Movie Reviews

The Retaliators (2022) is a film that I’ve been wanting to see ever since it appeared on my radar after PopHorror’s Screamfest Horror Film Festival review. You may read another writer’s review here. The film sounds right up my alley. A horror-thriller about revenge, which who doesn’t love a good …

A fun fact: as a horror fan, I tend to not like gore for the sake of gore and anything considered extreme horror or torture horror. I usually avoid those movies like the plague. A movie that changed my mind to give some extreme horror movies a chance was Saw …

Downright Creepy has released its very first short film called PIROUETTE. The film was directed and produced by Peter Howard and Glenn Delaney. It stars Ani Priyo and Hannah Sims. Check out my review down below and then watch this creepy little horror short with the lights off! Synopsis for …

The Day After Halloween (2022): Two lifelong buddies must unravel the circumstances that led to a corpse in their bathtub in the wake of a Halloween party. The Day After Halloween was an absolute pleasure to review. It’s one of those movies that builds as it goes. Might start out …

Cannibalism seems to be making a comeback in horror lately. In past generations of filmmaking, it was usually something done by an “other,” be it a long lost tribe like in Cannibal Holocaust or a devious doctor like Hannibal Lecter, there was always a degree of separation. Now, that separation …

In 1994, a staggering thirty-one years after the original classic, The Birds 2: Land’s End was released for a television premiere. This sequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s formative film (our retro review here) gave birth to the saying, “Don’t remake Hitchcock movies,” among the crew. In spite of the critical reviews, this …

Orphan: First Kill was one of my most highly anticipated films of the year and I’m happy to say it didn’t disappoint. I’m a huge fan of the original Orphan (2009) and was stoked to learn more about Esther’s origin. This film was directed by William Brent Bell and written …

I’m a busy girl, but I jumped at the chance to review The Andy Baker Tape for two reasons: 1. I have a soft spot for food 2. I have a soft spot for found footage films when the acting is right Let me tell you, the acting is right …

I Dream Of A Psychopomp is a unnerving and emotional ride. The upcoming anthology film follows a grieving widower haunted by the distressed ghost of his recently deceased wife. He is soon visited in his dreams by a psychopomp, the spiritual guide of a living person’s soul, who teaches him …

I finally had the chance to check out the jaw-dropping, award-winning horror-comedy, Fresh Hell. This has been on my radar for a while and I’m happy to say it didn’t disappoint. This film was created by a group of Chicago theatre artists locked out of their livelihoods by the pandemic. …