On the 40th anniversary of Phantasm, it makes sense to look at one of the film’s most memorable characters… The Tall Man. Played by Angus Scrimm, The Tall Man first graced us with his towering, frightening presence in 1979 in Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. He was always a powerful, cryptic and …

Demián Rugna’s (Death Knows Your Name 2007) Terrified is a freaky ghost story that delivers. Let’s look at what makes it a good, potentially terrifying film! In order to appreciate this movie, you’ll want to analyze it. In the process, you’ll perhaps see layers of complexity that are hard to …

When watching Tom Graeff’s Teenagers From Outer Space, a cheesy 1950s sci-fi movie with light hints of horror, one must ask: Are the aliens really even teenagers? So many sci-fi movies involve aliens from another world, although many of them technically fail in significant ways. Still, about half of the …

Though it’s a bit understated, Crane Wilbur’s The Bat is an overall solid movie. Let’s look at why it works… even if it won’t necessarily knock your socks off and blow your mind. Many older movies offer hurdles for modern audiences. For one thing, plenty of them are filmed in black …

Truth or Die (AKA Truth or Dare), directed by Robert Heath (Cereal Killer 2000) and written Matthew McGuchan (Clutch 2016) by is largely a film about bullying, revenge and taking a code of honor too seriously. The basic story: Years after a bloke named Felix (Tom Kane: Doctors TV series) …

Nervous Breakdown is an interesting, confusing horror short by director Dan Robinette (Tethered 2017). It’s often strange seeing a movie like this, because I feel I missed something along the way. Maybe there was a sparse detail I didn’t catch, or some piece of unfamiliar mythology that slipped by me. Basically, …

Directed by Christian Alvart, Case 39 emerged from the horror depths in 2009. In many respects, it stands as another testament to film critics getting it all wrong. In fact, the critic’s response to this movie may discourage star Renee Zellweger from appearing in horror again. That’s probably a shame, because …

Nowadays, it seems like everyone is ultra-sensitive and squeamish — including many horror fans! For those who occasionally wish to kick it old school and see an unapologetically sleazy (and just plain weird) horror flick, Machine Gun Baby may be just what the abortion doctor ordered! That’s right: A major theme …

Every great thing has to have a beginning, right? Have you ever thought about how the Twilight Zone began? Pretty well, as it turned out. “Where Is Everybody?” is the first Twilight Zone episode ever, but that’s not the only reason it’s a classic. Let’s look at some of the …

Genre sticklers, beware! Some movies are more genre fluid than others, and certain action movie scenes could fit into any horror movie. Here’s a list of 11 such movie scenes, arranged in order of bleakness! The criteria for list rank: 1. How many people a scene would hypothetically impact. The …