Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? The Substance dares to ask its viewers this question knowing they’re more than likely to agree. A cinematic dangling of the keys to the fountain of youth. However enticing the initial promise of rejuvenated youth might be, audiences will soon …
Read More »100% Wisconsin Cheese: 4 Horror Films from America’s Dairyland
Cheese, brats, beer, and serial killers? America’s Dairyland has been home to some of the most infamous and prolific serial killers the world has ever known. With the likes of Jeffrey Dahmer and Ed Gein haunting the heart of the Midwest, it’s only fitting that other horrors come from the …
Read More »Body Snatching the Midwest: ‘THE BECOMERS’ (2023) – Movie Review
Due to circumstances beyond their control, two literal star-crossed lovers are forced to find each other after they land on Earth. Narrated by Russell Mael (lead singer of the pop-rock band Sparks) two aliens body snatch their way through Chicago. To blend in, they take over the bodies of any …
Read More »James Bamford’s ‘Hard Home’ (2024) Smart House, Dumb Movie – Movie Review
James Bamford’s (Elysium 2013) Hard Home stars Simone Kessell (Yellowjackets 2021) as Mary, a grieving mother who is seeking justice for the death of her daughter by a vicious serial killer known only as Diablo (Andrew Howard: Watchmen 2019). The film starts mid-action with a brief pursuit that ends in …
Read More »Childhood Nostalgia Can Be Murder: David Sodergren’s ‘Rotten Tommy’ – Book Review
Forty years have gone by since Becky Sharp has last seen her mother. Despite being an known actress, Becky’s mother vanished without a trace. Content with her daily life, Becky soon uncovers a box of mysterious VHS tapes of an unknown television show, Rumplejack. After witnessing what was on these …
Read More »Barely Passing: ‘HOMEWORK’ (1982) – Movie Review
Homework follows a group of friends who go about their school year experiencing the ups and downs of teenage adolescence as they deal with friendships, cougars, familial struggles, and of course, homework. Tommy (Michael Morgan: Midnight Offerings 1981) wants nothing more in life than to win the upcoming talent show and …
Read More »Bringing Horror to the Table: ‘THE COFFEE TABLE’ – Review
Can a coffee table truly change the trajectory of one family’s life? This question is pondered with a truly upsetting answer in The Coffee Table (aka La Mesita Del Comedor). Proudly touting the phrase “A Cruel Caye Casas Film”, The Coffee Table shatters expectations on what is needed to make …
Read More »Tinsel, Toys, and Terror: Unwrapping the Gift that is ‘BLACK CHRISTMAS’ (2006)
Black Christmas, also known as Black X-Mas, is the 2006 remake of the beloved 1974 Canadian proto-slasher of the same name. Apart from a few similarities, the two films don’t have much in common. While the original relied heavily on suspense and imagination, the remake relies heavily on shocking the …
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