Reviews

While I don’t usually write book reviews, I’m a MASSIVE Hitchcock fan, so I jumped at the chance to review Tony Lee Moral’s new book Alfred Hitchcock Storyboards. I am so glad that I took that chance! Synopsis This stunning coffee table book focuses on the storyboards for nine of …

Is there a limit to the number of gratuitous beaver shots that can be in a film? Well, Hundreds of Beavers (2022) certainly did its best to push those limits! Check Out the Trailer! Synopsis A drunken applejack salesman, Jean Kayak, must go from zero to hero and become North …

DR GIFT is a unique movie, in that it’s a haunted house flick and a slasher film, as well as a film that features a fair amount of comedy to go with its gruesome gore. How does it all work together? In my opinion? Fairly well. Read on for my …

As a die-hard fan of Euro-sleaze films, my tastes usually veer towards the films of either Jean Rollin or Jesus “Jess” Franco. While Rollin, for the most part, stayed firmly in his vampire/supernatural lane, Franco’s films, however, careen every which way, from Nazi flicks to vampires, to period pieces, jungle …

“I make cinema because I want to be loved.” A profound statement from one of the most revered filmmakers in history and the enigmatic subject of director Simone Scafidi’s latest endeavor, Dario Argento Panico. For those that may be new to discovering who Argento is, he is responsible for some …

As a fan of horror cinema, I always hear “Hey man, you should check out _______ from back in the day, you’d love it”. Often time curiosity prevails, and I eventually do. Writer/director Rolfe Kanefsky’s (Nightmare Man) 1990 genre-blending horror/comedy There’s Nothing Out There is one of those films that …

Ahhh, Wild Eye Releasing’s Visual Vengeance series of releases contains some real lost gems, cleaned up and lovingly presented for a new generation of horror misfits! Are they all lost “classics”? No. Enter Scream Queen. Synopsis Malicia Tombs, a well-known horror actress, dies in a car accident under mysterious circumstances …

Escape Room is a psychological thriller film directed by Adam Robitel and released in 2019. The movie follows a group of six strangers who receive mysterious invitations to participate in an escape room challenge. As one might expect, the participants quickly realize that the stakes are high as the rooms …

It’s finally happened. I found a book that I had to take a break from in order to let my emotions settle. This panic-inducing masterpiece is In The Tall Trees by Angel Van Atta. I was already a fan of the author before reading this, but now she’s become an …

In the last handful of years, we’ve seen contemporary creators taking their shot at horror based around artificial intelligence. As the world becomes more reliant on machines, the fear in the possibility that these machines could go back is truly endless. The latest entry in the evil AI sub-genre is Margaux from …