Reviews

Book Review: Kayla Cottingham’s Morbidly Beautiful Debut ‘My Dearest Darkest’ (2022)

My Dearest Darkest

When I first read the synopsis for Kayla Cottingham’s My Dearest Darkest, I wasn’t sure if I would like it as I hadn’t ready anything quite like this in sometime. However, I’m glad I gave it a shot because it only took a few pages before I was completely invested …

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Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner’s ‘Wyrmwood: Apocalypse’ (2022) – Movie Review

In my humble opinion, Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner’s Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead (2014) is one of the best action zombie movies ever made. Part grindhouse, part Mad Max, part Train to Busan (2016 – our review), this gory, ultra-violent Ozploitation flick took the rather plodding zombie subgenre and flipped …

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Dale Fabrigar’s ‘Reed’s Point’ (2022) The Devil Is Real And Is Going To Get You – Movie Review

I have known about the folklore of the Jersey Devil since I was a kid. Like any weird kid, I grew up watching Scariest Places on Earth, and the show did a feature on the New Jersey cryptid. Now it’s the main focus of the new film, Reed’s Point, from Uncork’d …

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SXSW 2022: The Loneliness of Pete Ohs’ ‘Jethica’ – Movie Review

I had no idea what I was diving into with Pete Oh’s Jethica but I sure am happy I tested these waters. Uniquely weaving genres and conjuring up a hilarious—and at times—heartwarming haunting, this story plucked heartstrings I didn’t intend to have exercised, let alone with a film running barely …

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Book Review: Chelsea Ichaso’s ‘Dead Girls Can’t Tell Secrets (2022) – The Perfect Murder Mystery

Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets.

I have yet to read Chelsea Ichaso’s Little Creepy Things, but after reading Dead Girls Can’t Tell Secrets… I’m officially a fan of her work. This was the perfect young adult murder mystery. I’m a pretty busy woman, but I managed to read this in 2 days and I couldn’t …

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Vinegar Syndrome 4K ‘Schizoid’ (1980)/’X-Ray’ (1982) Release Is Slasher Heaven – Media Review

The 1980s and slashers go together like peanut butter and jelly. Slashers from the ’80s have grown beyond a niche status and evolved into a nostalgic comfort for genre fans. Vinegar Syndrome has embraced this with one of their newest releases, the 4K combo pack of cult genre favorites, Schizoid …

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Shapeshifters With A Twist: Mick Garris’ ‘Sleepwalkers’ (2002) – Retro Review

Throughout the years, I have always enjoyed a good Stephen King story. I think we all have, but for me, one movie more than any other stands out in my mind as one of the most oddly underrated. So in leu of its anniversary, we are going to be celebrating …

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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Scream’ (2022) Delivers OG Goodness With A Darker, Bloodier Tone!

SCREAM

Let me start out by saying that if you’re a fan of this franchise, love Ghostface, adore all things Woodsboro, and are stoked at the idea of seeing all your favorite OG characters return, you really can’t go wrong with Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s Scream. Although it definitely has …

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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Blade 2’ (2002) – Retro Review

Blade 2 was more than a sequel. The opening scene to the first Blade film is one of the greatest scenes in horror history, a very bold statement that I will defend until the end. Watching it was one of the few moments in my adult life where I found …

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Neil Marshall’s ‘Dog Soldiers (2002) – Retro Review

Back on March 22, 2002, a new kind of werewolf film premiered at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival in Neil Marshall’s Dog Soldiers. A six-man squad of soldiers on a training mission in the Scottish wilderness come across an enemy that can’t be killed with even the most extreme …

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