Movie Reviews

Shelter in Place delivers the unexpected. This film was directed and written by Chris Beyrooty and Connor Martin. It stars Brendan Hines (The Tick, Lie to Me), Tatjana Marjanovic (Great White, Purgatory), Kevin Daniels (Atypical, Modern Family, The Big Leap), Ola Kaminska (The Madness Within), and Jey Reynolds. Synopsis for Shelter …

If you’re looking for a spooky and eerie story layered with mystery and suspense, The Power may be right up your alley. Written and directed by BAFTA-nominated director Corinna Faith, and featuring an original score by Gazelle Twin and Max de Wardener, the film stars Rose Williams (“Sanditon,” “Reign,” “Medici”), …

I’ve been a long-life horror fan and it all began with A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Yes, I’m a diehard Fredhead and I’m damn proud of it. My mom first introduced me to horror and ANOES around the age of 5 and I’ve never looked back. It’s always been …

As soon as I saw the official trailer and key art for Netflix’s Nightbooks, I knew it would be right up my alley as I love dark fantasy stories. The film was directed by David Yarovesky with a screenplay by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis, which is based on the …

As much as I love vengeful creature features and misshapen monster films, there’s just something about mentally unbalanced humans in horror movies that get to me. There are really people out there like that, and there’s no telling what they’ll do. So, when I read the synopsis for Andrew Bassett …

I was recently introduced to Filmmaker Levin Garbisch’s 2020 film, Miranda Veil, which is described as a fantasy horror mystery. That’s quite an interesting mashup of genres there. What the heck was I was walking into? Synopsis: When aspiring serial killer Soren abducts his first victim, Miranda, both of them …

For decades, the slasher flick has been a staple of popular horror. A masked or disfigured creep running around bludgeoning unsuspecting teens has always made for a perfect date night at the drive-in. Hatchet not only used those popular ’70s and ’80s tropes, turning the dial up to ten, as a …

The new comedy-horror mockumentary, When The Screaming Starts, recently had its World Premiere at FrightFest this August. I was lucky enough to check it out and experience the chaos and madness that this film delivers! When The Screaming Starts marks the feature debut of filmmaker Conor Boru and was overseen by …

IFC Films’ metafictional feature, The Nowhere Inn is quite different than anything I’ve seen before and I appreciated the uniqueness, charm, and comedy. The film was directed by Bill Benz and co-written by Annie Clark and Carrie Brownstein. It stars Annie Clark, Carrie Brownstein, and Dakota Johnson. Synopsis for The Nowhere …

I was surprised that I hadn’t heard of the Scream Team Releasing film, Force To Fear (2020), before now, especially after seeing how many familiar names and faces were involved. When the Blu-ray became available this past summer, it popped up onto my radar, and I knew I had to …