‘Night of the Living Dead:’ The Birth of a Genre and My Love For Horror

In 1968, an independent horror film was being written, directed, photographed and edited by a man who would soon make such an impact on the horror genre that his name would not ever be recognized by anyone familiar with the genre. That movie was Night of the Living Dead and the …

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Movie Review: ‘I Am Going to Kill Someone This Friday’ Whether You Care About Them Or Not

You can tell Robert Partridge is crazy because he sets his alarm clock for 6:07 in the morning. The problem is, his alarm goes off a minute-and-a-half into I Am Going to Kill Someone This Friday, and there’s still 102 minutes to go. It doesn’t take much longer for co-writer-director …

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The 17th Door: An Immersive Horror Experience Launching 4th Consecutive Year

As the Halloween season descends upon us, invoking the insatiable need for creeps and scares that we all crave, there is one immersive haunt like no other gearing up in Fullerton, CA. Following the ongoing story of the twisted and disturbed college student, Paula, The 17th Door takes things to …

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Interview with 17th Door Co-Founder Heather Luther

Haunt season is about to kick off nationwide, unleashing monsters, psychopaths, ghosts and ghouls at your nearest haunted house attraction. One haunt opening its doors on September 21st for their fourth consecutive year is the immersive extreme haunt, The 17th Door, located in Fullerton, CA. However, this is no simple boo …

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‘The Toybox’ (2018) A Crash Course Movie Review

There are a lot of things that can catch your attention when wanting to see a new film, from the trailer, movie poster, director, actors or even just hearing about it from word of mouth. It was reading an early review of the film that did it for me for Tom Nagel’s …

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‘Dead Cells’ (2017) PS4 Review

The success of 2D action/platformers of the eighties and nineties has inspired a lot of great games in the past decade or so. But none of them hits that perfect level of nostalgia and gameplay quite like Motion Twin’s Dead Cells. Check out the trailer to get a sense of …

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Do You Believe in Aliens? Movie Review of ‘Beyond the Sky’ (2018)

Living in Arizona, I am no stranger to hearing about UFOs and stories of alien abduction. We’re almost as synonymous with aliens as New Mexico and Area 51 are. We’re home to Travis Walton, the subject of perhaps the most famous abduction story ever. If you’re not familiar with Travis …

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Review of New Zombie Film, ‘Patient Zero’ (2018)

When you watch zombie movies, typically, you root for the humans, right? Let me just say that the 2018 film, Patient Zero , may just have you unintentionally rooting for the zombies! Patient Zero (2018) is a action horror film that is written by Mike Lee (Dark Summer 2015) and directed …

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‘The Mermaid’s Song’ is a Dark Fairy Tale that Deconstructs the Princess Myth

The horror genre can always use more dark fairy tales, and while The Mermaid’s Song delivers the scares, they’re less grotesque, and more cerebral. And that’s exactly how I like them. Sure, the film has some body horror and kills, to be sure, but The Mermaid’s Song is at its …

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Nicolas Cage Rages In Revenge Thriller ‘Mandy’ (2018)

I love movies that take place during the ’80s… the clothes, hair, makeup, cars, and not to mention the references and the music. Oh, that magnificent ’80s music! There’s just something super extra fun about a movie taking place in the glorious ’80s that adds to the allure and excitement …

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