Reviews

A group of college kids head for the lake for the weekend only to discover that it is full of man-eating sharks, and that isn’t even the worst thing that they have to worry about. I always enjoy a good killer shark movie (and Lord knows that there are a …

Independent films allow for crossovers in the horror subgenres that we don’t often get with studio releases. For instance, what would you get if you crossed the cozy slasher Slumber Party Massacre with the paranormal vibes of Ouija: Origin Of Evil (read our review here)? We find out in Astronomic …

A couple weeks ago I saw the trailer for the indie horror comedy anthology film Mr. Creamjeans’ Hidey Hole. It looked like a film that would be gleefully overflowing with bodily fluids and begging audiences to be offended. I knew I had to see this movie so I reached out …

I have always kind of detested movies that break the golden rules. I don’t buy into that stuff, and it’s hard to accept. There are certain times when you know a child died, but it just turns into blood and guts or something like that. A Cold Season did exactly …

Back in early 2024, we sat down with filmmaker Spooky Spring (Madison) to talk about career history and upcoming film projects. When we asked what Spooky was looking forward to most, it was an unnamed project with StreetRat studios, but we couldn’t get details because it was a secret. Well, …

There are a lot of movies out there about abductions. Most of them focus on the person almost completely while they are kidnapped and their eventual escape/rescue. Fathers sets itself apart by spending a good deal of it’s runtime on after they’ve been found. Read on to find out how …

A Nightmare Called Home is the debut novella by Brandon Long, published by Helium Beach. I absolutely love reading debut novels. It’s a chance to discover new authors, who have put their heart and soul into their “baby” and are now ready to present it to the world. The synopsis …

I have always been a Batman fan and have enjoyed most of the animated films based on several different comic book story arcs that have been released recently. I always dug the Knightfall storyline from the 90s and have hoped for years that it would be adapted into an animated …

Certain movies will swim through my comfort level, sometimes even in a bad way. Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer was part of the golden days of horror. Though you knew it was just a movie, viewer discretition said otherwise. Sometimes movies want to be remembered as shocking or over …

Slashers are among the most popular subgenre in horror and have been for decades. Even when a particular franchise gets long in the tooth, there’s always some fun to be had in the formula of blood, babes, and a psychotic killer. Axegrinder is an independent slasher franchise that started in …