It takes a certain type of person to become a coroner or mortician. Constantly surrounded by death, poking and prodding lifeless bodies, preparing corpses for an open casket … or a closed casket if luck should have it. Now I’m sure there are plenty of individuals in the profession of …
Read More »Madeline Deering’s ‘Spirit Animal’ (2019) Movie Review – A Slice Of SOV Gold
Shot On Video (SOV) genre entries have honestly been hit or miss with me. I have often found SOV hard to follow, with the sound being so abysmal that I can’t decipher the dialogue, or too grainy of a picture, and so on. But there have also been some SOV …
Read More »Review of ‘Amityville Vibrator’ (2020); Interview With King of Sleaze Nathan Rumler
I love sleaze. Gratuitous titties in your face. Sex for absolutely no reason. Masturbating nuns. Gritty and dirty enough to make you feel like you might need a shower after. Amityville Vibrator has all the sleaze. Everything I mentioned above and more. It’s the possessed vibrator movie that you didn’t …
Read More »David Cronenberg’s Feature-Length Debut, ‘Shivers,’ (1975) Turns 45
Over the years, the name David Cronenberg has become synonymous with subversive and terrifying films, delivering visceral horror and violence to viewers and eventually becoming one of the filmmakers who helped shape the body horror sub-genre. June 6, 2020 marks the 45th anniversary of the United States release of Cronenberg’s …
Read More »Brad Twigg’s ‘Deathboard’ (2020) Movie Review: Game Night Brings Demonic Mayhem
Brad Twigg’s new movie, Deathboard, provides plenty of gore, hilarious characters, and a nice twist at the end. Deathboard really hits on all the right points for me as a slasher fan. There weren’t too many weaknesses that I found within the film. Synopsis for Deathboard: After moving into her …
Read More »‘Followed’ (2020) Movie Review: You’ll Be Living At The Edge of Your Seat Through This One!
Between COVID-19 and everything else going on in the world, I haven’t watched a lot of new movies this year. I’ve mostly stuck with feel-good, nostalgic ones that bring me a sense of comfort and familiarity. However, I’ve missed indulging in horror, so I decided to give Followed a chance. …
Read More »Brittany Blanton’s ‘Ambrosia’ (2020) Short Film Review
Sometimes I get emails about projects to review that get me really excited. That was the case when I got a message from Concept Media’s Shawn Burkett about a short film called Ambrosia, the latest directorial effort from Brittany Blanton (who directed the excellent short film Breaking Vera – read …
Read More »Brad T. Gottfred’s ‘Confessional’ (2019) Shows The Dark Side Of Secrets – Movie Review
Everyone has a few skeletons in their closet, secrets they aren’t exactly proud of. What would happen if those secrets made it out into the open? That’s a horror that preys on anxiety, with a far more long-lasting impact than a monster movie. Confessional examines the damage and the danger of …
Read More »Frank Marshall’s ‘Congo’ (1995): Low Art, High Adventure Retro Review
There’s a game that Bruce Campbell likes to play at convention appearances, a sort of a Hollywood Red Light, Green Light. He picks some poor sap in the audience to play a Paramount Pictures executive tasked with deciding whether or not to make a movie with some of Hollywood’s finest …
Read More »‘Becky’ (2020) Is A Bloody Good Time – Movie Review
When I first saw the trailer for Becky (2020), I did a double take. Is that KEVIN JAMES? Holy shit, it is! From Everybody Loves Raymond to The King of Queens to Hitch, I’ve been a fan of Kevin’s comedy for years. Paul Blart: Mall Cop aside, he’s a lovable, …
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