Reviews

‘Greenlight’ (2019) Is A Sharp, Wicked Thriller – Movie Review

From writer-director Graham Denman comes a fantastic, slick thriller called Greenlight that stars Chase Williamson (The Guest 2014), Caroline Williams (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 1986 – read our retro review here), Chris Browing (Westworld TV series), Nicole Alexandra Shipley (Criminal Minds TV series), Victor Turpin (Ma 2019), and Shane …

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Vinegar Syndrome’s ‘Unmasked: Part 25’ (1988) 2k Restoration Blu-ray/DVD Review

Eighteen years before the meta horror sensation that was Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (read our retro review here), Filmmaker Anders Palm directed a little known sleeper hit known as Unmasked: Part 25. Originally titled The Hand of Death, Unmasked: Part 25 is both an homage to and a …

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Travel Down An Atmospheric ‘Lost Gully Road’ (2019) – Movie Review

Lost Gully Road is a new thriller from Australia from Director Donna McRae (Johnny Ghost 2011). The film stars Adele Perovic (The Code 2014), John Brumpton (The Loved Ones 2009), and Jane Clifton (Prisoner: Cell Black H TV series). Synopsis: Lucy travels to an isolated house in the forest to wait …

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Blood In The Snow 2019 Movie Review: ‘Dead Dicks’ (2019)

Dead Dicks

Despite being billed as a horror comedy, Dead Dicks begins in a confusing way with a very serious PSA about suicide followed by a man killing himself with a plastic bag. Yet somehow, the team of Chris Bavota (Minutes Past Midnight 2016) and Lee Paula Springer (Even The Darkness Has …

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Anthology Flashback #4: Mario Bava’s ‘Black Sabbath’ (1963)

Black Sabbath

Consisting of three separate tales, Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath is a considerably a more influential picture than you might think. For starters, it was one of the first horror films Bava was involved with, just after I Vampiri/Lust of the Vampire (1957), Black Sunday (1960) and Caltiki – The Immortal …

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Garo Setian’s Brilliant Sci-Fi Thriller/Comedy ‘Automation’ (2019) – Movie Review

Automation is what you get when you cross I, Robot (2004) with The Office TV series, and it’s a match made in heaven. That may be an odd mix to wrap your head around, but the filmmakers pull it off perfectly, marrying these two opposite concepts to make Automation a …

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‘The Banana Splits’ (2019) Is Mascot Millennial Mayhem – Movie Review

When the trailer for the horror movie version of The Banana Splits dropped earlier in 2019, it left us with a morbid sense of wonder. The film came across like the blackest of black comedies, as Chuck E. Cheese-like animatronics slashed people apart with brutality. Let’s break it down and …

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2019 BITS Film Festival: ‘Sky So Blue’ (2019) Horror Short Review

“I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.” — Tom Waits. Clocking in at a speedy 15 minutes, Sky So Blue (2019), which screened recently at the 2019 Blood in the Snow Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, tells the story of a strange piece of music that has the power to …

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