Retro Reviews

Forty years ago this month, Piranha was gracing cinema screens, playing to audiences hungry for anything that would bring them even remotely close to the aquatic anxieties they got from Jaws three years earlier. So Piranha was, in its most elemental form, a cash-in film. That’s usually a derogatory term, but that’s …

This past August 8th was the 25th anniversary of the 1993 made-for-television movie Body Bags. The film, produced by Showtime, is made up of three unrelated segments originally intended as episodes of a series that was never released, similar to Tales from the Crypt or The Twilight Zone. Directed by John …

August 13, 2018 is the quarter century mark for Director Adam Marcus’ debut feature, Jason Goes to Hell. The film also marked the return of Sean S. Cunningham who co-created and directed the first Friday the 13th. It was tagged as the final Friday, but luckily for us, it would not …

Before Black Panther and Donald Trump, before sparkly vampires and tax evasion, there were “some mother truckers trying to ice skate uphill” in Blade. It’s been 20 years since Wesley Snipes uttered the words, “It’s open season on all suck- heads,” in the 1998 vampire flick by New Line Cinema. Remember, this …

Twenty years ago, I was 8 years old and going to see my very first Halloween film in theaters. I had spent the month prior racing into the living room any time I heard the Halloween: H20 trailer come on our TV screen. I can still remember holding my breath …

To someone living in the Midwest, the idea of riding on the subway can feel foreign, intimidating, and maybe even scary. After viewing The Midnight Meat Train (2008) many years ago, you can bet that my opinion was changed to petrifying. This month is the 10th anniversary of this brilliant …

It’s time to talk about one of the most infamous movies to ever hit the screen, a film based off one of the most infamous men in recorded history. Caligula the man and Caligula the movie both had similar twisted and disturbed paths that led to both of their fates …

It’s Friday. More specifically, it’s Friday the 13th and sadly we won’t be seeing another Friday the 13th until next year. I decided to keep it simple this Flashback Friday and take a look at Jason Voorhees and the Friday the 13th franchise. I am a Michael Myers girl all …

In Kolobos, five strangers are selected to be part of an experimental reality TV show. Sounds like every other program on nowadays, when reality TV reigns supreme, but back in 1999 when the film was released, it was actually a pretty new concept. Add in a booby-trapped house and a …

The Phantasm franchise conjured one of the most provocative and truly original storylines in the horror genre. Going off just first appearances, the movie might seem mediocre. That’s where I come in to explain why Phantasm II is a must see, even after all these years. In order to fully …