Reviews

With Stranger Things, Tigers Are Not Afraid, (read our reviews here and here) and It (read our reviews here and here), people are rediscovering the terrifying magic of being a child. More than being vulnerable, the willingness in children to believe in the fantastical creates a grounded atmosphere for nightmares to …

Beware the shadows and the darkness that seems so silent. Beware the closed doors, the whispering mirrors. Beware the Song of Horror that nests in the cracks of your mind. Just in time for the holiday, indie developer Protocol Games releases their game, Song of Horror, to get you in …

Puppet Killer is the new horror-comedy by Canadian director Lisa Ovies with a screenplay by Kevin Mosley. The film stars Aleks Paunovic, Lee Majdoub, Lisa Durupt, Richard Harmon, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Kyle Cassie, and Geoff Gustafson. The film received its US premiere as well as The Best of the Fest …

I’m a little behind on my Halloween festivities this year, but one of my favorite traditions is watching Malvolia devour her victims. Episode 3.4: Malvolia’s Halloween Party is her newest event and it’s possibly one of her best parties yet. Oodles of blood and delightful screams. Malvolia’s Halloween Party was …

It’s the night before Halloween, better known as Devil’s Night. Like most people around the world, I’ve spent my evening watching horror films. Mostly I’m trying to sober my emotions with horror as I watch the snowfall outside my window. Yes, like many places around the world it’s currently snowing …

Forty years ago on October 26th, 1979, When A Stranger Calls was introduced to the world to scare babysitters everywhere. Based on the urban legend from the 1960s called The Babysitter And The Man Upstairs, The Babysitter or just The Sitter. When A Stranger Calls follows a high school student …

So… when I first saw the trailer for Red Letter Day, I knew this was a film I would enjoy. What I didn’t expect was how much I would love it and that it would become one of my new favorite films of 2019. Once you see it, you’ll understand …

The most frequent lament I heard this past weekend at the Nightmares Film Festival was the inability to clone oneself. With four days, two screens, hundreds of great conversations, 155 shorts, and 23 feature films, astral projection would have been the only way to view all of the films from …

Bloody Marie is a new thriller from directors  and Guido van Driel (The Resurrection Of A Bastard 2013). It’s the story of an alcoholic graphic novelist, Marie Wankelmut (the extraordinary Susanne Wolff: The Three Musketeers 2011), who has hits rock bottom. The film also stars Dragos Bucur (Ride Along 2014), …

Television shows based on popular movies can go either way. In 1978, the timeless classic Animal House was released and became one of the greatest comedies in American history. To capitalize on the success, a television show was created to show the day-to-day hi-jinx of the fraternity from the movie. …