Reviews

I fell in love with punk rock at a really awkward time. Green Day hit the airwaves, but the scene took off in other ways, and everyone started to ruin the fun by calling others ‘posers and messing with them just because of different genre styles. And to me, that …

Going to the movie theater has always been a welcomed escape from reality. From my first experience as a small child being mesmerized by Disney’s 101 Dalmatians to my most recent venture into space with Project Hail Mary, there is something magical about it all. It is this love and …

Like it or not, everybody, and their brother (sometimes literally), in the late 90’s-early aughts, were making direct-to-video horror films. Shooting and editing were quick, easy, and relatively cheap, and distribution was everywhere to feed rental stores hungry for product. Predictively, lots of ripe turds were shat out onto shelves, …

Rose of Nevada is a genuinely poetic movie that pushes the boundaries of the Groundhog Day-style time-travel narrative while carving out an identity completely its own. Rather than relying on the familiar mechanics that audiences have come to expect from the genre, the film approaches the concept through a more …

It’s truly hard to believe that horror filmmakers were running out of ideas in the mid 1980’s, but haunted elevators? On the surface, that’s what director Dick Maas’ 1983 film The Lift appears to be about. But, in a strange amalgamation of genres, it touches on some themes that were …

Mr. Reset and The Society of Turnbuckle and Bone is a gripping sci fi horror/comedy featuring Vinny Pacifico, who is an ex-Ring of Honor Wrestler. What’s it about? What did we think about it? Read on for our spoiler free review! But first? Take a look at the trailer! Synopsis …

In the world of low budget horror and subversive cinema, there are many, many “WTF?” moments. One of these was when I heard of the title Orgy of the Dead 2, and looked up the original film. Imagine the WTF-ness of the moment when I learned that the OG Orgy …

My introduction to director Rolf Kanefsky was 1990’s brilliant There’s Nothing Out There, but my introduction (apart from a fleeting Tromatic glance)  to horror film goddess Tiffany Shepis (Victor Crowley) was Kanefsky’s equally brilliant The Hazing. Having only seen it on bootlegs of dubious quality and streaming, I jumped into …

Rockstar biographies run the gamut. Often they’re sordid tell-alls, or they’re fictionalized fluff pieces, glamorizing a destructive lifestyle and elevating very flawed people to deity status. With Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer, director Wes Orshoski (Lemmy), no stranger to metal biopics, leaves it to the viewer to decide, for the …

Natasha Tonisis film Bloodline of Bathory gave me an experience that felt alive in the current horror universe. With current and age-old kill scenes, the genre would be run by artistic abominations. Bloodline of Bathory gives that legendary and horrifying fable a new vision. We all remember running like hell …