Now that Sundance 2022 has come to a close, I want to share with you my thoughts on the films I saw. In this first article, I’ll cover the horror and thriller features I got to watch, a few quick thoughts on each, as well as whether I recommend checking …
Read More »Retro Review: ‘Meatball Machine’ (2005) Delivers a Twisted and Gory Love Story
With a special edition Blu-ray coming soon—April 12th, 2021—I thought I would take another look at the techno/splatterpunk and body horror film from Japanese directors Yudai Yamaguchi and Junichi Yamamoto, 2005’s Meatball Machine! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVBQedhFk0g Synopsis: Capable of making bio-mechanical weapons out of human flesh, alien parasites grotesquely invade the Earth, …
Read More »Review of ‘Uzumaki (Spiral)’ (2000) – A New Level in J-Horror
“Curse of the Spiral – The Fingerprint of Life.” Uzumaki is one of my personal favorite J-Horror films, and I’ve seen it numerous times. This is a unique, weird, creepy tale indeed, and makes us aware of how nature affects us in many complex ways – on several levels of …
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