Unrelenting and Brutal – ‘WHAT THE WATERS LEFT BEHIND: SCARS’ (2023) Review

From director Nicolas Onetti (The Red Book Ritual) comes a new horror film: What the Waters Left Behind: Scars. The film stars Agustin Olcese (Oro Negro), Clara Kovacic (The Caregiver), and Magui Bravi (The 100 Candles Game). Synopsis “An Anglo-American indie rock band that winds up stranded in Epecuén, where …

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Dude, Where’s My Egg? ‘THE LAKE’ (2022) – Review

The Lake

From Epic Pictures and directors, Lee Thongkham (The Maid) (read our interview with Lee here) and Aquig Xu, is an exciting new horror/thriller: The Lake. The Lake (2022) Synopsis A girl finds a strange egg and brings it back to her village, only to later realize it was from a …

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MONROE POP FEST is Bringing the Horror This Fall

Monroe Pop Fest

Listen up Horror Fans! Monroe Pop Fest is bringing the HORROR to Monroe, MI this Fall. Tony Moran (Michael Myers) from Halloween (1978) will be in attendance. As well as three lovely WOMEN OF HORROR:  Cortney Palm–Zombeavers (2014), Sushi Girl (2012), & Silent Night (2012) Hannah Fierman–V/H/S (2012) & Siren …

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Interview With Filmmaker Catherine Hardwicke For ‘Prisoner’s Daughter’

Back in 2003 a little indie film titled Thirteen premiered at Sundance and took the world by storm. Co-written and directed by Catherine Hardwicke (in her directorial debut), the film was loosely based on actress Nikki Reed’s (who helped co-write the script) life from ages 12-13. Controversial and troubling, Thirteen …

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Adam Mason’s ‘BABY BLUE‘ (2023) Review: See You on the Other Side

Baby Blue

“Baby Blue, Baby Blue, Don’t Look Back, Mommy’s Behind You…” Possessions, demonic curses, and ghosts make for some great movies, but do I believe in them? Nope. The thought of something so terrible happening in a particular place that it leaves energy behind seems arbitrary to me. I mean, bad …

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Roxanne Benjamin‘s ‘There’s Something Wrong With The Children’ (2023) – Review

Maybe it’s just me, but when a title is a complete sentence, I’m intensely intrigued. Then add Blumhouse with the blooming director Roxanne Benjamin who produced some of my all-time favorite horrors in V/H/S and V/H/S 2, and you have my full attention. Let’s take a look at the movie …

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In Defense Of Extreme Horror Films

Extreme horror films don’t get a lot of respect, and are often called unwatchable, torture porn, and even garbage. It’s understandable – it’s not a genre for everyone. For me, the violence has never been a problem as long as the filmmaker doesn’t just show it for no reason. When …

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‘Twilight Zone: The Movie’ (1983): An Anthology Classic

Twilight Zone: The Movie is a science fiction/horror anthology film released in 1983. Based on the popular television series The Twilight Zone, created by Rod Serling in the 1950s, this 1980s version begins in a classic way. In a great prologue directed by John Landis, two men (played by Dan …

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