Retro Reviews

Rusty Cundieff’s Tales From The Hood has been terrorizing people for 30 years. Think of Tales From The Crypt on speed, and this is the movie’s total premise: scary stories from the most demented minds. These stories not only entertain you, but they also have a tint of social justice. …

Released in 1990, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie is a horror anthology that wraps three grisly stories inside a twisted frame narrative. Based on the 1980s TV series of the same name — created by George A. Romero, the man behind Night of the Living Dead—the film sticks to …

His name is a whispered legend. Lucio Fulci comes from a time when Italian horror was making waves in the genre. We are introduced to hilarious voice-overs and some over-the-top kill scenes from movies like City of the Living Dead. Movies that could easily be considered schlock, and these movies are …

Cat’s Eye is a 1985 horror anthology directed by Lewis Teague and written by Stephen King, drawing from several of King’s short stories. It stitches together suspense, dark humor, and supernatural weirdness, all loosely connected by a wandering stray cat. Despite common superstitions, this cat isn’t black — and it …

John Carpenter is my favorite director, and it’s not particularly close. Classics like The Thing, Halloween, and Escape From New York are firmly entrenched on my Top 10 Films of All Time. In some way, just about every Carpenter film holds a special place in my heart, including the oft …

One night back when I was in high school, I was hanging out with some friends, and we had to stop at a gas station to get some gas before we went out and did whatever for the evening. This gas station also rented movies, and as I was looking …

Tilda Swinton is certainly a remarkable talent and this film only cements her status as an actress whose chameleon-like tendencies make her a formidable player in this delightful treat by director Luca Guadagnino: I Am Love. The story centers around a woman named Emma who comes from a very financially …

I remember looking through the TV Guide one night when I was in high school and seeing a listing for the movie Mom and thought that it sounded awesome. Unfortunately, we didn’t have cable at the time, so I was unable to see it. Thankfully though, about a year later …

Something special happens when you mix horror and religion. The things we fear blend magically with the tenets of faith because both are steeped in the mysteries of the unknown. The Exorcist (1973) was one of the earliest films that scared the ever loving bejeezus out of me. It shook …

Twenty years ago, Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller joined forces to bring Sin City to the big screen, adapting three of Miller’s iconic graphic novels—The Hard Goodbye, The Big Fat Kill, and That Yellow Bastard. The result was nothing short of revolutionary. Upon its release, Sin City boasted an incredibly …