Reviews

Subtitles always turn me away; I’m not really a foreign movie fan. There has been a chance for at least one film. Smother slapped me into place. I have never been so into a story such as this; it’s dark, it’s dreary, and it’s full of subtitles you won’t even …

Low-budget filmmakers are often advised to “use what they have,” and in Christopher Williams’ HELL IS INSIDE, that philosophy is front and center. The story follows Margo (Mackenzie Lee), a young woman attempting to escape her past while staying at a remote farmhouse inn. Her fragile sense of stability is …

At little over a decade before we were widely exposed to the “beauty is pain” concept by recent offerings like The Substance and The Beauty, Japanese filmmaker Mika Ninagawa (Sakuran) adapted a manga and created a beautiful film called Helter Skelter (no relation to Charles Manson). 88 Films, as part …

Dolly — oof, where to begin. The biggest and perhaps only real highlight of this film is the casting of Sean William Scott in a horror role, alongside Ethan Suplee. Seeing Scott, best known for comedic and dramatic performances, step into the genre is intriguing and refreshing, and he brings …

It seems like whenever “German splatter” is discussed you hear the name Olaf Ittenbach (Beyond the Limits). Admittedly, I’m only familiar with his work on Bloodrayne. However, with Unearthed Films’ new Blu ray presentation of Garden of Love (aka The Haunting of Rebecca Verlaine; 2003), I was excited to take …

Other than the awesome My Bloody Valentine from 1981 there weren’t a lot of Valentine’s Day-themed horror films back in the day, so I was psyched when I heard that there was a new one coming out called Valentine. I thought it sounded promising, and the teaser trailer was nothing …

Cate Shortland’s feature film debut, Somerault, is now available in 4k, and I just watched it. What did I think? How does it look? Read on for more! But first, here’s the trailer. Synopsis Following a reckless encounter with her mother’s boyfriend, teenage Heidi is forced to flee home and …

I happen to find detective shows boring; they just never thrilled me. I have long grown apart from it, but as a kid, I studied a lot about different serial killers. None of it fit my style of seeing real crime scene photos that don’t hold back. With that in …

When I think back to the late 80’s and early 90’s, one film that stands out (after being permanently etched into my teenage, horror-loving mind) is The Hitcher (1986). It was the heyday of the home town video store and the era of late night HBO horror binges: a haven …

Forty years is a long time! And, as you can expect, for collectors of fright films on physical media, “anniversary” editions are a big deal! Questions abound: What’s new? Given the limitations of the source material (as much as we hate to admit it, many of our 80’s favorites were …