Retro Reviews

About 7 years ago I covered one of the original first person shooter video games called Isle of The Dead. In that review, I mentioned that the game faded into obscurity because the legendary game DOOM was released the same year (1993). DOOM the game created a legacy that still stands …

Brian Trenchard-Smith’s Leprechaun 3 is, well, let’s just say it’s interesting. For some reason, I never really cared for the Leprechaun series; this was no different. But I am committed to writing a very neutral opinion here. What is it I don’t like? I don’t even really know why. Back …

Remember when everyone was super excited about all the possible horror movie crossovers after Freddy vs Jason came out? I remember hearing that there was going to be a Pinhead vs Michael Myers movie, one featuring Ash taking on both Jason and Freddy (which actually became a reality in the …

When you mention Joe Chappelle’s Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers, be wary; some people hate this movie with a passion and will berate you. I don’t think that is very fair. I enjoy this movie for what it is. Was it silly? Of course it was. In the 1990s, Horror …

Roger Corman’s Little Shop of Horrors (1960) is the kind of movie that proves how far ingenuity can stretch a dollar. Shot in just two days and one night on leftover sets from Corman’s earlier film A Bucket of Blood, this scrappy black comedy has grown into one of cinema’s …

For connoisseurs of parody movies, the gold standard are films such as Hot Shots, The Naked Gun and Scary Movie. Then you have the opposite end of the spectrum with some of the biggest atrocities committed to film (looking at you Friedberg and Seltzer!). Then you have the middle. The …

One night back in 1995 my mom and I were hanging out and were both feeling bored, so I decided to go rent a movie from our local video store. A lot of movies were rented out when I got there and there wasn’t a whole lot to choose from, …

The Exorcism of Emily Rose, directed by Scott Derrickson, isn’t your typical horror film. Marketed as a supernatural drama, it pulls from the real-life case of Anneliese Michel — a young German woman who underwent Catholic exorcisms in the 1970s and later died. Her story set off firestorms of legal, …

As with any modern telling of classic horror past the first two movies, it rarely goes over well amongst horror hounds. Some people don’t want to see 10 movies with the same character and plot. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation is one of those movies that people like to …

Psycho is a classic psychological thriller and horror film that has become iconic in the history of cinema and has forever etched itself into horror and pop culture. Regarding the success of the film, Hitchcock said, “Thirty-three percent of the effect of Psycho was due to the music.” However, in …