Review: THE PERISHED is a Compelling Drama, But Loses its Way as a Horror...
I was first intrigued by Paddy Murphy’s The Perished on the basis of its central theme -- which draws on the horrific history of Ireland’s “Magdalene Laundries,”...
Review: POV Zombie Tale BY DAY’S END Falls Short of Its Potential
Sigh... another found footage horror effort. Well, it’s not technically "found footage" -- it’s more of a first-person and security-camera-footage situation -- but it all falls under the...
Review: SCOPOPHILIA — Isolation, Technology, and Suspense
If you’re into films that wallow in reality rather than provide escape, Scopophilia is the perfect feature for these dark times of social distancing and quarantine. While...
Review: SPACE — A Sci-Fi Thriller About the Terrors of Isolation
Written and directed by Monte Light, Random Media's futuristic thriller-drama Space is set in the year 2050, where the BrightSTAR Corporation has launched the spaceship Udo on...
Review: THE HUNT Defies Expectations and Delivers the Gory Goods
If you have to pick just one movie to see in theaters this week -- not that we recommend that plan, considering the very real threat of...
Review: THE INVISIBLE MAN is a Smart Take on a Timeless Classic
The multi-talented writer-director-actor behind the hit horror franchises SAW and Insidious, as well as the bloody indie sci-fi/action thriller Upgrade and outrageous zombie-comedy Cooties, Leigh Whannell has...
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...
