Reviews

Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories (2016) Movie Review

After months of waiting and keeping tabs, I finally got to see Blood Moon Pictures’ Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories, the second part to last year’s award winning horror anthology, Volumes of Blood. The movie made its debut on October 29, 2016, to a packed house at the Owensboro Convention …

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She Who Must Burn (2016) – Movie Review

She Who Must Burn is an emotional journey. From the outside, it seems as if it will be an extreme Lifetime movie. However, on the inside, it is brimming with brutality and detestability, begging you to challenge your morals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw183OOCEYs Directed and written by Larry Kent, She Who Must Burn …

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HALLOWEEN 2: Rob Zombie’s Hated Vision

Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2 is tied with Halloween 3: Season of the Witch as the most reviled entry amongst fans of the Halloween franchise. While Season of the Witch has undergone a bit of critical revaluation as of late, both it and Zombie’s sequel still reside near the bottom of …

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The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 2 Recap

After last week’s heartbreaking and bloody season premiere, fans of The Walking Dead have mourned the loss of two of the series’ regulars and have had time to think about the show itself and where it is going. What will life be like without Glenn and Abraham? Will the gaunt …

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‘(S)aint Nick’ (2016) – A Chillingly Creepy Christmas Story – Movie Review

Some holiday stories are full of laughter and cheer meanwhile others show the darker side of the season. Not everyone enjoys this time of year, sometimes it’s full of loss – loss of money, loss of family, loss of everything we hold dear. The true meaning of the holiday season …

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Comparing Carpenter’s ‘Halloween’ to Rob Zombie’s Controversial Reboot

Few remakes of horror classics have sparked as much controversy as Rob Zombie’s Halloween. Much of the general public find this film distasteful due to the graphic scenes depicted during Myer’s childhood and throughout the film. Some die-hard horror fanatics of John Carpenter’s original have a disdain for the film …

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House of Purgatory (2016) – Movie Review

Ever since 2014’s horrific The Houses October Built, haunted attractions have been scarier than ever. The idea that, behind those howling wolves, flashing lights and jump scares, there’s really something out there that wants to kill you in unnerving. The whole reason people love visiting haunted house attractions is because …

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Resurrecting Halloween: Resurrection

Halloween: Resurrection…  Oh, God, where do I even begin? Let me start by saying this isn’t one of my favorite entries in the Halloween franchise. Many fans agree. In fact, despite being the third highest grossing film in the series (at the time), this turkey nearly sent Michael Myers into retirement…permanently. NOTE: This article contains …

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First Short Horror Film: The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895)

Often credited with inventing the light bulb, Thomas Edison also produced the world’s first short horror film, The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. This very short work — which is only about 17 seconds — was directed by Alfred Clark and depicts exactly what you’d expect. “Mary” (Robert Thomae, secretary …

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