Movie Reviews

Although known for ’90s and early 2000 action classics such as Con Air, Face/Off and Gone in Sixty Seconds, Nicolas Cage has also explored other genres with films such as Leaving Las Vegas and The Family Man. Starring in thrillers like 8MM and Bringing Out the Dead, this action legend …

I’m a huge fan of Black Fawn Distribution, the Canadian powerhouse has undeniably become one of the most reliable companies on the planet. They are consistently delivering the horror goods, with killer must-see films like Horsehead (2014), Bite (2015 – our review here ), The Heretics (2017 – our coverage of poster and trailer …

Three Tales Productions delivers a unique dark thriller that will be hitting festivals soon. I was lucky enough to catch a early screening of Good Girl and it definitely blew me away. This awesome dark thriller was directed by Wesley Alley as well as written by himself and Bradley Fowler. …

There is something about creature features that offers up a whole new level of creativity in horror. Not only does this subgenre serve as filmmaker’s own most terrible monster, but it also opens an imaginative world of options. From origin stories to motives (or lack thereof) to serious drama to …

Few directors of the ’70s and ’80s era of Italian horror are held in such high regard as Lucio Fulci. With gruesome titles like The House by the Cemetery and City of the Living Dead, it’s safe to say that this horror legend had his own refined style of goretastic thrills, chills …

Underground cult filmmaker James Bell has been knocking out some cool, surreal low budget films to grace this toilet earth lately. Hailing from Michigan, Bell has an endless number of horror shorts under his belt, including Nutsack, Phantom Of The Demon, Manuer, Lucifer’s Cosmonauts, Tantrum and Dog Dick. Let’s not …

I imagine all of us, at one time or another, have fantasized about trading places, or at least trading faces, with someone else. Haven’t we all dreamt about what it would be like to live in someone else’s shoes, even if just for a day… or maybe even just a …

It’s the time of year for Holiday horror films and I recently got to watch one that definitely stands out from the run of the mill Christmas horror stories. Await Further Instructions caught me by surprise and took me on one hell of a crazy ride. Was that ride one …

Just the other day the gorgeous and incredibly talented Cindy Maples presented to me her newest short feature, 98.%. That name instantly had me interested and I couldn’t wait to check it out as Cindy was eagerly passionate about this project. From Carriage House Productions comes a unique horror short …

Hello, all! Johnny Macabre here, sitting down to post my first review as a new writer on one of my favorite horror news sites. And I thought, what with the holidays right around the corner, I would start with a personal Macabre Christmas tradition: David Steiman’s 2005 horror comedy, Santa’s …