When I was a kid, I remembered seeing Tobe Hooper’s (Poltergeist) Salem’s Lot on TV. and it scaring the absolute shit outta me! Seriously, the first thought in my pre-adolescent brain was “they can’t do stuff this scary on TV., can they?!?”. Surprising, to well…probably nobody, Hooper’s take on the …
Read More »Stay out of this Swamp: HATCHET (2006) Revisited – Retro Review
I remember hearing about Hatchet a few months before it came out and I thought that it sounded awesome. I couldn’t wait to see it because it sounded like it had some good old school 80s slasher flick vibes to it, so I went and bought a copy of it …
Read More »Trash Panda Gone Bad: ‘CRACKCOON’ Is Pure Midnight Madness
Anyone who intentionally chooses to watch CRACKCOON(2024) knows what to expect. Luckily, the filmmakers embraced the schtick and has a blast with it. The film (along with dozens of others in the wake of Cocaine Bear) takes a ridiculous premise—a raccoon getting into a stash of illegal drugs and turning …
Read More »Ian Tuason’s ‘UNDERTONE’ (2026) Review: Horror in Sound and Silence
UNDERTONE (2026) is one of the more interesting horror films to come along in recent years, largely because it leans into a concept that feels both simple and fresh. Rather than relying on elaborate visuals or constant jump scares, the film builds its dread almost entirely through sound. It’s a …
Read More »‘THE BRIDE!’ Review : A Darkly Beautiful Revival
Director Maggie Gyllenhaal approaches gothic mythology with a daring sense of authorship in The Bride! – a film that exhumes one of horror’s most recognizable legends and reshapes it into something electrifying. Gyllenhaal relocates the narrative gravity toward the figure who has long existed on the margins of the story, …
Read More »‘DEEP SHOCK’ Review: Red Still Runs Deep
An Homage to Giallo’s Greatest Hits Directed by Davide Melini, Deep Shock takes you into the kind of fever dream that feels half memory and half nightmare. This short film opens as a beautifully unsettling dive into grief, memory, and the giallo tradition itself. What at first seems like a …
Read More »Have A Nice Day! Celebrating Jim Wynorski’s ‘CHOPPING MALL’ (1986)
As a kid, I remember seeing Corey Wolfe’s awesome VHS box art for director Jim Wynorski’s 1986 film, Chopping Mall, at the numerous visits my family paid to various mom and pop rental shops. Along with Maniac (1980), it’s the art I remember most from that timeframe as I was …
Read More »Brandon Christensen’s ‘BODYCAM’ (2026) – Movie Review
There’s a lot of commentary in the world right now about the actions and decision-making of the police. That subject is one of the many topics breached in the new-age found footage horror film, Bodycam. Let’s examine this movie and see what the footage reveals to us. Bodycam is written …
Read More »Devil’s Night: Douglas A. Plomitallo’s ‘HALLOWEEN CANDY’ (2025) – Review
Firstly, I happen to love anthology films with a passion, but some are just, well, stupid. I have to be honest, there are a lot of amateur filmmakers handling these movies. However, Halloween Candy changed that mentality. Because it was bad in a good way. I will try to explain …
Read More »Hello Aunt Alicia: George A. Romero’s ‘DAY OF THE DEAD’ (1985) – Retro Review
When I was around 8 or 9, I was scanning the horror section at the video store. The case for Day of the Dead, stood out like a sore thumb for me. I was sold just on the cover art and had to have this. Then I learned there were …
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