Retro Reviews

Yes, I know Thanksgiving is traditionally reserved for turkey, Turkie and Thankskilling (see my Thanksgiving review from last year here). But why restrict yourself to only one type of homicidal bird to satisfy your holiday horror of thanks? This Thanksgiving, indulge yourself in another type of deadly bird by revisiting …

“THIS is history” -Peter Keyes Its 1991. Imagine you’re five years old. You’re looking for something to watch and you are leafing through your father’s VHS tapes. You’re a big fan of the Robocop action figures and the arcade game. Then you see “Robocop 2” on the side of a …

I’ll never forget the night that I first saw Child’s Play 2. A friend and I went to see it opening weekend and that night after I dropped him off at his house, I had the misfortune of having my first car accident. I had only had my license for …

We have seen plenty of celebrities who suffered from fixated fans, who are ready to do whatever it takes, from garden variety obsession to ending their lives. Rob Reiner’s Misery showed us what could happen when a cat plays with its prey, holding it captive in a corner to make …

I remember watching TV one night when I was a kid and they showed the trailer for Alligator since it was going to be premiering on network television a few days later. Since I was obsessed with JAWS – and any movie that featured killer aquatic animals – I nearly …

The A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise is the most recognized name among non-horror fans. Elm Street 2 was one of the first movies I watched as a kid. I was terrified of Freddy Krueger; however, I also had an attraction to the series. My parents let me watch all …

Hellraiser: Inferno is the fifth film in the Hellraiser series, and it represents a dramatic shift from the bloody gothic horror of its predecessors. Released direct-to-video in 2000, the film trades in the franchise’s elaborate mythos for a darker, more introspective story — one that feels closer to Jacob’s Ladder …

David Lynch’s The Elephant Man is a film that cuts straight to the core of what it means to be human. Starring John Hurt as Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film) and Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Frederick Treves, it tells a true story that’s as harrowing as it …

I’ve always been a fan of horror anthology films. Heck, I even wrote segments for some recent ones (I know, I know, shameless plug) and think that there are some great ones out there – like Creepshow and After Midnight – that most horror fans will dig. I watched Screamtime …

God bless Tubi. They have a massive collection of obscure horror films from the 70s and 80s in their library that you can watch for free, and I think it is awesome. Some of them are hidden gems while others are quite terrible, but the cool thing is that you …