I remain in awe of the massive, ever-growing fanbase for Netflix’s Stranger Things—from a sleeper hit in 2016 to emerging as one of the streamer’s finest offerings, this a horror/sci-fi success story unlike any other. The third season was my favorite so far, evolving into a campier, large-scale 80s horror extravaganza. Thanks to the worldwide … Continue reading TV Review: Stranger Things 4, Volume 1
Cannes 2022: Final Cut
★★★★ For my first film of 2022’s Cannes International Film Festival, I could not have selected a more unique title if I tried! Final Cut comes for the jugular with razor-sharp dark comedy hijinks and campy kills. To say the movie flips the script would be an understatement considering the drastic turns it takes the … Continue reading Cannes 2022: Final Cut
Film Review: Torn Hearts
★★★★ When one first hears the concept of a country music horror movie, whatever one has envisioned is surely not what one will get. In the best way imaginable, I can almost guarantee that Torn Hearts is not interested in delivering as tired or basic of a concept as one would expect. Superstar Katey Sagal … Continue reading Film Review: Torn Hearts
Film Review: Firestarter
★★★★ Usually when a movie is shielded from being screened for critics, it is a very bad omen of imminently awful quality. As far as Blumhouse/Universal collaboration Firestarter is concerned, I never had a worry as to its pedigree. Namely, I knew it could not possibly be any worse than Firestarter: Rekindled, which remains a … Continue reading Film Review: Firestarter
Pit Stop: Stranger Things: The Experience New York
It's crazy to think just how big a juggernaut that Netflix's excellent horror series, Stranger Things, has become. I remember shortly after the first season debuted, when it was so new and beloved that they were yet to even produce merchandise. I ordered a custom-made Stranger Things tee online at the time and wore it … Continue reading Pit Stop: Stranger Things: The Experience New York
Film Review: The Twin
★★ Any new Shudder movie is minor cause for celebration, so it was with this in mind that I started the new film from director Taneli Mustonen (2016’s shocking slasher, Lake Bodom). The Twin is significant for a couple of reasons—primarily, it returns the amazing Teresa Palmer back to the horror fold after several movies … Continue reading Film Review: The Twin
SIFF 2022 Wrap-Up
Another year of the Seattle International Film Festival has come to a close, and thankfully, our strictly virtual options this year were plentiful. Check out our full coverage on 2022's iteration of the festival, after the jump. A LOVE SONG This new romance drama depicting a beautiful night spent between two people out on a … Continue reading SIFF 2022 Wrap-Up
CUFF 2022: Gatlopp
★★★★ The first image one’s mind typically jumps to when they hear “board game movie” is probably 1995’s Jumanji. For years, this standard concept of playing a game with real-world consequences has been swooped up by the horror community in such films as Open Graves and Uncanny Annie. 2022’s Gatlopp presents brand-new board game hijinks … Continue reading CUFF 2022: Gatlopp
Film Review: Choose or Die
★★★★★ Gaming and horror should go hand in hand—after all, the very idea of a video game that controls aspects of one’s daily life is a scary notion simply in concept alone. Why is it then that, to date, the only case of a video game that kills the player is 2006’s underrated-but-flawed Stay Alive? … Continue reading Film Review: Choose or Die
SIFF 2022: The Ghastly Brothers
★★★★ A creepy comedy in the vein of classics such as Beetlejuice and Casper, The Ghastly Brothers is a collaboration between two real-life brothers: director, writer, and star Michael Van Ostade, with co-writer and costar, Andrew James Van Ostade. This dark Belgian comedy reminds us that the scariest thing of all are the inner demons … Continue reading SIFF 2022: The Ghastly Brothers