Reviews

“Be afraid. Be very afraid!” Thirty years ago, director David Cronenberg brought us The Fly, one of the sickest masterpieces in horror history. From the film’s all-star cast to its impeccable special effects, there are so many reasons why The Fly is still beloved three decades years later. https://youtu.be/7BzwxJ-M_M0 (Synopsis provided …

A whole heck of a lot happened in “Go Getters,” this last Sunday’s episode of The Walking Dead: skates rolled, watches got handed over, paintings were admired, faces were punched, cowards kneeled, cars were crushed and lips got kissed. We got to know some key players in season seven a …

For more than 20 years, Stephen King film adaptations ruled Hollywood. From Carrie’s $33.8 million grossed on a $1.8 million budget to The Green Mile’s astonishing haul of $136 million, adapting King’s work has long been a treasure map to Box Office gold. How, then, did 2016’s Cell arrive with so little fanfare? …

The directorial career of Ulli Lommel has been a strange one. In the late-sixties/early-seventies, he was part of the acting troupe centered around Geran filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder. In 1973, he directed  Tenderness of the Wolves, a solid film about serial killer Fritz Haarmann. In the eighties, he gave us …

Let’s be honest here – puppets are freaking creepy. Everything about them gives me goosebumps, but their glassy-eyed stare has always haunted me. I never was a fan of owning porcelain dolls and I sure as hell would never own a puppet of any kid. I guess that means I’ll never …

Going into Meet the Blacks, I was expecting a full on Scary Movie type parody. But the kind of subtlety in this parody falls more along the lines of Shaun Of The Dead. Unfortunately, the quality of Meet The Blacks doesn’t fall along the lines of Shaun Of The Dead. …

We have finally woken up from our Roanoke nightmare as the season came to a close last Wednesday. The question is: did we want to wake up? I am torn between the two obvious answers of this question. American Horror Story: Roanoke has been quite a ride. We started out …

Some people believe money is essential to making a great film. However, there have been plenty of successful low-budget films while major studios with deep pockets can create a 2 hour and 30 minute flop. Gags, a short horror film out of Green Bay, Wisconsin, proves that money isn’t everything …

Right off the bat, I just have to say that I’m a big fan of home invasion films. Home invasion is a very often overlooked sub-genre in horror, but it’s one of the best. There’s just something very real and frightening about someone breaking into your home to harm you. …

When it comes to older films, people nowadays can’t help but see them through modern eyes. Not all films get better with age. The special effects don’t hold up like they used to, the acting that was acceptable decades ago is usually almost laughable now, especially with horror films. And, …