Reviews

Short Film Review: ‘HORROR INC’ – Clipboards and Chainsaws!

HORROR INC (written and directed by CRAIG LAYTON, produced by DENIKA FERCHO) is a wickedly fun horror-comedy short that takes the soul-sucking absurdities of office life and turns them into something bloody and hilarious. The film begins in typical slasher trope, only to exaggerate the petty politics and monotony of …

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Peeping Behind the Shower Curtain: The Role of Voyeurism in ‘PSYCHO’ (1960)

Psycho

Psycho is a classic psychological thriller and horror film that has become iconic in the history of cinema and has forever etched itself into horror and pop culture. Regarding the success of the film, Hitchcock said, “Thirty-three percent of the effect of Psycho was due to the music.” However, in …

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Rupert Julian’s ‘THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA’ (1925): 100 years Later – A Retro Review

Rupert Julian’s The Phantom of the Opera is turning 100 years old. The film is an iconic masterpiece, forever in the top ranks of the horror genre. As much as I love the horror genre, silent horror gives me the creeps, and that’s not a bad thing. Nothing compares to …

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Who Can You Trust? 20 Years of ‘CRY WOLF’ (2005)

Jared Padelecki has been in a ton of movies and films in his life. Whether he’s Thomas Kinkade, Dean Forester, Walker Texas Ranger or Sam Winchester, Jared has been a busy man the last 26 years. At a recent interview conducted during Fan Expo Boston, Jared was asked if he …

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Merry-Gore-Round: ‘PLAYGROUND: CHILD OF DIVORCE’ (2025) – Book Review

It’s 10 pm. Do you know where your children are? Playground: Child of Divorce (COD) is the prequel to 2022’s infamously viral TikTok hit, Playground, taking place a few years before Geraldine’s twisted arena was fully built. Author Aron Beauregard has returned to bring readers once again into Geraldine Borden’s …

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Sakamoto Yugo’s ‘BABY ASSASSINS 3’ (2024) – Movie Review

I’m a huge fan of the Baby Assassins series. It’s truly feels like something unique in the sphere of action comedies, combining slacker/hang out comedy and knock down drag out martial arts/gun fights. Read on for why I think Baby Assassins 3 may be the best in the series. Synopsis …

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‘THE BROTHERS GRIMM’ (2005): More Than Just a Fairy Tale

When The Brothers Grimm first hit theaters in 2005, it was dismissed by many as a messy Terry Gilliam experiment that felt like it didn’t know what it wanted to be. But twenty years later, the film deserves a second look through a different lens. Beneath the storybook aesthetic, hammy …

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The Hero We Need: ‘THE TOXIC AVENGER’ (2025) – Movie Review

The Toxic Avenger is a 2025 Superhero action adventure horror film which follows a mutant named Toxie as he battles his way through the various challenges he faces with his boss, son and the general public. The character was originally introduced in Troma’s 1984 film of the same name. Let’s …

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