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Why ‘HELEN’S DEAD’ Breathes Life Into Mystery Movies – Review

Helen’s Dead isn’t a typical horror film. Directed by K. Asher Levin with a screenplay by Amy Brown Carver, it’s more of a horror whodunit, a modern-day Clue. Packed with ‘cringe’ moments that satirize today’s social media culture, this film offers a fresh and nuanced peek into the modern zeitgeist …

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John Ainslie’s ‘DO NOT DISTURB’ Is Trippy And Terrifying – Movie Review

Still from Do Not Disturb

I had the pleasure of getting an early look at Do Not Disturb, a psychedelic horror movie from Dark Star Pictures, which will be released soon. Do Not Disturb was written and Directed by John Ainslie (The Sublet 2015) and stars Kimberly Laferriere (Serpent in the Bottle 2020) and Rogan …

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Interview With Tyler MacIntyre, Director Of ‘It’s A Wonderful Knife’

I’ve said it a million times. Christmas horror is my favorite. So here we are again, with a new Christmas horror film to add to the ever-growing list. Directed by Tyler MacIntyre (Tragedy Girls – 2017) and written by Michael Kennedy (Freaky – 2020), It’s a Wonderful Knife (read our …

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‘Beast Of Burden’ By Judith Sonnet – Book Review

Judith Sonnet is one of my absolute favorite authors, so anything she writes is an auto-buy for me. But when I saw that her novella Beast of Burden was about demons and black metal, I dropped everything to read it immediately. And I have no regrets. Beast of Burden is available in …

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‘Tis The Season: ‘IT’S A WONDERFUL KNIFE’ (2023) – Movie Review

It's A Wonderful Knife

‘Tis the season to get bloody. Every year amidst the family-friendly parade of feel-good Christmas cinema, we get a few fresh attempts at holiday horror sprinkled in. Among the deluge of formulaic but popular Hallmark entries mixed with the yearly classics on repeat, someone inevitably finds a new reason for …

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Your Friend ‘Til The End: ‘CHILD’S PLAY’ (1988) Turns 35

Child's Play

Greetings, slasher enthusiasts! Today, we find ourselves delving deep into the unsettling world of Child’s Play, a horror classic that’s managed to entertain us for a staggering 35 years. And when I say Child’s Play, you know I’m referring to the one and only Chucky, though I prefer his Christian …

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Leave Them Alone! Visual Vengeance ‘LYCAN COLONY’ (2006) Blu-ray Review

Lycan Colony

No-budget cinema is where you can find some of the most gonzo ideas ever committed to video. It’s this creative freedom that can either generate an underground masterpiece or an over-ripe turd. Not quite a masterpiece, but certainly gonzo, Wild Eye Releasing’s new Visual Vengeance Blu-ray of Rob Roy’s (Damaged …

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Bananarama This Ain’t! – ‘Cruel Summer’ (2021) Blu-ray Review

Cruel Summer

With sequels dropping left and right, it’s high time, after reviewing the second one, that I took a look at Cruel Summer, the first feature in writer/director Scott Tepperman’s (Hell’s Bells) slasher film saga. Cruel Summer Synopsis A group of college students plan one final pre-graduation party at a secluded …

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