Blue Moon is one of those rare biopics that truly seizes its opportunities to reintroduce audiences to a forgotten era in the music industry. Rather than retreading the familiar beats of musical legends, director Richard Linklater crafts a deeply intimate portrait of Lorenz Hart—a gifted yet troubled lyricist whose work …
Read More »Brunch, Blood, and Bad Decisions: Ian Kimble Talks ‘DEAD GIVEAWAY’ (2025)
After waking up hungry, hungover, and next to a murdered stranger, Jill’s (Ruby Modine, Silent Night, Deadly Night, Shameless) day goes from bad to apocalyptic. Between a tied-up man in her closet, an unconscious roommate, and a knife to her best friend’s neck, her only mission is somehow to make …
Read More »Happenstance Horror Fest – Animation Block (2025) Review
The Happenstance Horror Fest is coming to Salem, Massachusetts, on November 8th, and there is a lot to cover. I would, of course, take the animated short films, and I was shocked at what I witnessed. I wasn’t let down one single bit with these stories. They are cheesy, but …
Read More »Happenstance Horror Fest – National Block Review (2025)
HAPPENSTANCE HORROR FEST offers a full day of short horror films, divided into multiple blocks—so every horror fan should find something that tickles their scary bone (that’s a thing, right?). If you’re craving blood and guts made right here in the U.S.A., check out the RED, WHITE, AND EW block. Spoiler-Free …
Read More »Interview With Eli Roth, Mallory Drumm, Alex Lee Williams, And Jay Drakulic For ‘Dream Eater’
Dream Eater, the second selection from Eli Roth’s The Horror Section, and written/directed/produced/starring Mallory Drumm and Alex Lee Williams, and written/directed/produced by Jay Drakulic, is a terrifying found footage film that reminds us just how vulnerable we are when we’re sleeping. A filmmaker documents her boyfriend’s violent parasomnia during their …
Read More »Aleen Isley’s ‘I:Scream A Minty Musical’ (2025) Movie Review
I absolutely love musicals and one of my favorites is Little Shop of Horrors, so I have a thing for musicals with a sci-fi horror bent. I was extremely excited when I:Scream was announced and even more so when it was announced halfway through funding that it would be a …
Read More »Interview With Lucinda Berry, Author Of ‘This Is A Safe Space’
I love to read. I’ve been a bookworm for as long as I can remember and I have more books than I have bookshelf space, plus my Kindle is jam packed with things I have yet to even touch. However, I had never experienced an audiobook before Lucinda Berry’s made-for-audio …
Read More »He’s a Religious Nut!: ‘MASSAGE PARLOR MURDERS!’ (1973) Revisited – Retro Review
God bless Tubi. They have a massive collection of obscure horror films from the 70s and 80s in their library that you can watch for free, and I think it is awesome. Some of them are hidden gems while others are quite terrible, but the cool thing is that you …
Read More »Charlie Hunnam Faces Humanity’s Darkest Side In ‘MONSTER: THE ED GEIN STORY’
Charlie Hunnam is no stranger to dark, morally corrupt roles. After all, he spent six years as Sons of Anarchy‘s Jax Teller — a biker who didn’t hesitate to kill his own mother, stepfather and about 40 others over the course of 92 episodes. But in Hunnam’s latest project, his …
Read More »Kevin Connor’s ‘MOTEL HELL’ (1980) – Retro Review
Motel Hell first came into my life when I was about 6 years old. I actually arrived late to the party, considering the movies I had seen before it. Motel Hell gave the aura of all those silly slasher sequels and ran with it, calling it a parody of slasher …
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