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HUNGRY JOE Review – Don’t Watch This While You’re Eating
Starring Laura Bayston, Andrew Greaves, Joe Sims, Carrie Cohen, Robert Portal Directed by Samuel Dawe and Paul Holbrook Hungry Joe is a film about a boy who can’t stop eating. That may sound like an oversimplification, but it’s actually a pretty accurate and thorough description of one of the most disturbing short films you’re likely […] More
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THE VIGIL Review – Familiar if Frightening Jewish Horror Fable
Chad Collins reviews THE VIGIL, a horror movie steeped in Jewish folklore. More
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I BLAME SOCIETY Review – Would You Kill To Make It In Hollywood?
Would you kill to make it In Hollywood? Check out our review of I BLAME SOCIETY! More
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RED DOT Review: Grim, Gripping Swedish Survival Thriller Now on Netflix
Starring Nanna Blondell and Johannes Kuhnke Written by Alain Daborg and Per Dickson Directed by Alain Darborg Red Dot, Netflix’s first Swedish original feature-film, is darker, gorier, and generally more misanthropic than most Netflix genre fare. A spiraling and unyielding descent into a frozen hellscape of the protagonists’ own design, Red Dot’s high-concept, high-yield premise– […] More
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PARADISE COVE Review – A Melodramatic and Predictable Home Invasion Film
PARADISE COVE Review – A Melodramatic and Predictable Home Invasion Film Elevated by Its Cast More
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FREAKY Blu-ray Review: Killer Special Features Include Director’s Commentary and Easter Eggs
FREAKY Blu-ray Review: Killer Special Features Include Director’s Commentary and Easter Eggs! More
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Sundance 2021: A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX Review – New Doc Asks “Are We Living In A Simulation?”
Sundance 2021: A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX Review – New Doc Asks Are We Living In A Simulation? 4 Stars! More
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Sundance 2021: COMING HOME IN THE DARK Review – Another Triumph of New Zealand Horror
Directed by James Ashcroft Written by James Ashcroft Starring Erik Thompson, Daniel Gillies, Miriama McDowell, Matthias Luafutu Enjoying its world premiere in the Midnight section at the 2021 virtual edition of the Sundance Film Festival, first-time director James Ashcroft uses his theatre background to tell an intimate, terror driven story that keeps the human drama […] More
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Sundance 2021: EIGHT FOR SILVER Review – A Gothic Werewolf Tale For The Ages
Sundance 2021: EIGHT FOR SILVER Review – A Gothic Werewolf Tale For The Ages More
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THE NIGHT Review: Trippy Terror at the Hotel
Starring Shahab Hosseini and Niousha Noor Written by Kourosh Ahari and Milad Jarmooz Directed by Kourosh Ahari “They hear the truth, morning comes” a malevolent drifter whispers to Neda Naderi (Noousha Noor) midway through The Night, Kourosh Ahari’s auspicious Iranian-American genre debut. Neda and her husband Babek (Shahab Hosseini) are en route to their home […] More
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Sundance 2021: IN THE EARTH Review #2 – Ben Wheatley’s Version Of A Pandemic is Trippy And Horrifying
IN THE EARTH Review: Ben Wheatley’s Version Of A Pandemic is Trippy And Horrifying More
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WRONG TURN Review–Bloody Horror Remake Gets Political
Starring Charlotte Vega and Matthew Modine Written by Alan McElroy Directed by Mike P. Nelson The slasher craze of the early to late eighties had one principal goal in mind: rack up as large a body count in as little time as possible. Sincere development, nuance, and humanity were often tossed aside for austere and […] More
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THE FUNERAL HOME Review–A Demonic Treat
If you like films with mortuary objects, dysfunctional families, symbols of the occult, pale bodies that emerge from the dark, and an insane addition that causes mayhem at its conclusion, then venture into The Funeral Home. More
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Sundance 2021: IN THE EARTH Review–Hypnotic Folk Horror
Starring Joel Fry and Ellora Torchia Written by Ben Wheatley Directed by Ben Wheatley In a terse pre-screening Q&A, writer/director Ben Wheatley remarked that while In the Earth is not explicitly about the COVID-19 pandemic, it would be disingenuous to say that it ignores the politics of the time. Conceived, written, and filmed in the […] More
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THE LEGEND OF HALLOWEEN Book Review–A Hoot and a Half for Horror Fans!
Written by David Gordon Green and Onur Tukel Illustrated by Onur Tukel Based on the screenplay by John Carpenter and Debra Hill Synopsis:Michael Myers has been a naughty little boy. On Halloween night, he took a knife and did some very bad things. Luckily, he was caught and locked away in Smith’s Grove Sanitarium. Dr. […] More
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ALIENS, CLOWNS & GEEKS Review–Raunchy Horror-Comedy is a Riotous Crowd-Pleaser
Starring Bodhi Elfman, Rebecca Forsythe, and Angeline-Rose Troy Written by Richard Elfman Directed by Richard Elfman Strictly speaking, Aliens, Clowns & Geeks isn’t a horror movie. But when you have intergalactic, face-painted freaks looking to destroy the planet (not to mention a dude with “the key to the universe” stuck up his ass) you’re going […] More
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PSYCHO GOREMAN Review – An Out Of This World Blood-Soaked Creature Feature For Kids!
Directed by Steven Kostanski Written by Steven Kostanski Starring Nita-Josse Hanna, Owen Myre, Matthew Ninaber Harkening back to the days of off-the-wall toy merchandise and fast food marketing tie-ins, Psycho Goreman is the kids movie your parents never allowed you to watch growing up. Any horror loving pre-teen with an allowance burning a hole in […] More
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THE CLEANSING HOUR Review – This Livestream of an Exorcism Will Begin Shortly…
Directed by Damien LeVeck Written by Damien LeVeck and Aaron Horwitz Starring Ryan Guzman, Kyle Gallner, Alix Angelis For those of you in need of an update to the age-old battle between demons and exorcists, Damien LeVeck’s The Cleansing Hour brings the war for our souls firmly into the digital age. Hitting VOD, Digital HD […] More
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GO/DON’T GO REVIEW–A Contemporary LAST MAN ON EARTH with Amazing Performance by Alex Knapp
Starring Alex Knapp, Olivia Luccardi, Nore Davis Written by Alex Knapp Directed by Alex Knapp With the ongoing effects of the virus and the hope that it will subside this year, many people have displayed symptoms of isolation and loneliness. Even though many of us have family, friends, and pets to get through these trying […] More
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PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Review–A Sensational Pastel Revenge Thriller
Starring Carey Mulligan and Bo Burnham Written by Emerald Fennell Directed by Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman is not the movie its marketing promises it to be. Sure, plenty of the filmic vignettes– including a sensational montage set to Paris Hilton’s bygone hit “Stars Are Blind”– reflect the candy pop aesthetic and millennial frenzy that […] More
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VIGILANTE 4K Review – Time for Street Justice
Starring Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Rutanya Alda, Don Blakely Directed by William Lustig Distributed by Blue Underground The first time I saw Bill Lustig’s Vigilante (1982) was roughly a decade ago and I distinctly remember feeling a bit letdown by what my mind had built up as some kind of wild Death Wish III (1985)-style […] More
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TREMORS 4K Review – Burrow Into One of the Year’s Best Releases
Starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross Directed by Ron Underwood Distributed by Arrow Video It’s only taken a solid 30 years to happen, but Tremors (1990) finally has a home video release that isn’t a total eyesore. Universal Studios has been pumping out reissues of the same old awful transfer for years, […] More
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SHORTCUT Review – Stranded Teens Battle a Tunnel-Dwelling Creature
Starring Jack Kane, Zak Sutcliffe, Andrei Claude, Sophie Jane Oliver, Terence Anderson Written by Daniele Cosci Directed by Alessio Liguori The 2017 adaptation of Stephen King’s It found huge success by telling the story of a group of teens who bond while battling an ancient shapeshifting entity. Over the years, several other films have tried […] More
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THE BLOODHOUND Review–Edgar Allan Poe’s Macabrery in the Modern Age
Starring Liam Aiken, Annalise Basso, and Joe Adler Written by Patrick Picard Directed by Patrick Picard In Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher, the narrator of this short story colors the moss-ridden, crumbling of an ancient mansion known as the House of Usher. The narrator responds to a letter and visits […] More
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13 SLAYS TILL XMAS Review – The Only Film Horror Fans Will Need To Watch This Festive Season
There aren’t too many Christmas-themed anthology horror films, and the newly released 13 Slays Till Xmas might just be one of the best entries the subgenre has to offer, and we mean that with all sincerity. The premise for for the anthology is that a small group of acquaintances meet in a bar on Christmas […] More
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CLIMATE OF THE HUNTER Review: Lurid Truth or a Lie of the Mind?
In many vampire films, the story usually takes place in a desolate castle or manor where a visitor has to travel several miles and, at times, over terrible terrain to visit the Count or some aristocratic equivalent. With large great rooms and cobwebbed corridors, the aristocrat uses his charms in order to stave off mortality […] More
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PAINTBALL MASSACRE Review–Fun-Filled Microbudget Mayhem
Starring Katy Brand, Lee Latchford-Evans, and Robert Portal Written by Chris Regan Directed by Darren Berry Reunions can be a pound of many painful pasts coupled with a ton of judgment of your present. Faced with the fear of losing control of their youth and, for the men, their masculinity, someone decides to have some […] More
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BACKWOODS Review: A Tale That’s Dark and Deep
Starring Isabella Alberti, Jeremy Sande, and Erin Lilley Written by Erin Lilley and Thomas Smith Directed by Thomas Smith Throughout the 1980s and into the 2000s, there has been a visual sundry of interesting findings in the arenas of the dark, wooded and swampy unknowns. From films such as The Evil Dead (1981 and its […] More
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ARCHENEMY Review – A Wild, Heartfelt Antihero Epic That Doesn’t Pack Enough Punch
Directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer Written by Adam Egypt Mortimer Starring Joe Manganiello, Skylan Brookes, Zolee Grigs, Amy Seimetz In one of the year’s most inventive redemption stories, Archenemy is bubbling with imagination. For a cosmic tinged tale filled with so many grand ideas and infinite possibilities, there’s an indie ire and a strong beating […] More
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ANYTHING FOR JACKSON Review – The Power Of Love & The Power From Hell
Directed by Justin G. Dyck Written by Keith Cooper Starring Sheila McCarthy, Julian Richings, Konstantina Mantelos, Josh Cruddas With the holiday season upon us and strongly worded pleas not to travel to see family this year, you definitely don’t want to visit the grandparents in Anything For Jackson. They’re the types that love you a […] More
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