The Mahal brothers, Michael and Sonny (read our interview with them here), first rocked the indie scene with their crazy 2017 smash hit comedy horror, Bus Party to Hell (read our review here). The filmmaking duo return with their latest sin-sational feature titled Art of the Dead. While their over-the-top …
Read More »‘Paranormal Activity’ (2009) – 10 Years Later: Look Back On The Film That Started it All
The original Paranormal Activity is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its wide theatrical release on the 16th of October, 2009. After making the rounds on the indie film festival circuit, Paranormal Activity director Oren Peli (Insidious 2011) had a sure-fire gem on his hands and Paramount Pictures were taking notice. …
Read More »‘Red Spring’ (2019) Is A Brilliant Take On The Vampire Genre
Red Spring, the amazing directorial debut from Jeff Sinasac, is a bold, fresh take on the vampire genre. The film stars Sinasac, Elysia White, Adam Cronheim, Jonathan Robbins, Lindsey Middleton, and Reece Presley. Synopsis: The world has been ravaged by vampires.A group of survivors band together to search for loved …
Read More »Blu-ray Review – ‘The Lingering’ (2019): Not Your Average Ghost Story
I love a good ghost story. Most of my favorite ones are from the 70s and 80s, but every once in awhile we get a quality modern ghost story. After watching the trailer for The Lingering, I had I hopes that it would deliver those spine-tingling feelings. This horror film …
Read More »Unleash the Darkness: ‘Portal’ (2019) Movie Review
What do you get when you mix the Ghost Adventures TV series and Evil Dead (1981)? A new horror film called Portal (2019) that was written by Peter Dukes (Escape Room 2017) and Dean Alioto (Shadowheart 2009, Quarries 2016), and directed by Dean Alioto (Lizzie Borden Had An Axe 2004). The …
Read More »‘In Search of Darkness’ (2019) Is An Ecstatic Love Letter To ’80s Horror Films
At over four hours, David Weiner’s In Search of Darkness (2019), takes on the monumental task of exploring horror films of the ’80s without feeling overly long and bloated with information — and it manages it in spades. This film was made, in part, thanks to an Indiegogo campaign with …
Read More »‘Kindness Of Strangers’ (2019) Short Film Review
Director Lucky Cerruti’s Dead Vision Productions delivers the short Kindness Of Strangers. I was fortunate enough to have Cerruti contact me about reviewing his film. I had heard Kindness Of Strangers mentioned by people on Facebook, so I was definitely interested in checking it out. Kindness Of Strangers features an …
Read More »Our Adventures At Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights 29 (2019) – Part 1
I didn’t even make it out of the airport before I saw the t-shirts. Dracula. Demodogs. The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man. Oh my. It’s time, once again, for Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights, where the syrupy fog rolls in and the pizza fries sell like hotcakes. Ten new haunted houses. Five …
Read More »‘Wes Craven’s New Nightmare’ 25th Anniversary: Strengths and Weaknesses
Originally released on October 14, 1994, Wes Craven’s New Nightmare offered a fresh, daring take on the Freddy Krueger character… or something like it. You see, New Nightmare is technically a Freddy movie, yet it definitely isn’t. The villain is actually an entity that takes the form of Freddy, because it …
Read More »‘Along Came the Devil 2’ (2019) Movie Review: The Rippling Effect of Possession
I’ve always enjoyed Along Came the Devil and was definitely intrigued when I heard about its sequel, Along Came the Devil 2. Would it be as good at the first, or fall flat as many sequels do? Visionary, Jason DeVan (Along Came the Devil), who co-wrote the film with his …
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