★★★★ 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
SIFF 2022: The Passenger
★★★★ I haven’t seen a film approaching the zany insanity of Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead in quite a long time, but along comes Spanish parasite-alien flick The Passenger. It somehow ends up filling that perfect slot where Drag Me To Hell once occupied as well. Goopy, nasty effects work and richly drawn characters abound. … Continue reading SIFF 2022: The Passenger
CIFF 2022 Wrap-Up
2022's Cleveland International Film Festival hosted a variety of excellent screenings, both in person and online. Being unavailable to go in person, we covered this one virtually. Check out our full roundup of films that screened this year, including links to those we have previously covered. 1991 Depicting a specific time period (expressly, 1991 Guatemala), … Continue reading CIFF 2022 Wrap-Up