Reviews

Okay, say you’re in Thailand and you want to make a quick buck. You’re thinking maybe shoot a movie, glomming onto the success of Jaws or maybe a Godzilla type flick. Jaws it is then, but you want to giant radioactive lizard in it too, so maybe not a total …

At the risk of coming off as if I’m pigeonholing an entire ethnic group, I will make the following statement (that I believe in my heart is 100% true): Italians have made some fucking bonkers films. Exhibit A: Rat Man. Directed by Giuliano Carnimeo (Find A Place To Die), and …

With his new film Trap in theaters, M. Night Shyamalan seems to have picked up a steady rhythm of success since the critical downturn of his work in the late 2010’s. Since The Visit and Split, Shyamalan seems to have climbed out of the rut in which his string of …

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child is the fifth installment in the popular A Nightmare on Elm Street horror franchise, directed by Stephen Hopkins and released in 1989. The film continues the story of Freddy Krueger, the iconic dream-stalking killer, as he terrorizes a new group of …

In the pantheon of American serial killers, Henry Lee Lucas will always stand out. The way he matter-of-factly confessed to countless depraved acts, to the freewheeling way he would confess to crimes he likely didn’t commit (law enforcement from around the country would feed him details to clear their unsolved …

In December of 1997, tensions were high between punk rockers and jocks in every town or city. This fight wasn’t the Jets and Sharks from West Side Story; this was a full-on brawl. Amidst the chaos, Cody Cates, AKA Dustin Camp (Luke Shelton), used his car like a guided missile …

These days, with everyone so connected the whole world over, it’s tough to go into anything blind and allow yourself to be surprised. Especially if you belong to such an impassioned fan base as that of James O’Barr’s graphic masterpiece, The Crow – a love letter to his late girlfriend. …

We’ve seen many different variations on the werewolf subgenre in horror over the years. But the scariest horror is the type that peers out from inside oneself, and that’s the type of story that Out Come The Wolves tells. Let’s take a look at the newest IFC/Shudder release and see …

Anthology film are very much my jam. I love seeing all the different stories and how things connect. I was given the opportunity recently to check out of Realm of Shadows, an anthology film featuring the wonderful Tony Todd. Read on for my thoughts. Synopsis Enter a world of mystery, …

Due to circumstances beyond their control, two literal star-crossed lovers are forced to find each other after they land on Earth. Narrated by Russell Mael (lead singer of the pop-rock band Sparks) two aliens body snatch their way through Chicago. To blend in, they take over the bodies of any …