Spring isn’t the only thing that’s sprung around here! There are new horror movies popping up like black roses throughout the entire month of May. Check ’em out! May 1 Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell (VOD, DVD) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtgKPyWExDI The sequel finds Burt Gummer and his son Travis at a …
Read More »Housesitters (2018) – A Half-Baked Horror Movie Review
If you were a lazy, unemployed pothead and your best friend was a low level drug dealer with time to spare, what would be the perfect job for you? Why, housesitting, of course! In Jason Coffman’s horror comedy, Housesitters, two entertaining yet hugely irresponsible Millennials take a job watching the empty …
Read More »ALT-Horror’s ‘Rideshare’ (2016) A Passenger’s Worst Nightmare Review
In the past few years, ridesharing has become pretty popular choice for non-driving people to get from one place to another, and there’s a few good reasons for it. Click on an app, pay a few bucks and, in no time at all, you’re riding to your destination in the …
Read More »Blue Wizard Digital’s ‘Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle’ Game Review
From the people who brought you Slayaway Camp and Plants vs Zombies comes a brand new puzzle game for iOS, Android and Steam. This past Friday, April 13th, Blue Wizard Digital released Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle, a strategy horror game where you get to be Jason Voorhees himself as he …
Read More »In Darren Lynn Bousman’s ‘SockMonster,’ Laundry Really Is A Killer
Darren Lynn Bousman, the director behind the first three Saw sequels, The Devil’s Carnival (2012) and the newly released Abattoir, has donned his Producer’s hat for the upcoming horror short, SockMonster. Written, produced and directed by #15SecondScare’s Wesley Alley, this four minute short finally offers the world an answer for that eternal question… …
Read More »‘At Granny’s House’ (2015) Movie Review
To most of the world, the idea of a visit to one’s grandmother’s house gets the heart pumping… but more because of the upcoming awesome snacks than any expected bloodshed. In Les Mahoney’s Hitchcockian thriller, At Granny’s House, you’re much more likely to get a little of the former and …
Read More »What the Fest? 2018: AMC’s ‘The Terror’ Is Dark, Disturbing and Desolate
Dan Simmons is one of my favorite authors. His book, Summer of Night, takes the innocence and coming of age story from Stand By Me and wraps it in an otherworldly terror as intense and insane as an entire school foll of Pennywise the Dancing Clowns. So when I had …
Read More »BUFF 2018: ‘Tigers Are Not Afraid’ (2017) Dark Fairy Tale Movie Review
When I first picked Tigers Are Not Afraid (Spanish title: Vuelven) to review for this year’s Boston Underground Film Festival, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. But after watching the trailer and seeing the 100% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes, I couldn’t wait to start watching …
Read More »BUFF 2018: ‘Evelyn’s Room’ Horror Short Review
Nicole Georgallas’ M.F.A. thesis film, Evelyn’s Room, premiered at the Boston Underground Film Festival on Thursday, March 22. The sixteen-minute short follows Nicole as she goes through her grandmother’s empty house after her grandparents had both passed away. This experimental narrative short from Tootsie Productions is based on true events …
Read More »BUFF 2018: ‘Chickens’ (2017) Horror Short Review
For 2018’s Boston Underground Film Festival, Alt Horror has offered up Chickens, a 12 minute short sure to fire up even the most level-headed film buff. It doesn’t matter where you stand on the matter of how the police deal with the black community. Chickens will leave you agitated, frustrated …
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