Alfred Hitchcock is an icon for a reason. Well, okay, it’s for more than one reason. One of those is the classic television anthology series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, which alternates between his humorous monologues and themes of crime, drama, thrills and horror. In his standard, dry tone, Hitchcock even refers …
Read More »A Look At Hush Haunted Attraction, Michigan’s Most Beautiful, Terrifying Haunt
I always look forward to Halloween because I love visiting haunts. Unfortunately, upon visiting, I’ve been let down plenty of times. In fact, it seems like every haunt in Michigan is voted the best, depending on what list you look at, and I can guarantee that they all are not. …
Read More »Devourment’s ‘Obscene Majesty’ (2019) – Music Review
Essential slam/brutal death technicians, Devourment, have nothing to prove. Their repertoire of brutality is immense, satisfying and vast, from their early material, Molesting The Decapitated, to the whirlwind which is Butcher The Weak. The Dallas, TX outfit have come to make an even more infamous statement with their latest offering, …
Read More »‘The Furies’ (2019) Slashes Through Our Hearts This October – Movie Review
From the second The Furies trailer dropped a few months ago, it exuded the feeling of an old school slasher. This little taste of a modern day game of cat and mouse captured tension and left viewers waiting to see what kind of monster lay around every corner. Let’s look at this …
Read More »Blu-Ray Review – ‘Gwen’ (2019) is An Unnerving, Beautiful Nightmare
One of my favorite and enchanting horror films this year is Gwen. The perfect folk horror story. I was stoked to check out the Blu-ray and see the magic unfold. This film was directed and written by William McGregor (The Missing TV). It stars Maxine Peake (The Theory of Everything), …
Read More »‘She Never Died’ (2019): Cannibal Vigilantism At Its Finest
Writer/director Jason Krawczyk made a name for himself in the cult genre channels with his horror comedy hit, He Never Died (read our review here). The film saw Henry Rollins (Z Nation 2017) star as a loner immortal cannibal, hiding himself from the world in order to contain his temptations to …
Read More »Boobs, Babes and Body Humor: ‘Slaughterhouse Slumber Party’ (2019) Movie Review
Last year, I discovered the multifaceted world of Dustin Wayde Mills’ films when I reviewed his films, The Hornet’s Sting and the Hell it Caused (2014 – read my review here) and The Hornet’s Disciple and the Scars She Left (2018 – read my review here). I have been a fan …
Read More »Juval Marlon’s ‘Sturmgewehr’ (2019) Short Film Review
Writer/Director Juval Marlon has unleashed his latest film atrocity, Sturmgewehr, upon mankind. The underground Swiss filmmaker, who runs Beheading Films, has been releasing more and more disturbing material, starting with short film Torture Fetish and Dead Baby Mutilation. Marlon then took a break from underground, snuff-style gore, making a film about local …
Read More »Fantastic Fest 2019: Mattie Do’s ‘The Long Walk’ Journeys Deep Into the Broken Heart of Grief
The tagline for Tobe Hooper’s classic horror film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre asks “Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them?” While the marketers behind the line literally refer to the chainsaw mutilations and slaughterhouse gore of Leatherface’s exploits, they inadvertently got to the central question of all …
Read More »Sixty Years of ‘The Twilight Zone’: Retro Review
The dawning of October 2, 1959, will live in horror infamy forever. Without knowing it, the life of the anthology story was about to change. It was the birth of the blending of worlds, and the creation of a show where anything was possible. The Twilight Zone aired its pilot on …
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