Screamify, the premier independent horror streaming platform based in Nashville, Tennessee, today announced the launch of its groundbreaking Micro Horrors™ vertical. Screamify becomes the first major streaming service to dedicate a category exclusively to this new format, capitalizing on the global rise of mobile-first, short-form narrative content. Micro Horrors™ are …
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Paul Gandersmans’ Man Finds Tape had me a bit fooled. In the age of found footage, I didn’t get what I was expecting, and that’s not a bad thing at all. I love found footage, but it does get pretty redundant, because it’s such an easy storyline, and it hides …
Read More »Urban Jungle Warfare: 35 Years of ‘PREDATOR 2’ (1990)
“THIS is history” -Peter Keyes Its 1991. Imagine you’re five years old. You’re looking for something to watch and you are leafing through your father’s VHS tapes. You’re a big fan of the Robocop action figures and the arcade game. Then you see “Robocop 2” on the side of a …
Read More »Horror’s New Monster: Artificial Intelligence
It’s ALIVE…ALIVE!!! For decades, horror has warned us about creations we don’t fully understand — creations built from spare parts, stitched together and jolted to life with good intentions. Today, that metaphor has escaped the laboratory. In 2025, the hottest tool in filmmaking is also the most controversial: artificial intelligence. …
Read More »Sorry Jack…Chucky’s Back: ‘CHILD’S PLAY 2’ (1990) Revisited – Retro Review
I’ll never forget the night that I first saw Child’s Play 2. A friend and I went to see it opening weekend and that night after I dropped him off at his house, I had the misfortune of having my first car accident. I had only had my license for …
Read More »‘The Official Rocky Horror Late Night Double Feature’: A 50-Year Celebration Review
50th Anniversary to the Queer, Weird and Unstoppable The Official Rocky Horror Late Night Double Feature: The 50th Anniversary Two-Volume Collector’s Edition by show creator Richard O’ Brien and his son, filmmaker and director of Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror Linus O’Brien, is breathtaking; it is an invitation …
Read More »Yorgos Lanthimos’s ‘BUGONIA’ (2025) – Movie Review
Yorgos Lanthimos is one of my absolute favorite filmmakers, though I came to him later in his career with Poor Things. Since then I’ve bought his entire filmography and have watched and rewatched all of his films. I’m always excited for a new Yorgos Lanthimos film, especially when it pairs …
Read More »Lynne Ramsay’s ‘DIE MY LOVE’ – Movie Review
Die My Love is a phenomenal and deeply unsettling journey through the fragile mind of a mother on the verge of collapse. The film explores themes of abandonment, identity, and emotional suffocation with an intensity that only a few filmmakers dare to attempt. At its heart lies a mesmerizing performance …
Read More »Once Upon a Nightmare: Reviewing ‘ADORABLE HUMANS’ (2025)
ADORABLE HUMANS (original title Yndige mennesker) is a Danish anthology that reimagines four Hans Christian Andersen (ironically almost exactly 150 years after the author’s death) tales as dark, unsettling looks at human nature. The stories—“The Dead Man,” “The Story of a Mother,” “The Snow Queen,” and “Auntie Toothache”—take familiar fairy-tale ideas …
Read More »Rob Reiner’s ‘MISERY’ (1990) – Retro Review
We have seen plenty of celebrities who suffered from fixated fans, who are ready to do whatever it takes, from garden variety obsession to ending their lives. Rob Reiner’s Misery showed us what could happen when a cat plays with its prey, holding it captive in a corner to make …
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