★★★★ Stephen King’s “The Boogeyman,” from his best-selling novel of short stories Night Shift, remains one of the simplest and creepiest he ever wrote. In just twelve brief pages, a disheveled father spills his guts to a therapist regarding the mysterious murder of his three children. With an entire story set solely at a therapist’s … Continue reading Film Review: The Boogeyman
TV Review: Manifest – Season 4, Part 2
After four suspenseful, well-written seasons, Manifest season 4 part 2 drops with an emotional final batch of episodes that present a fond farewell to these characters. A show that originally was hatched back on NBC before making a Netflix detour, Manifest remains one of the few to ever be saved from the axe—thank whatever divine … Continue reading TV Review: Manifest – Season 4, Part 2
Film Review: Assassin Club
★ Try to envision the most generic Hitman-style action film, and begin to approach the middling horror concept of Assassin Club. Without rhyme or reason as to why an incredibly talented cast became stranded in a movie as hollow as a chocolate Easter bunny, one has to question what drew them to the project in … Continue reading Film Review: Assassin Club
Film Review: Sanctuary
★★ Filmed in only eighteen days, Sanctuary debuted at 2022's Toronto International Film Festival. Just two actors star in the film, which probably could have been better served as a racy stage play—Margaret Qualley (The Leftovers, Death Note) is manipulative dominatrix Rebecca, whilst Christopher Abbott (Girls, Possessor) plays her wealthy client, Hal. Erotic and sexually-charged, … Continue reading Film Review: Sanctuary
Film Review: Hypnotic
★ If it was the late 90s or even the early 2000s and a movie was announced teaming Ben Affleck with Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk Till Dawn, The Faculty), I would be jumping up and down with excitement. Even now, the teaming of these two has potential for an especially memorable action flick, or genre-bending … Continue reading Film Review: Hypnotic
TV Review: Love & Death
Last year, this critic personally passed on covering Hulu’s Candy, a true crime limited series featuring Jessica Biel and Melanie Lynskey in leading roles. Now almost exactly a year later, HBO Max drama Love & Death arrives, covering the exact same topic. What this iteration lacks in stylistic flourishes and period-piece costume and hairstyling it … Continue reading TV Review: Love & Death
Film Review: Evil Dead Rise
★★★★★ Amongst a sea of incredible sequels flooding the market in 2023, Evil Dead Rise is the perfect culmination of this franchise’s untouchable legacy. I am not quite sure how it took a full decade for us to gain another entry after 2013’s stellar, beautifully hyperviolent Evil Dead, but here we are! An ensemble cast … Continue reading Film Review: Evil Dead Rise
Film Review: The Tank
★★ The Tank is about a generic a horror title as any, and sadly the quality of the end product is equally forgettable. Fantastic creature design should have made this an easy winner, yet The Tank as a whole cannot live up to it. Written, directed, and produced by Scott Walker (2013's The Frozen Ground), … Continue reading Film Review: The Tank
Film Review: Cube
★★★ Though few will know about the excellence of the Cube trilogy from the 90s, those films rank among the horror greats. Often called the precursors to Saw, all three Cube movies utilized nasty traps and twisty survival horror that left me on the edge of my seat. That 1997 original in particular is potent … Continue reading Film Review: Cube
Film Review: How to Blow Up a Pipeline
★★ Heist films and television are some of my favorites to watch, mainly because if genuinely well-executed, they are pulse-pounding and suspenseful. Peak television has gifted viewers with enthralling heists as featured in hits Breaking Bad, Animal Kingdom, and Mr. Robot, whilst cinematically, modern-day gems that include American Animals, Inception, and Baby Driver subvert expectations … Continue reading Film Review: How to Blow Up a Pipeline