Retro Reviews

I grew up in a magical time, primed for shows that I cherish to this day. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were my first real love. It was an obsession, I had every toy, I had every VHS cartoon collection, everything was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, even my underwear. The movie …

Mary Harron’s American Psycho took the horror community by storm, slating Patrick Bateman as iconic. I had read Bret Easton Ellis a few years before the movie, and there was so much attention to detail. American Psycho had a big influence on my own horror tastes. Though I was well …

What’s the worst that can happen from a night of promiscuity: pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), or social shame? What about an impending demise that looms over your head because of a monster that will never stop following you? It’s been 10 years since It Follows slowly lurched its way …

When The Barn was first released, I was giddy as a schoolgirl. With a strong ’80s presence, I couldn’t get enough of it. When The Barn II came into my life, they brought that magic back only stronger. With a strong cast and a great slasher storyline, The Barn II …

One Friday night when I was in eighth grade my dad went to the local video store to rent movies for the night. Normally this wasn’t a good thing because when he went by himself, he would come back with a bunch of Clint Eastwood movies or some random western …

Monster is a 2003 biographical crime drama directed by Patty Jenkins, starring Charlize Theron as Aileen Wuornos, a real-life serial killer. The film follows Wuornos, a former prostitute convicted of murdering seven men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Through brief flashbacks and occasional anecdotes, it explores her troubled past, …

I grew up in one of the greatest generations known. There was a magic in the air, especially when it came to pop culture. Our plates were served full of iconic moments in Television, Hollywood, and the world at large. Tank Girl is a movie that hits every note. It …

“Science created him. Now Chuck Norris must destroy him.” If the tagline alone isn’t enough to hook you into watching Silent Rage (1982), I don’t know what to tell you. This action-horror hybrid is one of those under-seen gems you’d stumble upon on late-night HBO in the early to mid 1980’s. That’s …

I remember watching music videos on MTV with my sister when I was in 5th grade (yes kiddies, they actually used to show videos on MTV at one time, believe it or not) and was utterly shocked when they showed the trailer for Friday the 13th: A New Beginning at …

Only the best minds get the grittiness of horror comedies like Jordan Rubin’s Zombeavers. To me, they’re the best of both worlds. I am not talking about parody movies; I mean those real-deal horror comedies. The ones that will have you asking yourself, “WTF is even going on here?”. I …