It’s that time of year again! This is what’s been stewing in the cauldron all year long. Welcome to my Top 10 for 2021.
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Robert’s Review: Chompy & The Girls (2021)
★★★ out of ★★★★★
An oddly touching movie about family, loneliness, depression, and a creepy man who can swallow people whole.
Robert’s Review: The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre (2021)
★★★ out of ★★★★★
Small-time, trailer park professional wrestling meets zombie grindhouse mayhem in director Max Martini’s sophomore outing.
Robert’s Review: Spontaneous (2020)
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
The directorial debut of super-scribe Brian Duffield is a splatterific horror-adjacent rom/com that brings the feels along with exploding teens.
Robert’s Review: Blood Red Sky (2021)
★★★ out of ★★★★★
Horror takes to the skies once again with Netflix’s latest blood-soaked vampires-on-a-plane romp.
Robert’s Review: The Superdeep (2020)
★★★ out of ★★★★★
In 1984, an ambitious epidemiologist with flexible ethics is called on by the government of the USSR to investigate — and collect samples from — a top secret research site built inside the deepest hole ever drilled into the Earth.
Robert’s Review: Slaxx (2020)
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Killer pants. Designer jeans to die for. Corporate greed meets its match in a pair of pants thirsting for vengeance.
Horror News: HOST scribe to make video game with HOST cast!
Jed Shepherd, writer/executive producer of Host (2020), is Kickstarting a new horror video game!
Robert’s Review: The Widow (2020)
★1/2 out of ★★★★★
A Blair Witch knockoff out of Russia that fails to deliver.
Scariest Interview: Michael Lovan, writer/director of Murder Bury Win
Writer/director Michael Lovan sits down with us to talk about his debut feature, Murder Bury Win (2020), and its impending release!
Robert’s Review: Darkfield Radio’s Immersive Audio Experiences
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
These unsettling vignettes involving clever audio effects may be just the “something different” you’ve been looking for.
Robert’s Review: Monster Hunter (2020)
★★★ out of ★★★★★
Monsters! The rest of the movie is a mess, but man those monsters are cool!
Robert’s Review: Sacrifice (2020)
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Barbara Crampton steals the show in this Norwegian folk-horror affair replete with vivid nightmares, tentacles, and the sea.
Robert’s Review: Wer (2013)
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Sometimes cheesy, occasionally nonsensical, but kept solidly on the rails by an interesting story and some splattery goodness. Werewolves get all scientifical!
Robert’s Top 10 Horror Films of 2020
We wouldn’t have survived the ridiculousness of 2020 without our favorite genre. Here are my Top 10 favorite movies of last year.
Robert’s Review: Sweet Taste of Souls (2020)
★★★ out of ★★★★★
Delicious cherry pie. Would you like some eternal imprisonment with that or just coffee?
Robert’s Review: Motivational Growth (2013)
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Jeffrey Combs lends his voice to a smooth-talking lump of bathroom mold in this slow moving psychotronic film. Did I mention Jeffrey Combs? Jeffrey Combs!
Robert’s Review: Halloween Party (2019)
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
When your school is built on the ruins of a creepy old hospital you’re just asking for trouble.
Robert’s Review: Noroi (2005)
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
A classic in the mockumentary/found footage genre is finally available to a wider audience!
Robert’s Review: I Am A Hero (2015)
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
A live-action take on the award winning Japanese manga brings some freshness to the zombie genre.
Robert’s Review: Verotika (2019)
★ out of ★★★★★
Danzig’s horror movie debut. No. Just no.
Robert’s Review: The Waiting (2020)
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
A brand new horror-romance-comedy from the mind of F.C. Rabbath.
Movie News: Soska Sisters Take On Sensory Horror
Just when you thought it was safe to rely on all your senses.
Movie News: ‘Scream’ franchise relaunch is coming!
I scream, you scream, we all scream for new Scream!
Robert’s Review: Sea Fever (2019)
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
A beautifully shot and unintentionally timely creature feature highlighting the struggle between Human Nature and Science.
Scariest Games: Trivial Pursuit Ultimate Horror Edition
Coming soon! Trivial Pursuit: Ultimate Horror Edition. Finally, you can prove to your friends that YOU are the horror expert.
Robert’s Review: The Hunt (2020)
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
Controversial, violent, and inflammatory; this darkly-comedic horror-adjacent battle royale will definitely give you something to talk about.
Robert’s Review: Mass Hysteria (2019)
★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
While it’s more comedy than horror, this splattery witch-based tale is an entertaining cat & mouse chase around Salem, Massachusetts.
Robert’s Review: The Grudge (2020)
★★★ out of ★★★★★
It’s a remake? It’s a reboot? It’s a… sidequel! And we’ve got jump scares aplenty in the most recent addition to Grudge lore.
Trailer Alert: Pathosis (2020)
Womp Stomp Films — makers of the astounding Friday the 13th fan film, Never Hike Alone (2017) — have their very first original short film hitting the festivals this year.