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 …
Read More »Peeping Behind the Shower Curtain: The Role of Voyeurism in ‘PSYCHO’ (1960)
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 …
Read More »David Cholewa’s ‘STALKER’ (2025): A Short Film Review
Stalker is an attack on the senses that I didn’t see coming. I am a big grouch when it comes to foreign films. Maybe I sound a bit like a caveman here, but I feel like subtitles take away the movie magic. This isn’t an attack on foreign films; I …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »‘The Book Of Lost Hours’ By Hayley Gelfuso – Book Review
Time travel is something I totally geek out about. If I hear about a tv show, a movie or a book with the concept of time travel, I am so there. Additionally, I am a huge fan of historical fiction books. So when I read the synopsis of Hayley Gelfuso’s …
Read More »‘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 …
Read More »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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