Reviews

Doug Sakmann’s ‘PUNK ROCK HOLOCAUST’ (2003) / ‘PUNK ROCK HOLOCAUST 2’ (2004) – Retro Review

Doug Sakmann and Lloyd Kaufman made this work in 2003. I will admit here that these movies are wrong now. But it’s all so bad that I love it. Watching your heroes die in extreme ways, with minimal CGI, stole my heart. Why was there no more? I don’t precisely …

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‘CURTAINS FOR CHRISTMAS’ (2024) – Movie Review

While the origins of Christmas in July vary from place to place based on temperature and ideology, horror fans don’t get a lot of physical Christmas-based horror in the summer months to sink their teeth into. Enter Curtains For Christmas, the latest horror-comedy from Silver Spotlight Films. Let’s take a …

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George A. Romero’s ‘THE AMUSEMENT PARK’ (1973) – Retro Review

There is not one horror fan in the world who doesn’t know the name George A. Romero. It’s common knowledge that he is a legend. However, he wasn’t just the king of the Zombies; George was so much more, from working with Mr. Rogers to pandemics that make people stone-cold …

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40 Years of Tears: Revisiting ‘THE NEVERENDING STORY’ (1984)

The NeverEnding Story

The most gut-wrenching scene from any 1980s children film has to be from The NeverEnding Story (1984). As a child, watching Artax succumb to the Swamps of Sadness in the film was devastating and left me sobbing hysterically. It is not any better rewatching this scene 40 years later as …

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The Logical Companion Piece: ‘GHOULIES 2’ (1987) – 4K Ultra Review

Ghoulies 2

A mere 9 or so months after the release of Ghoulies on 4K, along with a special edition of Ghoulies 2 on Blu-ray, MVD Visual has decided to satisfy many a collector’s OCD compulsions and give Ghoulies 2 the 4K treatment. Synopsis “The ghoulies wreak havoc at an amusement park, …

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