Movie Reviews

The genesis of Anna and the Apocalypse, much like the film, is bittersweet. It originated in 2011 as a short film, Zombie Musical, from writer/director Ryan McHenry, who had plans to turn Zombie Musical into a feature and did some script work, but died of cancer in 2015 at age …

I can’t say I’m always in the mood for an action crime drama, but every once in awhile one tickles my fancy. When I first saw the trailer for The Girl in the Spider’s Web, I was instantly intrigued so I jumped at the chance to review it. Did it …

We are into the second month of 2019 already! It’s about time we had a wide release of a horror film. Some may consider Glass to be the first, but in my opinion, that one really doesn’t fall under this genre. With that said, I believe The Prodigy to be …

It’s a story that’s been told several times. Amityville Horror and the movies that followed told the events that happened to the Lutz’s and everyone else who has ever lived at 112 Ocean Avenue. But this version of the Amityville story is slightly different than the ones that I have …

Dark Sky Films is known for releasing quality horror films of all kinds, and I’m always excited about their releases. That being said, although PopHorror did a lot of coverage for The Dark, I never had much interest in it until it was called one of the best films of …

There is no guidebook, no set of rules, for dealing with a trauma. Everyone deals with wounds in their own way, and that’s the beauty of healing. You can do it however you want to, in any way that makes you more comfortable, and move towards to rising above. Felt, …

The rape-revenge subgenre is the red-headed stepchild of horror, and maybe it should be. Historically, it is a fixation on sexual violence against women written and directed by men. It is hard not to view the products as exploitive when they are all male voices telling of a female experience. …

It’s always so exciting to crack open a new bunch of horror shorts. That’s why I always jump at the chance to review them in short block chunks for film festivals. While some may not recognize the bite-sized sweetness that comes with a one act horror bomb, I can’t get …

The concept of serial killer couples has always fascinated me. I wonder how two depraved souls end up finding each other, and how they get to that point in their relationship where they’re ready to tell one another how much they like torturing and killing people. Imagining how that kind …

In his first time directing a feature length movie, special effects and makeup artist James Ojala goes high concept. His feature film debut, Strange Nature, was released in September of 2018. It appeared on VOD and disc (including being seen by this reviewer at Walmart). This low budget nature/environmental horror …