When I first started watching it, it seemed a little basic, the usual setting, the usual story. Something clicked in my head. There was a background noise that sounded like something and creeped me out. I can relate to the noise in Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things. The film …
Read More »Diego Velasco’s ‘THE WHISTLER’ (2026) – Movie Review
The Whistler is a 2026 urban Legend horror film which follows a mother who lost her daughter to the Whistler and has to get her back at all costs. Reeling from their daughter’s loss, Nicole and Sebastian come into possession of a secluded Venezuelan farm, unaware of the dark forces …
Read More »Disappeared: Markian Tarasiuk’s ‘HUNTING MATTHEW NICHOLS’ (2024) – Review
Some things are better off in the past, forgotten after the world’s technology, as Hunting Matthew Nichols nailed it. The style of the movie kept me in a trance, following the movie in my head like a tidal wave of emotion. The entire movie caught me by surprise in so …
Read More »More Blood? Hell yeah! ‘Gialli, Guns And Gore: The Brutal Films of Darren Ward’ – Review
If you’re not familiar with the work of UK filmmaker Darren Ward, fret not, neither was I. However, with a new boxed set, Blu-ray release from Ward’s own Giallo Films and Treasured Films Ltd., the maestro of lo-fi brutality will finally get a wider audience, and his sanguinary soaked due! …
Read More »Steve Hermann’s ‘PERFECT SOUL’ (2026) – Movie Review
Religious horror was brought to a new level in the mainstream with The Exorcist in the 1970s, but it’s been a genre staple since time began. The mixture of ideologies can really serve as fuel for a great story of trauma and triumph. Such is the case with Perfect Soul, …
Read More »Ballerina Blood Bath: Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman’s ‘THE TOXIC AVENGER’ (1984)
I have always been in love with Toxie because he killed bullies, protecting the nerds and weirdos. Even if you don’t like horror, you know his name. The Toxic Avenger is a film you can laugh at, or even get a little emotional. You may ask how I like the …
Read More »Oliver Stone’s ‘THE HAND’ (1981) – Retro Review
The Hand, directed by Oliver Stone, remains one of the strangest and most overlooked entries in both Stone’s filmography and Michael Caine’s long career. Often treated as a forgotten curiosity, the film arrived at an awkward point in Stone’s development as a filmmaker—years before he would gain major recognition with …
Read More »Mouse Hunt: Brett Bentman’s ‘MINNIE’S MIDNIGHT MASSACRE’ (2026) – Movie Review
I’ll admit I am not into the whole Disney characters in Horror thing. It seems like a cash grab on something I grew up on. I was let down. Nothing interesting popped up. Until the vengeful spirit comes. Minnie’s Midnight Massacre. Let’s get into the review. Synopsis After being constantly …
Read More »‘APRIL FOOL’S DAY’ (1986) Revisited: 40 Years On – A Retro Review
It’s the weekend of April Fool’s Day, 1986 and your friend, Muffy, invites you to a party she’s throwing on a remote island along with a group of your closest college buddies. Aren’t you just dying to go? Such is the premise for the 1986 ‘slasher’ film April Fool’s Day. …
Read More »So Indie That It Hurts! Jim Haggerty’s ‘UNNATURAL CAUSES’ – Blu-ray Review
As a fan of low/no budget indie horror, I always look forward to seeing what these hometown auteurs come up with using their, often meager, means. When the studios start re-hashing literally everything, it’s usually in the indie folks that bring both the originality and the heat. I’m of the …
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