Reviews
Frightfest 2016 Review: Rob Zombie’s 31
Rob Zombie’s 31 opens with a lengthy, to-camera monologue shot in surprisingly (for this particular filmmaker) arty monochrome. A paint-and-blood splattered miscreant addresses the audience...
Horror in Black and White: Spider Baby (1968)
Horror movies come in all shapes, sizes, and even colors. As we all eagerly anticipate the next new thing coming in genre film, it’s important that we not forget where it all started. In this se...
Book Review: Satanic Panic: Pop Culture Paranoia in the 1980s
Satanic Panic is a newly released reference book from FAB Press on one of the most interesting crazes in American history. This is an amazing resource on the cultural satanic paranoia of the 1980s, co...
Advance Blu-ray Review: Cell (2016)
I think the weirdest thing about Cell happening now as a feature film is that it doesn’t feel half as outdated as I expected it to. While the central conceit of cell phones has obviously only g...
Why Phantasm II Was a Bigger, Better Action Epic That Nobody Saw Coming
Phantasm was a movie that came out of nowhere in 1979 and really took people by surprise. Nobody really knew what to do with it. It was full of the kind of surrealism that only Italian filmmakers were...
Review: Don’t Breathe is an Intense Psychological Thriller That’s Sure to Please!
Don’t Breathe is a psychological horror film that follows three thieves and chronicles the price the trio pays for greed. As the film begins we are introduced to the three main charac...
Blu-Ray Review – High-Rise
Welcome to the newest, most posh high-rise in London. It’s forty stories tall and has all the latest technology and amenities a tenant could want–a gym, a pool, a spa, even a market. Young...
Comic Review: Alena
Love can be hard to reconcile, especially when it takes the form of scissor-wielding, murderous spirit. Alluring as it is gruesome, Kim W. Andersson’s Alena explores sexuality, doubt, and venge...
Blu-Ray Review: Clown is Both Bold and Heartfelt
In Clown, a young father dons an old clown suit when the performer scheduled for his son’s birthday party backs out at the last minute. Everything seems to be going well at first, but...