The creative team behind the wonderful Turbo Kid have hit the hungry public with a far more restrained affair. Tension replaces slapstick and they prove they’re just as apt at handling grounded dread as cartoonish insanity. Lazy summer days get a mighty fine level of excitement when a young conspiracy minded teen comes to believe … More Fresh Cuts: Summer of 84 (2018) (Canada/USA)
A few words before we get to the review proper. Mexico has a sadly ignored rich history with the horror genre. Offering a vast array of flicks for any adventurous fan from the genuinely chilling (1975’s Darker Than Night) to the bat shit insane (1962’s The Brainiac), Mexi-horror should (especially the first boom) be held … More Forgotten Nightmares: The Man and the Monster (1958) (Mexico)
Welcome to the second installment of the Festering 5! The first edition went fairly well, so Brennan and I thought we’d try this again. Prepare to get REKT! Today we are ranking the elite of the infamous in-joke… Those titles we like to discuss time and time again, and that’s “Massacre” movies. We’ve both seen … More The Festering 5: “Massacre” Movies
Whew! There’s nothing like the feeling of a film living up to “the hype”. An oddly busy schedule ruined my chances of catching Hereditary in theaters but somehow…someway all of its delicious secrets were kept from me. Nothing had been spoiled so I was able to come in like a newborn pup. I’m going to … More The Merits of Sin: Hereditary (2018) (USA)
TRIGGER. WARNING. This book has a super-scummy underside and I do not know how to feel about it. This is a detective-named-Jack book, which I don’t typically care for- no that’s not right- HATE, I typically hate these. It starts out like a gritty crime-show; bodies found, detective makes coffee, he’s sleepy all the … More Review of Birdman (Novel) by Mo Hayder (1999)
directed by Gary Whitson runtime: 95 mins Boys and girls, it’s long overdue, but finally I am bringing you a W.A.V.E. Productions movie review. Some of you may ask, “What the frick is W.A.V.E.? More like W?A?V?E?, am I right?” Well before I get to the review, allow me to enlighten those of you in … More Schlock & Gore: Sleepover Massacre (1989)
They don’t make many movies like Slender Man….and that’s great news. There is a lot to hate about this film and I’m going to struggle to find anything positive to say about it. One of the first things you learn when you begin reviewing movies is that it’s important to find something good in each … More In Theaters: Slender Man
directed by James Bickert runtime: 85 mins The women-in-prison genre is much more vast and sprawling than the casual viewer might realize. I won’t sit here and give you a history lesson or anything, but I do want to point out that the number of women-in-prison films in existence is in the hundreds at … More Featured Film: Amazon Hot Box (2018)
There’s only so much one can say about Nigerian horror flicks to the uninitiated without eventually coming off like a lunatic with horrible tastes in film. I’m not saying that I’m not that, I’m just saying that the Nollywood anti-cinema is better experienced than read about. Witchdoctor hit the scene well before the film output … More The Merits of Sin: Witchdoctor of the Living Dead (1985) (Nigeria)
directed by Don G. Jackson runtime: 83 mins Toxic Filth Video I am a disappointment. Before you attempt to console me, please, just listen to my story. I had it all planned out, see? I held my horses for the perfect opportunity. I had waited so long to finally see it, and I knew I … More Schlock & Gore: Rollergator (1996)
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