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Reel Review: 4/20 Massacre (2018)
As you might expect, “4/20 Massacre” is rather lacking in story, but some great gore and inventive kills make this a decent — if sometimes slow — watch. With so many holiday themed horror movies, it...
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Reel Review: Mon Mon Mon Monsters (2017)
The Shudder exclusive horror film out of Taiwan, MON MON MON MONSTERS, is a ghoulastic good time and a real treat for gore hounds. When I started watching Asian horror, I found the genre to be, at...
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Exploring Horror History: A Day at Camp Crystal Lake
This past Friday the 13th, I celebrated with the horror lover’s experience of a lifetime, surviving a day at Camp Crystal Lake! The alarm goes off at 5:15 a.m. ET on Friday, April 13, 2018. This is...
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Reel Review: Operation Avalanche (2016)
“Operation Avalanche” is a new thriller about the 1969 moon landing that shoots for the stars, but loses something in the transmission. It’s no secret that I have not been a fan of the...
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Reel Review: Sequence Break (2017)
The void stares back in Graham Skipper’s debut film, Sequence Break, a visually stunning and compelling nod to Cronenberg and 80’s horror. Graham Skipper is probably best known for his starring role in...
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Reel Review: Hell’s Kitty (2018)
All the “pussy” jokes aside, Hell’s Kitty is a surprisingly fun and entertaining romp with a stellar cast of horror greats and lots of love for genre fans. I went into my viewing of writer/director...
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Series Review: “Born to Kill” (Shudder/BBC)
The Shudder Exclusive “Born to Kill” is a compelling, well-scripted and powerfully acted four-episode series about a young serial killer in the making. As an American child in the late 70s and through...
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Reel Review: Tom Costabile’s “Voodoo” (2017)
Despite looking great and boasting some impressive effects, no amount of magic can save “Voodoo” from its found-footage trappings. When production comes to the decision to make a found-footage style...
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New on Blu: Shocking Dark (aka Terminator 2)
Severin Films reintroduces the world to a legendary Italian schlock hit: Blu-Ray Review of SHOCKING DARK aka TERMINATOR 2 “I think George Lucas gonna sue somebody!” Chaka Luther King (Chris Rock) –...
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Cinepocalypse 2018 Review: The Devil’s Doorway
North Ireland’s Aislinn Clarke Makes an impressive directorial debut with her supernatural found footage horror The Devil’s Doorway. THE DEVIL’S DOORWAY is the feature film debut of director Aislinn...
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New on Blu: Zombie 3 and Zombie 4
Severin Films Unleashes Italian Splatter Zombie Mayhem With the Recent Blu-ray Releases of the Cult Classics, Zombie 3 and Zombie 4. **Note: I know there are different spellings of “zombie” for the...
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Fantasia 2018: “Satan’s Slaves” (2017)
Fantasia International Film Fest 2018 Review: Prepare to enslave yourself to the paralyzing fear of the Indonesian horror film SATAN’S SLAVES. Ari Aster, the writer/director of HEREDITARY, described...
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Fantasia 2018: “The Vanished” (2018)
Fantasia International Film Fest 2018 Review: The dead won’t lay still in South Korea’s extremely tense and wonderfully surprising The Vanished. Legendary professional wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper had a...
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Fantasia 2018: “Blue My Mind” (2017)
Fantasia International Film Fest 2018: The hauntingly beautiful and layered coming-of-age tale “Blue My Mind” officially blew my mind (yes, I went there). Writer/Director Lisa Bruhlmann’s BLUE MY MIND,...
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Fantasia 2018: “The Witch in the Window” (2018)
Fantasia International Film Fest 2018: Andy Mitton’s “The Witch in the Window” is a satisfyingly spine-tingling ghost story that delivers more than scares. In a strange coincidence, on the day that I...
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Reel Review: Our House (2018)
The unexpected and beautifully crafted “Our House” arrives as a haunting addition to IFC Midnight’s impressive library of must-see horror films. The studio IFC Midnight has had a number of recent...
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Fantasia 2018: “Number 37” (2018)
Fantasia International Film Fest Review: “NUMBER 37” is an Impressive And Exciting Debut Feature From South African Director Nosipho Dumisa. Writer/Director Nosipho Dumisa brings her brilliant debut...
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Fantasia 2018: “One Cut of the Dead” (2018)
Japanese zombie comedy ONE CUT OF THE DEAD made its Canadian premier at the Fantasia International Film Festival, and it’s much more than meets the eye. ONE CUT OF THE DEAD, from writer/director...
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Fantasia 2018: “The Invaders” (Horror Short)
Writer/Director Mateo Marquez’ short film, THE INVADERS, makes its Canadian premier at Fantasia 2018 with a powerful message that hits close to home. A tightly wound, quickly-paced thriller dealing...
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Fantasia 2018: “Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich”
PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH is the 80s style horror movie that fans have been asking for, and this movie has delivered in spades. Shudder, the horror/thriller movie streaming service, recently...
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