Reviews

Growing up, we would always hear about the monster under our bed or the monsters in our closet. The boogeyman that scares us. Eventually, we learn that it is all in our heads and shadows are just shadows. Nothing more, nothing less. However, we do find out there is evil …

Growing up as a kid, I loved watching detective stories. I fell in love with the dialogue, the action, and the reveal at the end when in some cases I’d know and sometimes I didn’t know who the real criminal was. The look was also a huge deal for me. …

Ivy is a 2017 psychological thriller horror short about a young man’s struggle to deal with the loss of the love of his life by refusing to leave his home, despite the well-meaning encouragement from him friends. He’s been alone for weeks and can barely stand to leave his bathroom, …

The opioid crisis. We’ve heard about it. We’ve read news articles about it. We may even have been affected by it. But what can we do about it? Grieving father Bill Johnson (Circus Of The Dead’s Bill Oberst, Jr.) has an idea about that in Mark Savage’s 2021 film, Painkiller. …

After spending over a year in the isolated, lonely world in the grips of the coronavirus, human connection feels more precious than ever. Marteinn Thorsson’s (Permille) Backyard Village tells the story of two lonely people at a crossroads in their lives who find solace in one another. Synopsis: Unable to …

Time to talk about 13 Demon Street. Though short-lived, this old, Swedish-American horror anthology show was hosted by the great Lon Chaney, Jr. In addition to being the son of film icon Lon Chaney, the actor had already enjoyed success as The Wolf Man in 1941 and other Universal Horror …

Imagine coming home after a fitful day of work, and seeing your landlord sprawled out, attacked on your kitchen floor, as you come face-to-face with an unknown assailant. That’s the gripping beginning to For The Sake Of Vicious, and it only gets more intense from there. From the tension-filled opening through …

I just finished up my third reading of writer/artist Charles Forsman’s graphic novel, Slasher (Floating World Comics 2018), and I’m honestly not sure the narrative completely works. I’m also not sure I care, as it adds to the queasy disorientation of the piece. I can legitimately say it’s one of …

Brimstone Incorporated is the latest movie from directors James L. Edwards and Brad Twigg. The film is an anthology that contains three infernal-filled stories that center around Hell’s law firm. Brimstone Incorporated is directed by James L. Edwards and Brad Twigg, and stars: Kaylee Williams (13 Slays Till X-Mas 2020 …

With a special edition Blu-ray coming soon—April 12th, 2021—I thought I would take another look at the techno/splatterpunk and body horror film from Japanese directors Yudai Yamaguchi and Junichi Yamamoto, 2005’s Meatball Machine! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVBQedhFk0g Synopsis: Capable of making bio-mechanical weapons out of human flesh, alien parasites grotesquely invade the Earth, …