Movie Reviews

Stephen Cognetti’s 825 Forest Road took me on an absolutely insane ride. I don’t know what I was expecting, but what I got was the revival of all those old haunted house movies that made you shiver to your bones. The film is a step away from footage found by …

What’s the worst that can happen from a night of promiscuity: pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), or social shame? What about an impending demise that looms over your head because of a monster that will never stop following you? It’s been 10 years since It Follows slowly lurched its way …

I’m a huge fan of down and dirty gory slasher films. Whenever I get the chance to check out a new slasher film, I’m always excited. The latest slasher film to get me excited is The Slasher Nurse. Did The Slasher Nurse satisfy my appetite for gore? Read on to …

Sweet Meats is an incredible addition to the Troma catalog. This is the company that brought us iconic and irreverent films such as The Toxic Avenger and Tromeo and Juliet. Directed by Ricky Glore (our interview), Sweet Meats delivers the kind of unique, absurd, and gleefully over-the-top film-making that Troma …

Dying alone is a terrifying reality for thrill seekers and explorers. The film shows how quickly things can turn when you are a hundred miles from nowhere. Who would come to your rescue in the event of a serious accident? How would you react to a wild animal?To Die Alone …

Night of the Zoopocalypse marks an intriguing, if unexpected, pivot for the venerable Clive Barker, a name synonymous with visceral horror and unsettling imaginative landscapes. This animated venture, aimed squarely at a family audience, represents a departure, yet still manages to retain a flicker of Barker’s signature unpredictability. The film, …

One Friday night when I was in eighth grade my dad went to the local video store to rent movies for the night. Normally this wasn’t a good thing because when he went by himself, he would come back with a bunch of Clint Eastwood movies or some random western …

As some of you may know, I’m a huge fan of anthologies, especially when all the stories tie together to make a cohesive whole, either through the story or the themes. One of the latest anthology to accomplish this is Final Days: Tales from the End Times. Read on for …

I’m not the biggest fan of found footage, but I do like it when it’s done well. As soon as I saw the trailer for The Black Eyed Children I got really excited because it looked downright creepy. Did The Black Eyed Children creep me out? Read on to find …

The Town Without Halloween took me back to when Halloween specials were handed out to kids like trick-or-treat candy. Almost every show had a Halloween special, and there were movies dedicated just to us. A little tamer, a little funnier, which made us more comfortable watching the best that the …