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Early Slasher Movies That Should Have Become Classics
There are not a lot of slasher movies that have become classics in the horror genre. Psycho is widely thought of as the grand-daddy of the sub-genre and is viewed as one of the best hor...
Shocker is Silly, Fun, and Under-Appreciated [Retrospective]
Upon its release in 1989, critics universally panned Shocker. It was a modest box office success but certainly didn’t set any records. Due to bad reviews and a less than perfect screenplay from...
Black Christmas is the Perfect Horror Movie to End 2019 [Review]
The release of Black Christmas 2019 brings with it a lot of baggage, given the title’s connection to the beloved 1974 original and its unfairly maligned, yet inarguably messy, 2006 remake. Haven...
Knives and Skin Riffs on, Improves Twin Peaks [Review]
Jennifer Reeder’s Knives and Skin has frequently been compared to David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. It’s a good comparison. Both focus on the waves of grief that ripple out through a smal...
Daniel isn’t Real is Visually Pleasing Brain Candy [Review]
“And…the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.” -Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are What do you get when you let a very, ve...
Automation Rises Above Its Low-Budget Limitations with Tons of Heart [Review]
In the grand tradition of men-in-suit movies such as its most obvious reference point, Robocop, Automation‘s robot antagonist, Auto, is quite blatantly an actor in a costume. That the costume it...
Five Horror Films from 1974 That Helped Define the Genre
The 1970’s witnessed a massive change in the landscape of horror cinema. This was horror for a post-Vietnam world. The atomic age horrors were gone. Ancient ruined castles and Gothic chillers si...
Automation Brings Class Warfare and Artificial Intelligence Under The Same Roof [Review]
Automation follows Auto (played by Jeff J. Knight, In Defense Of ) a workplace robot employed by a company who wants to maximize their profits by minimizing the cost of human labor. Auto is a fri...
Severance is a Brilliant Horror Comedy [Retrospective]
Severance finds the employees of an international arms manufacturer setting off on a teambuilding retreat. When a fallen tree blocks the path to their destination, the workers are forced to take ...