Reviews

What makes a good horror film nowadays? To me, a horror film doesn’t need to go all out with special effects or countless jump scares to affect its audience. Interior is a little indie film, written and directed by Zachary Beckler. Did Beckler‘s film affect me? Read below and find …

As Halloween approaches, we horror fans often feel compelled to embrace the scary movies we loved so much as children. One of mine was (and is) Near Dark, the vampire cult classic that was released three decades ago on October 2, 1987. The film directed by Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt …

The horror shorts premiering at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival have been nothing short of amazing. The same can be said for the Ink, a story unlike anything I’ve seen before, which premiered on October 14th at the BHFF. Ink is a disturbingly heartbreaking horror short directed and written by …

In the last week, I’ve watched two horror films centering around a babysitter. However, that was definitely the only thing they had in common. One of them was Feeding Time, a horror short that premiered at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival on October 15th. Was it a tasty treat or …

Ever wonder what your babysitter does when you go to bed? Well, McG’s The Babysitter has an answer to that. Cole (Judah Lewis) has a big crush on his babysitter, Bee (Samara Weaving), but Bee isn’t all that she seems. Cole decides to stay up late and see what his babysitter is …

I recently had the pleasure of watching the horror short, Amy, for the 2017 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. I watched it on a whim, knowing nothing about it, and it definitely left me surprised. But was it a good surprise? Old Lime Productions presents Amy, a disturbing horror short directed by L. Gustavo Cooper. …

“Haunt gone wrong” is a subject that has been done several times (The Funhouse, The Funhouse Massacre, The Houses October Built) to varying effect. The latest in this subgenre of films is Talon Falls, which centers on two couples who are on their way to a camping trip and are …

At this year’s Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, I was given the opportunity to watch a dark, doleful Icelandic tale called I Remember You (AKA Ég man þig). Directed by Oskar Thór Axelsson, I Remember You is a story of love, loss and pitch black horror. It took nearly the entire movie to figure out why …

It’s been a great year for horror, both mainstream and indie. When I got the opportunity to help cover the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival I couldn’t wait to see the list of choices I would have. There are so many great films premiering including Get My Gun, which premiered yesterday …

Just when you thought we would never get a chance to revisit Camp Crystal Lake, along comes Womp Stomp Films and their indie fan film Never Hike Alone. Back in May of 2016 Womp Stomp released a trailer that showed fans just enough of what we wanted to see from a Friday …