B-Movies
Bigger is Better: Old-School Giant Monster Flicks That Still Hold Up Remarkably Well
With Kaiju experincing a cinematic resurgance, people are falling in love with ferocious, roaring, giant monsters all over again. Because of that, I thought it would be interesting to go back and look...
B-Movie Directors Who Should Have Helmed Mainstream Movies
B-Movie directors tend to get made fun of just for doing what they do, which has always been a little ridiculous to me. Look at the way in which these productions are typically made, especially in the...
How ‘Rawhead Rex’ Explored Celtic Horror in Unexpcted Ways
Clive Barker has had a lot of success on the screen. But then, of course, there are the movies that came early in his career. Barker was so disappointed with his early work in film as a screenwriter t...
Why Ghoulies Would Have Been Better Had it Focused on Toilet Monsters [Retrospective]
I love movies about weird little monsters. Gremlins and Critters were two of my favorites as a kid. I discovered Ghoulies right in the middle of all of that and was allowed to rent the film because it...
Skull: The Mask is Nasty, B-Movie Fun [Chattanooga FF Review]
In the scene that best captures the essence of Brazilian slasher film Skull: The Mask, a monster (Rurik Jr.) stalks toward a priest (Ricardo Gelli). The priest backs toward a crucifix. He takes Christ...
Why C.H.U.D. is a Shockingly Environmentally Conscious Monster Movie
As a horror fan, you go into something like C.H.U.D. with certain expectations. There are always the films we know have something to say and watch with a deeper understanding of the themes and cultura...
Welcome to Spring Break is a Lost ’80s Title That Should Stay Lost [Retrospective]
In Welcome to Spring Break, Diablo, a sadistic gang leader from a small tourist town is executed by way of electric chair. But, wait. He may be back from the grave and slaying spring breakers wit...
Impossible to Defend Horror Movies We Can’t Help But Watch
There’s a certain appeal to bad movies, especially bad horror movies that are impossible to defend. There’s a charm to the campiness, and even when people are fumbling their lines or jus...
New Year’s Evil is a Banal Holiday Horror Offering
In New Year’s Evil, Diane Sullivan, the host of a live New Year’s Eve broadcast gets a sinister phone call from a creep suggesting that he will kill someone when the clock strikes mi...