Making a sequel to a classic movie 20+ years later seems all too common now. Often referred to as the “legacy sequel”, it’s often bemoaned as nothing more than a cheap cash grab to milk an existing property. And while that’s often the truth, there’s always a hidden gem among the mix, one of them being what is arguably one of the first legacy sequels … Continue reading “Psycho II” 40 Years Later – A Massively Underrated Sequel
What do you get when you pair the Master of Literary Horror with an up and coming filmmaker who took all of society’s woes of 2020 and turned it into a horror movie? The result is 2023’s The Boogeyman. Based on a Stephen King short story from 1973, and directed by Rob Savage, who was behind the 2020 quarantine-based horror film Host, The Boogeyman packs … Continue reading “The Boogeyman” – An Atmospheric and Creepy Assault on Your Senses [Review]
We’re now getting to the point that the early 2000’s are twenty years behind us and starting to become nostalgic. In terms of horror films, it was the era of ultra violent “torture porn”, no doubt a reflection of society’s anxieties about the post 9/11 and War on Terror era. And while you had famous franchises like Saw or Hostel, another one that often gets … Continue reading “Wrong Turn” 20 Years Later – A Solid Slasher Better Than Its Reputation
There are vacation horror stories and then there are vacation horror stories. The former usually involves bad food, less than ideal lodging, and bad experiences with tourists. And the latter aptly describes the latest Shudder original movie, Influencer. Like many other vacation horror movies, Influencer follows a character whose tropical getaway turns into a life or death situation. Filled with twists and turns (some of … Continue reading “Influencer” – Movie Review
Oh to be back in the late 90s. Video stores were still everywhere, social media wasn’t even in our vocabulary, and big budget disaster movies were the Hollywood tentpoles rather than superhero franchises. There is no conversation about this era without mentioning German-born director Roland Emmerich. In 1996, he captivated audiences with Independence Day. While the movie didn’t review very well critically, it was a … Continue reading “Godzilla” 25 Years Later – Was This Version That Bad?
Trilogies are often messy affairs. Aside from notable exceptions like Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Return of the Jedi, most third installments in planned trilogies end up not being quite as good as the first two entries. So when James Gunn set out to make a third Guardians of the Galaxy film, knowing that it would not only end this … Continue reading “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”: A Hilarious & Heartfelt End to a Trilogy [Review]
Ari Aster had already made waves in the horror community with his back to back films Hereditary and Midsommar in 2018/2019. Often lumped with “elevated horror” (which is admittedly a loaded term), there’s no denying that his films struck a chord as they were praised by both horror fans, as well as critics. Already having demonstrated his ability to unsettle, disturb, and use horror as … Continue reading “Beau is Afraid”: A Movie Designed to Break Your Brain
How far would you go to bring back a lost loved one? When experiencing loss or grief, we often claim that we’d “give anything”, but rarely are we ever actually tested in that department. Shudder’s latest film explores this idea with a supernatural horror twist. And even if From Black seems a bit derivative of another film from a few years ago (which we’ll get … Continue reading “From Black” – A Creepy Supernatural Thriller About Desperation [Review]
Admittedly, there was a great deal of apprehension when Evil Dead Rise was first announced. Fans of the iconic franchise adore its lead character Ash Williams, and it was hard to imagine a movie without his character in it. Technically, this was done already in the 2013 “reboot”, but even that was technically a sequel and fit in with the overall continuity. This latest installment … Continue reading “Evil Dead Rise” – A Fresh, New Take That Doesn’t Forget the Gore and Dark Humor [Review]
Welcome back dear readers to our new monthly segment of…ALIEN ABDUCTION APRIL! We continue this week with a made-for-television movie special that I honestly did know existed until recently. When researching for movies to review for this month, I discovered a hidden gem that does not seem to get mentioned a lot, even though it has a very prominent actor in the lead role. It … Continue reading “The U.F.O. Incident” – A Lesser Known Sci-Fi Gem
Halloween Year-Round 