Retro Reviews

Greetings, slasher enthusiasts! Today, we find ourselves delving deep into the unsettling world of Child’s Play, a horror classic that’s managed to entertain us for a staggering 35 years. And when I say Child’s Play, you know I’m referring to the one and only Chucky, though I prefer his Christian …

No-budget cinema is where you can find some of the most gonzo ideas ever committed to video. It’s this creative freedom that can either generate an underground masterpiece or an over-ripe turd. Not quite a masterpiece, but certainly gonzo, Wild Eye Releasing’s new Visual Vengeance Blu-ray of Rob Roy’s (Damaged …

Celebrating its 35th anniversary, John Carpenter’s They Live keeps kicking reality’s ass and making you question the whole circus of life. This 1988 cult classic is a subversive masterclass, mixing sci-fi, social commentary, and sardonic humor like a cocktail that’ll leave you pondering well into the next century. -Soapbox moment. …

Toby Wilkins’ creature feature body horror film, Splinter, was released 15 years ago on October 31, 2008. Let’s take a look back at this little known genre gem. Synopsis: Trapped in an isolated gas station by a voracious Splinter parasite that transforms its still-living victims into deadly hosts, a young …

Twenty-five years ago, writer Don Mancini, producer David Kirschner and director Ronny Yu gave the Child’s Play franchise an unprecedentedly campy overhaul with the release of 1998’s Bride of Chucky. After spending three films hunting down Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent, House Guest Massacre 2013 [read our interview with Alex]; Justin Whalin, Dungeons & …

Remember when they released Amando de Ossorio’s Blind Dead films on DVD in that groovy coffin-shaped box? Not to be outdone, Synapse Films is bringing those crusty-ass Templar zombies back, in stunning high definition, starting with the original, Tombs of the Blind Dead, AKA La noche del terror ciego, on …

Set to a moody and awesome song by Tuesday Knight, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master begins with the words: “When deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me. And trembling which made all my bones to shake -Job IV, 13-14.” That’s really about as deep as …

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, or simply Halloween 4, is a 1988 horror film and the fourth installment in the popular “Halloween” film series. It is also one of the films that reminded the 1980s that slasher villains still mattered, both culturally and in terms of raking in …

I vividly remember the first time I saw Return of the Living Dead III. Like many other sequels of its ilk, it appeared on the US video store shelf on October 29, 1993 seemingly out of nowhere, and I immediately rented it. It was a pretty lawless time for horror …

I remember it fondly. My introduction into the franchise that just wouldn’t quit: Friday the 13th. When I was at the advanced age of 9, my late mother (who was also a fan of horror flicks) took me on her weekly trip to the local newsstand/soda counter (it was a …