Movie Reviews

Grindhouse is a particularly interesting sub-set of the horror and exploitation genres. It has to have this strangely gleeful low-budget sleaze about it, while making for an eye-catching film viewing. Many films, like Grindhouse, try to nail the exploitation vibe, but there are more imitators than films that reach it. …

The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998) is turning 25 this month, which reminded me of just how freaking exciting and rare it was to have a big screen bridge to tide you over between epic seasons of one of the most ground-breaking shows in television history. It was the kind …

With another year closer to the next event we thought could never happen, this world proves it’s destined to make liars of us all. As fiction horror seems to grow more feasible to reality, my two highest concerns are a virus outbreak that reanimates us into violent mindless zombies, and …

The story of my love for Waxwork (1988) starts as so many of my stories do: at my hometown video store. It’s a familiar refrain. Back in the mid to late ’80s, my good friend John and I frequently walked down to the local theater, which also rented out VHS …

There are so many ways you can tell an alien story. Often, it’s from a place of fear. The aliens are some kind of threat. Sometimes it’s from a place of wonder that ultimately ends up going wrong. First Contact takes a little bit of a different approach embedding its story in …

Historic horror royalty made another trip around the sun this month: a time capsule of what pushed the boundaries and broke ground for a thrill quenching thirst audiences didn’t know they had. We learned hailing Satan can get you off heroin and obtain you a successful acting career, Tannis Root …

If you’ve read enough of my pieces, you’ll know that I appreciate differently. Especially when it comes to psychological and supernatural horror. Esme, My Love is very unique and literally like watching a movie painting. Very dreamlike. The tale begins with Hannah (Stacey Weckstein, Harlem 2023) taking her young daughter Esme (Audrey …

Horror and humor go so well together, especially when well-placed laughs get sprinkled into intense situations. The Blackening pulls this off excellently! A dark sense of humor is necessary for survival when someone goes through a lot of awful experiences. “Laugh to keep from crying” is an actual saying that …

Fast zombies. Slow zombies. Trains headed to Busan. Remakes. Talking zombies. Zombie romance. Zom-Coms. Aussie films. The Walking Dead. Zombie musicals. The zombie renaissance started in the early 2000s and it’s never really let up. You have to admit, zombies have been done to death (no pun intended) in recent …

Everyone has a favorite slasher, for one reason or another. My heart belongs to the burned-up dude who invades your dreams, makes on-the-nose dad jokes, and slaughters innocent teenagers to make them atone for the sins of their parents.  However, Freddy Krueger isn’t like other slashers. He doesn’t play horror …