Reviews

‘FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 4: THE FINAL CHAPTER’ (1984) – Retro Review

Friday the 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter

The Friday the 13th franchise has spawned 11 original movies (counting the crossover), a remake, a non-canonical TV series, an upcoming TV series, three video games, and one of horror’s most iconic killers. But when faithful fans start to rank the movies, Friday the 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter …

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Kiah Roache-Turner’s ‘STING’ (2024) – Movie Review

I’ve been a huge fan of Kiah Roache-Turner since his first film Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead. I followed his career ever since from his demon/Ghostbusters pastiche Nekrotronic to Wyrmwood: Apocalypse. I’ve been anxiously awaiting his killer spider film Sting since it was announced a couple years ago. Now the …

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Familiar Faces, Familiar Places! ‘CUTTING CLASS’ (1988) 4K Ultra Review

Writer Rospo Pallenburg (Deliverance) only had one other directing credit (albeit, uncredited), the 1977 stinker Exorcist II: The Heretic when he went dove headlong into 1988’s Cutting Class. Largely formulaic, but with a solid cast, budget and some inventive kills, Cutting Class gets the 4K treatment  from MVD Visual’s “Rewind …

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Flashback: 15 Years Of ‘THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT’ (2009)

The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) just turned 15! Let’s revisit this ghostly film as well as looking at some movie trivia. Let’s start by checking out the trailer: Synopsis When their son Matt (Kyle Gallner) receives a diagnosis of cancer, Sara (Virginia Madsen) and Peter (Martin Donovan) Campbell move to …

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‘LEPRECHAUN 2’ (1994) at 30 – A Retro Review

Leprechaun 2 (also known as One Marriage Lots of Funerals in the United Kingdom) is one of those movies that I had to watch cartoons after it was over as a kid. That didn’t happen to me often, but let’s face it, that Leprechaun is one scary little dude. Join me …

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The Case for ‘HELLRAISER: INFERNO’ (2000) – Movie Review

Hellraiser: Inferno

The Hellraiser franchise has been rife with some of the worst, most unwatchable films that have ever been made. The Weinsteins drug it out in the hopes for a reboot that never came, at least not under their supervision. This continued until there were more straight-to-video Hellraiser films than there …

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Meet Me at the Waterfront After the Social: Why ‘SLEEPAWAY CAMP’ (1983) Is My Favorite Horror Movie

Sleepaway Camp

Back in 1987 you could rent VHS tapes anywhere (and I do mean anywhere). My mom and I were at a local gas station that rented movies and as we were trying to decide what to rent for the night, we saw a movie called Sleepaway Camp and we thought …

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