Retro Reviews

Halloween II (1981) hits really close to home. Like a ton of people I know, my cousin and I were raised by our grandparents. They worked their fingers to the bone, but every night we both sat with our grandma, and watched a horror movie. I would easily say I …

I remember going to the video store with my mom one Saturday afternoon around Easter when I was in 7th grade and seeing The Pit on the shelf among several other new releases and knew that I had to see it. I thought that the cover looked awesome and after …

Stephen King presents us with those dreams that just stick with you forever. So many titles have been made into movies, and that’s how you know you are a kick ass author. For me, Thinner is by far the most disturbing Stephen King novel that was made into a film. …

Blue Velvet is widely regarded as one of director David Lynch’s greatest achievements and one of the defining films of American independent cinema. Blending mystery, psychological thriller, film noir, and surrealism, the film explores the disturbing contrast between the idyllic image of small-town America and the violence and depravity hidden …

A group of college kids head for the lake for the weekend only to discover that it is full of man-eating sharks, and that isn’t even the worst thing that they have to worry about. I always enjoy a good killer shark movie (and Lord knows that there are a …

Certain movies will swim through my comfort level, sometimes even in a bad way. Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer was part of the golden days of horror. Though you knew it was just a movie, viewer discretition said otherwise. Sometimes movies want to be remembered as shocking or over …

I remember the first time I watched Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, and it scared the hell out of me. However, once I watched it I told myself how brave I was for watching it. There is a lot of childhood trauma to deliver here. Let’s get into the review. …

I was never one for being in a sorority. Granted, if I had to spend the night in a haunted mansion in order to be initiated into one, I probably would have given it a second thought. The evening would have to end on a positive note, of course. You …

Child’s Play 3 is often ranked near the bottom of the Chucky franchise, overshadowed by the groundbreaking original, the fan-favorite Child’s Play 2, and the wildly different Bride of Chucky. Over the years, it has developed a reputation as one of the series’ weaker installments, but that assessment may be …

There are few and far between I believe who will not list Stand By Me as one of, if not, their favorite movie of all time. Stand By Me is the kind of cozy classic that puts you exactly where you need to be in your feels, through its emotionally …