Uncharted Depths of Amazon Prime: SOCIETY and PARENTS (1989)
This week’s descent into the darkest depths of Internet video streaming is a two-for-one holiday special: Society and Parents, a couple of family-centric, coming-of-age horror-comedy flicks released...
Review: THE SECRET SPIRAL OF SWAMP KID
Middle school can be pretty tough... especially if you have a tree trunk for an arm and vines growing out of your neck.
Review: SAINT MAUD – Time to Detoxify Your God
Over the past few decades, we've experienced many exorcism movies that question and challenge our faith: from sleeper hits like The Taking of Deborah Logan to the...
Review: DEAD TEENAGER SEANCE Packs Plenty of ’80s Horror Fun Into 20 Minutes
A brief history lesson: I saw the feature film The Fostering (also known by the much cooler title, The Devil Lives Here), at FilmQuest in Utah a...
DOCTOR SLEEP and “The Nostalgia Problem”
While Doctor Sleep – Mike Flanagan's hybrid sequel to both Stephen King's 1977 novel The Shining and Stanley Kubrick's 1980 adaptation – received mostly positive reviews (as...
Uncharted Depths of Amazon Prime: REVIVAL OF EVIL (1980)
Amazon’s subscription streaming service may not have as many high-profile hits as Netflix... but they certainly make up for it with an impossibly huge back catalog of...
‘Midsommar’ An unforgettable cult horror thrill ride
I was late to the party with Ari Aster’s “Hereditary”. When I finally saw it, I was stunned at how brutal and unflinching it was. I had...
‘Us’ Movie Review
Back when I was reviewing films full time, I would sometimes pull a movie quote from a particular film, brush it off, polish it and toss it...
SHAZAM! Movie Review
SHAZAM! Review
The DCEU has been on uncertain ground for quite some time. Fans and critics have been divisive, and nothing is certain for...
‘Rustlers’ Short Film Review
I first saw Rustlers at last year’s FilmQuest Film Festival in Provo, Utah.
And when I did a wrap-up article, it ranked highly in...
‘Halloween’ Movie Review – It Feels Right
Three succinct and telling words.
It feels right.
It’s been 40 years since Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) had to find her best and strongest self, and take on the seemingly...
‘Hereditary’ Film Review – Secrets Won’t Stay Buried Forever
I vividly remember one of the very first times I experienced Gone with the Wind. I was so totally enthralled, that at one point (I can’t recall where this...
