Well, folks, it’s happening: we’re less than a year away from when we can officially say that the year 2000 was twenty years ago. For someone raised deep in ’90s nostalgia, that thought terrifies me. It makes me feel old. I still remember a time when floppy discs were all …
Read More »Interview: Real Escape Room Owners Discuss ‘Escape Room’ Movie (2019)
Earlier this month, genre fans were introduced to Escape Room, a horror/thriller directed by Adam Robitel (Insidious: The Last Key, The Taking of Deborah Logan) and one of the first horror movies of 2019. The film capitalizes on the escape room trend that has gained much popularity in recent years. …
Read More »Why ‘Bird Box’ Is Almost A Good Movie
Bird Box, the newest Sandra Bullock film exclusively on Netflix, is almost a good film. Almost. It’s so close. There’s a ton of promise, a strong list of actors and actresses, an interesting premise – it has a lot going for it. And it’s almost, almost a good film. But, …
Read More »Thomas Dekker’s ‘Into The Night’ Is A Dark Electronica Dream – Album Review
I have to say that 2018 was a big year for music. There were so many releases from so many different genres this year – usually within weeks of each other – that, at times, it was difficult to keep track of all the new albums and EPs dropping. Bands …
Read More »S.H.O.U.T.’s ‘The Rock’n’Roll Monsters’ Is Music For Goblins – Music Review
The band S.H.O.U.T. sound akin to a bunch of goblins that got together in their basement one night, perhaps after a long evening of drinking and screaming at other fantasy creatures, found some instruments, and recorded the whole thing in one debaucherous take. Indeed, their most recent release, The Rock’n’Roll Monsters, …
Read More »‘Bullet Head’ (2017) Movie Review
It’s always fascinating to me to see what actors do in the latter parts of their careers, after they’ve made those two or three movies that cemented them as legends; do they go for the quick-and-dirty cash grab that they know will probably help pay for the next couple years’ …
Read More »Screamfest 2017 Double-Feature Review: ‘Double Date’ & ‘Like.Share.Follow’
On Wednesday, October 18th, I attended one of the final days of Screamfest 2017, one of the biggest horror film festivals in the country. If you’ve been keeping up with our coverage of the event, this is essentially one of the premier festivals for independent horror filmmakers. We’ve already covered …
Read More »Screamfest 2017 Review: ‘Dead Ant,’ A Rock & Roll Creature Feature
Last night, I arrived at the Chinese Theater for the 2017 Screamfest Horror Film Festival. I was lucky enough to witness the world premiere for Dead Ant, written and directed by Ron Carlson (read our interview – here). Read on to find out what I thought about this amazing film and …
Read More »Slashed! The Musical is a Campy Good Time!
When I first went into the small, intimate Hollywood Fringe space to see Slashed! The Musical, I had no idea what to expect. I’d only seen a couple of horror musicals up to that point (if Rocky Horror even really counts as a horror musical), and I wasn’t sure of …
Read More »Meditations On The Human Beast: An Interview With Walter Hill
This last week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with acclaimed producer, writer, and director Walter Hill. He’s been involved with a lot of movies, such as The Warriors, Alien, and the Tales From the Crypt TV series. In the following interview, we got to discuss the soon to be released The …
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