rating: ★★★½

Jun 10, 2016Stephen King Adaptation/Killer Clown Monster

Stephen King adapted mini-series and one of the best. A dark Coming of Age tale, Tim Curry makes an unsettling Pennywise (in doing so popularised the figure of the killer clown)

Director: Tommy Lee Wallace

Actors: Tim Curry, John Ritter, Richard Thomas, Annette O'Toole, …

Category: Horror

10 June 201613 July 2026 by Roog

Vampires: Los Muertos (2002)

Rating: ★

Jun 19, 2004Vampire Hunters

Sequel to John Carpenter’s Vampires given over to his regular associate Tommy Lee Wallace, this looks tatty in trying to replicate the action sequences on a B-budget and with the script holes showing through

Director: Tommy Lee Wallace

Actors: Jon Bon Jovi, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Diego Luna, Darius McCrary

Category: Horror

19 June 200428 May 2025 by Roog