The Christmas season is officially here! It’s time to dust off your stocking, put up your tree, and visit your Great Uncle Lewis that you only see once a year. The winter season is special to just about everyone in some way. Starting as a former pagan holiday before working …

Who’s ready for another Vinegar Syndrome release? I know I am! We were blessed by the Vinegar Syndrome Fairy this September, and she sent us two separate Blu-rays… We’ve already reviewed Pledge Night (1990 – read our review here), and now we’re ready for The Vineyard (1989). Who wants wine? The …

Between November 1-3, the Dunkin Donuts Center, Rhode Island Convention Center and Omni Providence Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island were hopping with excitement from Rhode Island Comic Con 2019. This was the event’s 8th year, and to celebrate, event holders Altered Reality Entertainment brought the Griswold family back together once …

Although Lin Shaye has been in horror classics such as Nightmare on Elm Street (her brother founded New Line Cinema!) and Critters, the first film I remember her from is There’s Something About Mary. The gross-out comedy from 1998 created a life-long fan in me. Since then, Lin has become …

What do you get when you mix the Ghost Adventures TV series and Evil Dead (1981)? A new horror film called Portal (2019) that was written by Peter Dukes (Escape Room 2017) and Dean Alioto (Shadowheart 2009, Quarries 2016), and directed by Dean Alioto (Lizzie Borden Had An Axe 2004). The …

At over four hours, David Weiner’s In Search of Darkness (2019), takes on the monumental task of exploring horror films of the ’80s without feeling overly long and bloated with information — and it manages it in spades. This film was made, in part, thanks to an Indiegogo campaign with …

There’s a strong aesthetic connection between horror movies and musicals. Both genres balance the demands of storytelling with the expectations of a certain kind of spectacle. Also, they can only achieve some degree of success by honoring either story or exhibition, rather than both. A good horror movie can have …

As C.H.U.D. approaches its 35-year anniversary on August 31, 1984, we decided to take a look at one of the surprisingly best aspects of it… its DVD audio commentary! Some of you may doubt its greatness, especially if you’re not C.H.U.D. fans. However, if you can get your hands on …

The second installment in a series, especially in the horror genre, is a strange animal unto itself. I could write an entire article on what incarnation a celluloid sophomore effort could take. The possibilities are all over the place. The volatility of the situation comes from two main ingredients: The …

Wes Craven is considered by many to be the ultimate father of horror. Born on August 2, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio, Craven revolutionized the horror genre two separate times, once in the ’80s and once in the ’90s. Not only did he create a new face for slashers in Freddy Kruger …