‘Strain 100’ is a 2020 zombie movie from writer/director Hassan Hussein and screenwriter Todd Klick (‘Followed’ 2018). ‘Strain 100’ follows a group of people surviving a zombie outbreak resulting from a mutation of a flu vaccine. Early on, after the protagonist Jesse (Jemma Dallender ‘I Spit on Your Grave II’ …
Read More »F*ck Space: ‘KIDS VS. ALIENS’ (2023) – Review
When I found out one of my favorite horror anthologies, V/H/S, was getting its own spin-off movie, I was both stoked and concerned. The vignette was Alien Abduction Slumber Party on V/H/S/2 (2013). Now, I’m on the record saying that the V/H/S/2 is a perfect movie – you can read …
Read More »Sadistic Indie: ‘BEYOND DARK DREAMS’ (2021) – Review
As a writer, there’s a short list of things worse than writer’s block. Among those things, surely misplacing your indie movie makes the list. Beyond Dark Dreams was primarily filmed in 2014, most footage was thought lost for the next six years until it was discovered on a hard drive …
Read More »Steve Johnson’s ‘STALKER’ (2022) – Film Review
Stalker movies aren’t really my jam. I have seen some, but they aren’t usually something I’ll pick to watch over other genre movies. With that said, oddly, when I saw the trailer for Stalker (2022), my interest was piqued and I wanted to see it. Let’s get into my thoughts …
Read More »Review: Synapse Films 4K Two Disc Set Of Dario Argento’s ‘Phenomena’
Italian film legend Dario Argento is responsible for some of the most breathtakingly beautiful movies in horror. Significantly contributing to the Giallo sub-genre with films such as Tenebrae, Deep Red, Four Flies on Grey Velvet, Inferno, and of course, Suspiria, Dario Argento saturated screens with what would become his trademark …
Read More »A Comedic Gem: ‘SPECIES II'(1998) Turns 25 – Retro Review
If you grew up an adolescent in the 90’s then you might remember stashing the Species II (1998) VHS from your parents’ sight, along with your other awesome paraphernalia. And it wasn’t for the violence. Now I adore sci-fi horror, but let’s just say I wasn’t watching Species II for …
Read More »Review: HUNT CLUB (2023) Hits the Bullseye in Casting
Our favorite actors and actresses of the 90s join the battle of the sexes in Elizabeth Blake-Thomas’s Hunt Club. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHTtBsHhAhs It’s true. The cast of Hunt Club reads like a 1999 Tiger Beat cover: Mena Suvari (American Beauty 1999), Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers 1997), Jason London (The Rage: Carrie 2 1999), and …
Read More »THE LIVING (2022): Cleo Handler is The Woman Who Made Brad Dourif a Vampire in Therapy
A Vampire in Therapy You Say? When it comes to horror with a different spin, I’m always interested. Multi-Hyphenate director Cleo Handler (Chucky 2022) asked the question “What would a vampire be like in therapy” in her latest short horror comedy, ‘The Living.’ A new take on a vampire tale? …
Read More »‘COLONIALS’ (2023) Proves You Can Do High-Concept Indie Sci-Fi
What If Humans Succefully Colonized Mars? In Epic Pictures‘ indie sci-fi Colonials, we’re introduced to a reality where humans successfully colonized Mars for around 60 years or so. As a direct result, humans have evolved to be a little more than average. Stronger, bigger, longer life expectancy. They also call …
Read More »EVIL DEAD (2013) Retro Review: Remakes Don’t ALWAYS Suck – 10 Years Gone
In 1981, something was waiting in the woods, 32 years later, it returned… The rumblings began in 2004. Would your hero, and mine, the frequently put-upon Ash Williams return for another round? Fright fans were positively starving for more Deadite action: a crossover film, a sequel, a video game, an …
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