Movie Reviews

I’m a huge Emma Stone fan, and I have loved her and had a massive crush on her since Superbad. When I heard that Emma was teaming up with The Killing of a Sacred Deer director Yorgos Lanthimos for a comedy take on a Frankenstein-esque story, I got majorly excited, …

Eddie Bammeke’s film, There’s No Such thing As Zombies, is a 2020 horror comedy about a prescription drug that turns people into zombies. No, not just zoned out sleepwalkers, but actual zombies. There’s No Such Thing As Zombies was directed by Eddie Bammeke (Confusion and the Survivor 2022) from a …

Sometimes in life (and horror films) legacy is everything. Filmmakers, since the inception of the medium, have tried to make their indelible mark. In the horror realm, and indeed in the HP Lovecraft sub-genre, the late Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator, From Beyond, Dagon) unquestionably left both a mark and a legacy. …

The Human Trap is an upcoming Korean indie horror film directed by Lee Moon-young. It stars Kang Byeol, Kim Ding-ho, Park Yeon-woo, and Kang Seung-hyun. This flick has a lot to offer even if it’s far from perfect. Let’s break down what I loved and what I didn’t. A quick …

How far is too far? With August Underground’s Penance, Fred Vogel and his crew pushed the boundaries of cinema as far as anyone had taken them at that point and paved the way for a virtual army of imitators, wannabes, and bastard children of “extreme cinema” in the 16 years …

The internet is all abuzz about Saltburn (2023), a shocking new thriller written and directed by Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman, 2020 – read our review here). Does the movie live up to the hype? Is it as shocking as everyone says? Let’s have a look! Synopsis It is over …

To bring in the holidays, I sat through all five Silent Night Deadly Night films. Parts 3-5 were new to me and do not have a nostalgic lense helping them in any way. So what’s the verdict? Let’s examine… #5: Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out I wouldn’t …

‘Tis the season to be scary. At least that’s the goal of the newest Shudder original Christmas horror film, The Sacrifice Game. For as many formulaic Hallmark love stories or nostalgic Netflix capers that we get around the Christmas season every year, there are an equal amount of merry massacres and …

Leave the World Behind (2023) was just released on Netflix. The film has been successfully generating polarized reactions from audiences. Let’s take a deeper look at this new thriller. Synopsis A family vacation on Long Island is interrupted by two strangers bringing news of a blackout. As the threat becomes …

As much as I am a horror nerd, my other Nerddom lies with Star Wars. Star Wars was released the same year I was born. I am a little envious of people who got to experience Star Wars for the first time in 1977. Star Wars changed not only the …