Some horror movies want to terrify you. Others want to make you think. Unsavory Elements seems perfectly content to make you laugh, squirm, and occasionally wonder what the hell you’re watching. Set in an Asian brothel, the film delivers a darkly comedic blend of exploitation horror, outrageous violence, and the …
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I remember going to the video store with my mom one Saturday afternoon around Easter when I was in 7th grade and seeing The Pit on the shelf among several other new releases and knew that I had to see it. I thought that the cover looked awesome and after …
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Some horror films frighten us with monsters, violence, or things lurking in the shadows. Others find their horror in something far more familiar: the human need to be loved, accepted, and understood. Writer/director Cassie Keet’s Abigail Before Beatrice (2025) belongs firmly in the latter category, delivering an intelligent, unsettling, and …
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Most people heading into the woods pack for a hike. The man at the center of The Woods Beckon is preparing for something considerably harder to explain. He must leave his family behind and venture into the wilderness to “transform.” Into what? The film keeps that largely to itself. Stranger …
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Stephen King presents us with those dreams that just stick with you forever. So many titles have been made into movies, and that’s how you know you are a kick ass author. For me, Thinner is by far the most disturbing Stephen King novel that was made into a film. …
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Femme fetales that are a bit out of touch with reality often make the best horror antagonists. Such is the case in Trivial, a 2024 independent horror release that asks the question: “What if a game show had no prizes, only deadly consequences?” Trivial is written and directed by James …
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A group of college kids head for the lake for the weekend only to discover that it is full of man-eating sharks, and that isn’t even the worst thing that they have to worry about. I always enjoy a good killer shark movie (and Lord knows that there are a …
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Independent films allow for crossovers in the horror subgenres that we don’t often get with studio releases. For instance, what would you get if you crossed the cozy slasher Slumber Party Massacre with the paranormal vibes of Ouija: Origin Of Evil (read our review here)? We find out in Astronomic …
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A couple weeks ago I saw the trailer for the indie horror comedy anthology film Mr. Creamjeans’ Hidey Hole. It looked like a film that would be gleefully overflowing with bodily fluids and begging audiences to be offended. I knew I had to see this movie so I reached out …
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I have always kind of detested movies that break the golden rules. I don’t buy into that stuff, and it’s hard to accept. There are certain times when you know a child died, but it just turns into blood and guts or something like that. A Cold Season did exactly …
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