Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980) is all about isolation. It’s a theme I think a lot of us can relate to right now. If you’re anything like me, you’ve been mostly locked inside for 2 or more months now. It’s a little maddening, isn’t it? So is it fitting or …
Read More »Blu-ray Review – ‘The Lingering’ (2019): Not Your Average Ghost Story
I love a good ghost story. Most of my favorite ones are from the 70s and 80s, but every once in awhile we get a quality modern ghost story. After watching the trailer for The Lingering, I had I hopes that it would deliver those spine-tingling feelings. This horror film …
Read More »Australian Body Horror ‘Body Melt’ (1993) – Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray Review
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a sucker for body horror films. There’s just something truly terrifying about your own body turning against you. No matter how fast you can run, there’s no escaping yourself. So when I heard that the 1993 Australian horror film, Body Melt, was getting …
Read More »‘Insidious: The Last Key’ (2018) Blu-Ray Review
I know a lot of people are huge fans of the Insidious series. Although I enjoy them, I will say that I much prefer The Conjuring franchise. Both deliver intense performances with spooky supernatural situations. I wasn’t a huge fan of the third Insidious installment, but that didn’t stop me from watching Insidious: …
Read More »‘Cult Of Chucky’ (2017) – Movie Review
Cult Of Chucky is here! I absolutely love the Child’s Play franchise. When I was growing up, Chucky was my biggest fear. My brother had a Seed of Chucky poster and I was scared to go near it. Eventually, I gathered the courage to watch Seed of Chucky. When the film ended, …
Read More »“As You Wish…” Wes Craven’s ‘Wishmaster’ (1997) Turns 20 – Retro Review
When’s the last time you watched Wes Craven’s Wishmaster? It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Why is that? That’s the question we find ourselves asking this September 19, 2017 – the 20th anniversary of the film! With the massive success of Scream in 1996 and the follow up Scream 2 in …
Read More »Arrow Video Blu-Ray Review of ‘Evil Ed’
What happens when a run of the mill family man and editor gets assigned the task of editing gore films? He loses his mind and kills everything in his path. That, in a nutshell, is the plot of the 1995 horror film Evil Ed, recently released on Blu-Ray from Arrow …
Read More »Luther the Geek: A Cult Classic Obscurity Gets the Blu-ray Treatment
Troma Entertainment is an independent film production and distribution company notorious for cheesy, over-the-top, low budget, infomercial-esque B-movies such as Nuke ‘Em High and The Toxic Avenger. However, Luther the Geek (1990) stands out among films distributed under the company’s name. Dialing down the cheesy ’80s infomercial element while retaining …
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