Reviews

When Steven Spielberg’s Jaws came out in 1975, few knew it would flip the entire film industry on its head. What started as a suspenseful adaptation of Peter Benchley’s novel became the first true summer blockbuster — a cultural phenomenon that redefined how movies are made, marketed, and remembered. Why …

Just in time for Pride month, Severin Films and Monocular Films’ latest original documentary, The Degenerate: The Life & Films of Andy Milligan, focuses on queer filmmaker Andy Milligan. It premiered on June 11th at New York City’s Tribeca Film Festival and is directed by Josh Johnson (Rewind This! 2013) …

George A. Romero is top tier for me, maybe even the reigning king of my horror interest. I first watched Night of the Living Dead when I was six years old. It moved me into an entire world of monsters, creepy killers, and most of all, zombies. It is hard …

SyFy is hit or miss for me. Gone are the days of the Sci-Fi channel’s glory. At least that’s what I thought before. Revival has a great story that is completely original. I didn’t get the concept at first, but then it hit me like a ton of bricks. I …

Since Popeye has entered the public domain, we’ve seen lots of films with the character as a slasher villain. Steve Rudzinski’s latest film, Wally Meets Popeye, does something different – having Popeye team up with Wally Griswold to stop a rampaging beast. Popeye has been dealing with a creature on …

Sometimes it’s best to go into a film completely blind so you do know what to expect. This is what I did with Marshmallow, and it completely took me by surprise. When a once-fabled campfire tale becomes real, a group of campers uncover a profound secret that questions their very …

More standalone Blu-ray releases of The Houses of Doom set, this time it’s a fun, crazy, two-fer from Italian schlockmeister Umberto Lenzi (Nightmare City)! Originally slated for European television, these long lost films are finally seeing the light of day courtesy of Cauldron Films. The House of Lost Souls Synopsis …

There are animated movies that come around and reshape the world of animation and culture. Tony Goss-directed Book of Joshua: Walls of Jericho is not one of those movies and there is a lot that could have been improved. The film begins with Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt …

One time when I was in middle school my younger cousin and I were sick and stayed home from school. He was obsessed with seeing RoboCop, so my mom rented it for us to watch while we were trying to get over the colds that we had. Unfortunately, it wasn’t …

The thought that if you die in your dreams you die in real life is something that has frequently been seen in various media, most famously in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series. The latest film to use this is Soul Reaper, which filters it through an Indonesian Folk …