Reviews
Funny Games will Resensitize You to Violence [Blu-ray Review]
Funny Games is structured around a series of escalating, violent games. On the way to their lake home, Anna (Susanne Lothar) and Georg (Ulrich Mühe) try to guess the opera song the other plays on...
Blood on my Sofa: The Mansion is a Place for Gore and Gags
Welcome to Blood on my Sofa! Each month I will be providing you with a movie recommendation. It won’t be just any movie, but a film I watched during the previous month that really rocked my worl...
Us is Terrifying and Original [Blu-ray Review]
Us tells the story of The Wilson’s, an American family whose peaceful existence is shattered when they are introduced to identical shadow versions of themselves. The doppelgängers wrea...
She Could Fly: The Lost Pilot #3 [Review]
She Could Fly: The Lost Pilot #3 takes the reader and Luna into new territory: a first date. What started shakily last issue has developed into a fledgling relationship. Luna has a boyfriend. She and ...
In Head Count, The Thing Meets Candyman [Review]
At a sleepover in fifth grade, my friends and I goaded each other to go into the bathroom at midnight, close the door, and spin three times chanting, “Bloody Mary.” If the urban legend w...
Mother’s Day (1980) is a Brutal Revenge Thriller [Retrospective]
Mother’s Day (1980) follows Abbey, Trina, and Jackie, who were roommates and best friends in college, as they embark on their annual weekend getaway. Each year, one of the girlfriends plans a s...
Beasts of Burden: The Presence of Others #2 [Review]
Beasts of Burden: The Presence of Others #2 opens with the monster. It’s not clear what the monster is exactly, but it’s clearly terrifying. It seems as though it’s some kind of s...
Lost in Space Soars After Slow Start [Blu-ray Review]
In 1965, Irwin Allen created one of the most beloved science fiction television shows with Lost in Space. The idea was a new take on Johann David Wyss’ Swiss Family Robinson. A remake film adap...
The Haunting of Sharon Tate is Far From Perfect but Not Entirely Without Merit [Review]
The Haunting of Sharon Tate very loosely reimagines the Manson Family murders that took place at 10050 Cielo Drive. The film focuses on Sharon Tate’s nightmares and the question of whe...