Demons, Italian Style
Continuing with my Italian horror theme – Demoni And Demoni 2 are two more films I was obsessed with in my teen years. Shortly after discovering Argento, I did some research (which in those...
View ArticleThe Shape wishes you a Happy Halloween
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! For my “trick” today, I got to experience catastrophic hard drive failure, and have spent all day trying to restore and back-up files. So uh, yeah. I’m behind on my 31 Days of Horror...
View ArticleSplinter
Man oh man. I finally caught Splinter the other day due to my friend Carl’s recommendation and HOLYCRAP WAS IT AWESOME. It’s about a couple who gets kidnapped by an ex-con – only to end up trapped...
View ArticleCrawl
ooh. Crawl looks like it’ll be pretty interesting. Nice job on the trailer — doesn’t give much away, but builds the suspense and shows us some excellent splatter.
View ArticleThe Lords of Salem
I’ve mentioned before that I have a love/hate relationship with Rob Zombie. While I appreciate a lot of what he does, I still feel like his films aren’t as completely awesome as they should be. That...
View ArticleThe Pact
{Cross-posted to Three Imaginary Girls} While I think overall The Pact is a solid thriller, it’s also one of those movies that’s way better if you don’t know too much about it. Sisters Nichole and...
View ArticleLovely Molly
{Cross-posted to Three Imaginary Girls} Opening with a “found footage” sequence (expected by Director Eduardo Sanchez, one-half of the writing and directing team that brought us The Blair Witch...
View Article[Rec]3: Genesis
{Cross-posted to Three Imaginary Girls} Sometimes when filmmakers continue their horror film franchises, it doesn’t work out so well (I’m looking at you, Paranormal Activity). But while [Rec] 3:...
View ArticleRoom 237
{Cross-posted to Three Imaginary Girls} “This is not “The Making of The Shining.” This is not a biography of Stanley Kubrick. This is: After the film has left the filmmaker’s hands, how does the...
View ArticlePet Semetary
It may be complete and utter madness, but this year I’ve decided to start with a “retrospective” theme again. Last year was Wes Craven, but this year I’m focusing on horror films based on the works of...
View ArticleThe Neon Demon
{cross-posted to Three Imaginary Girls} “I know how I look. What’s wrong with that?” Last night I finally go to see Nicolas Winding Refn’s epic shock porn horror art piece, The Neon Demon, which many...
View ArticleNORTH BEND FILM FESTIVAL 2021 SHORTS SELECTS
Alison Fitzjohn as Araminta in STUFFED I love a collection of weird, wonderful — and of course, BLOODY shorts — and North Bend Film Fest is delivering this year! Here’s a list of my faves from their...
View Article100 DAYS OF HORROR: THE LAST 50
This year I joined a 100 Days of Horror challenge, with a goal of seeing a new to me horror film every day from the end of September through October 31. Click to check out the first 50 here, and below...
View ArticleTORN HEARTS
Rising country music duo TORN HEARTS – Leigh (Alexxis Lemire) and Jordan (Abby Quinn) – stumble upon the opportunity of their dreams: the chance to meet their idol, Harper Dutch (Katey Sagal),...
View ArticleDEVIL’S WORKSHOP
In DEVIL’S WORKSHOP (2022), Directed by Chris von Hoffmann, struggling actor Clayton (Timothy Granaderos; that I just saw in WHO INVITED THEM) can’t deal with the fact that his acting class rival,...
View ArticleMaximum Rampage Edition of COCAINE BEAR now on Digital, Blu-ray, and DVD
You know exactly what you’re getting into with COCAINE BEAR when the first notes of “Jane” by Jefferson Starship start pumping … leading into a scene with a coked-out drug trafficker (Matthew Rhys...
View ArticleRENFIELD DRACULA SUCKS EDITION NOW AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL, BLU-RAY & DVD
By focusing on Dracula’s long-suffering lapdog, RENFIELD puts an action-packed twist on the iconic bloodsucker’s story. For hundreds of years, Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) has attended to his master’s...
View Article100 Days of Horror 2023: The First 50
I took a year off from this last year to do the standard “31 Days of Horror,” but I’m back again with a (let’s face it, kind of insane) challenge of watching a new-to-me horror movie every single day...
View Article100 Days of Horror 2023: The Last 50
Finally logging the second half of this year’s challenge of watching new-to-me horror every single day for 100 days, leading up October 31st! If you missed following along on Instagram, here are the...
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