Ten years ago on April 30, 2010, a remake of a Wes Craven’s masterpiece, A Nightmare on Elm Street, released. Most people were anxious to see if someone else could carry the charm that Robert Englund brought to the character of Freddy Krueger. With a new director, Samuel Bayer (Alpha …
Read More »Anthology Flashback #6: ‘The Outer Limits’ (1963–1965)
Perhaps encouraged by CBS’s success with The Twilight Zone, ABC launched The Outer Limits in 1963. Although it’s often overshadowed by Rod Serling’s version, it was successful enough to run for 2 seasons and is still considered an iconic sci-fi anthology series. Also, make no mistake about it: There are …
Read More »Dark Disciples: Deadliest Cult Leaders Part 3 – Shoko Asahara
Welcome back! Are you ready for another trip down the rabbit hole? Of course you do, or you wouldn’t be here! Today, we prove that even a disability can’t stop an ambitious soul. Ambitious and creepy, as his beliefs are very close to Charles Manson’s level of insanity. Check out …
Read More »Remembering The Life Of Alfred Hitchcock: My Top 5 Favorite Films From The Master Of Suspense
Legendary director Alfred Hitchcock passed away 40 years ago on April 29, 1980. Hitch has always been my favorite director. Some film critics have said that he might be the greatest director of our time. There are so many different elements that makes each of his films iconic. First, there …
Read More »Happy Birthday… Friend: ‘The Bride of Frankenstein’ (1935) Retro Review
“I love dead. Hate living,” are the tortured words spoken by Frankenstein’s monster in the timeless 1935 classic Bride of Frankenstein, which turns 85 on May 6, 2020. The legendary film was directed by James Whale (Frankenstein 1931, The Invisible Man 1933) and released by Universal in 1935, and depicts …
Read More »You Can’t See Me! 10 Of The Best Examples Of Blindness In Movie Scenes
One way or another, the affliction of blindness can occur to anyone. People can be born blind, lose their sight to a disease, or simply end up with visual impairment due to age. Plenty of horror films have exploited this reality for scares, and we’ve amassed 10 of some of …
Read More »Freddy Krueger: How His Evil Evolved #6: ‘Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare’ (1991)
Though it’s frequently maligned by both fans and critics, Rachel Talalay’s Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare nonetheless has its supporters. Personally, it’s one of my favorites of the series, and it’s not just due to bad taste on my part (or so I’d like to believe). For one thing, Freddy’s …
Read More »Adam Weber’s ‘The Body’ (2020) Horror Short Review
We’ve been following Australian Writer/Director/Editor/Producer Adam Weber since we first reviewed his twisted short, After Hours (2016 – read our review here), starring Bill Oberst, Jr. (read our interview with him here). Next, we watched his stomach-churning 2018 short, The First Date (2018 – read our review here). Now, we’re looking at his newest short, a …
Read More »Interview With Christian Davis, Composer For ‘Behind You’ (2020)
Directed by Andrew Mecham (A Trip To Unicorn Island 2016) and Matthew Whedon (Nameless Days 2020), Behind You (2020 – read our review here) is freshly available from Vertical Entertainment in April of 2020. This supernatural horror movie stars Addy Miller, Elizabeth Birkner, Philip Brodie, Jan Broberg. Below is the …
Read More »Movie Review ‘Behind You’ (2020) is A Harrowing Nightmare
After watching the trailer for Behind You, I couldn’t wait to check it out. It looked like the perfect horror thriller and something that could help take my mind off all this quarantine stuff. Did it deliver the goods? This is a Paralleloverse and Tremendum Pictures Production, written and directed …
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