There was a time when there were only three major TV channels – ABC, CBS, and NBC – and some really great, barely regulated minor UHF channels. That was the only option to see movies, other than catching them on their first run in the theatre. I used to try …

Lately, I find myself gravitating more towards great television than movies. Maybe it’s a time commitment thing, or a short attention span on my part. Either way, I’ve been pretty impressed at how the wave of genre television has spun back around, and how well done everything is. We’re gonna …

For most of us, the late Scott Wilson’s defining moment came at the twilight of his career when he played Hershel Greene, the patriarch of a holdout rural farm family on AMC’s The Walking Dead. This was the role of a lifetime for Wilson, the kind that guarantees film immortality …

Forty years ago this month, Piranha was gracing cinema screens, playing to audiences hungry for anything that would bring them even remotely close to the aquatic anxieties they got from Jaws three years earlier. So Piranha was, in its most elemental form, a cash-in film. That’s usually a derogatory term, but that’s …

Every summer should have some sort of aquatic horror film. It should be a yearly mandatory submission for all major studios. Saltwater, freshwater, it can be their choice, but something should hit the screen that makes us a little less cavalier about swimming anywhere that isn’t man-made and chlorinated. Sunburned …

I’ve written about Maximum Overdrive before, and I’m beginning to realize that I’m pretty obsessed with the film. I was lucky enough to remember when it came out, and witnessed firsthand the crazy trailer with the Halloween 3 music, the glowing Green Goblin eyes, and the crazy -ooking dude that …

You know how you find yourself falling into patterns in life, or maybe ruts would be a better word for it. We all do it, and when it comes to horror franchises, I’ve spent enough well-heeled time with them to be comfortable in the major ones. However, there are always …

28 Days Later… first graced American screens 15 years ago this month. I remember it vividly because my wife and I were expecting our first child, and I’m sitting there thinking that it’s either going to scar him in utero or give him an unexplainable affinity for horror. Well, neither …

I’m not a cat person. I don’t hate them, mind you. I just happen to be more of a dog guy. So, with that said, if I run the gamut of evil and/or possessed animals, I’d say Nicholas Tana’s horror/comedy flick, Hell’s Kitty, nails it on how it would go down. …