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Charlie Brooker’s twisted anthology series Black Mirror is back with its fourth season hitting Netflix last Friday. Packed with six new haunting tales of hi-tech ingenuity and questionable morality, this captivating series takes a slightly darker tone than previous seasons. Filled with more blunt trauma than ever, Black Mirror expands its horizon …

Stephen King’s 1922 is the latest of his adaptations to be tackled by Netflix. I had to sit with this one for a while before starting with this review. On one hand, 1922 is a slow burn that almost seems as if it comes to a halt at parts. On …

Ever wonder what your babysitter does when you go to bed? Well, McG’s The Babysitter has an answer to that. Cole (Judah Lewis) has a big crush on his babysitter, Bee (Samara Weaving), but Bee isn’t all that she seems. Cole decides to stay up late and see what his babysitter is …

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, …

It is the year of the King and it just keeps getting better! Directed by Mike Flanagan with a screenplay by Jeff Howard, Gerald’s Game is the latest adaptation of one of Stephen King’s novels. Gerald, played by Bruce Greenwood, takes his wife, Jessie (Carla Gugino), to a secluded cabin so …

The long awaited premiere of American Horror Story: Cult finally hit the airwaves on Tuesday, September 5th. Although I’ve been a fan of the FX series for some time due to its twisted and unique standalone themes with subtle crossovers, my interest has gradually dwindled over time. While some people remained diehard fans, …

I know the traditional concept of horror involves blood, guts, and a madman on the loose… but I believe horror is subjective. Although monsters, ghosts, and serial killers can be scary, to me, true horror is often based on real life situations that most of us hope would never happen. Suicide, …

[tps_header][/tps_header] It’s easy to be intimidated by anime. The subtitles, the cultural differences, and the frenetic animation style make most of the genre seem inaccessible or opaque to the mainstream US of A. This might seem truest with the dense, dark, gruelingly paced anime series Death Note. On paper, the …

The highly anticipated Netflix original series, Santa Clarita Diet, premiered Friday, February 3, 2017, and it does not disappoint. Starring Drew Barrymore (Donnie Darko, Scream, Charlies Angels) and Timothy Olyphant (Live Free or Die Hard, The Crazies, Snowden), this comedic horror dives right into the story of a suburban husband …

With the horror genre, laughing one’s ass off isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind. However, films such as Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead (1981) and Evil Dead II (1987), Stephen Chiodo’s Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) and John Gulager’s Feast (2005) have helped fuse laughs and …