★★★★ out of ★★★★★
M3GAN brings fun, scares and great dance moves from the uncanny valley to the big screen.
Archive for ‘Reviews’
Mike’s Review: Schizoid (1980)
★★★ out of ★★★★★
Sleazy, greasy, grimy, grindhouse fare. It’s all here. Right down to a chilling and rather off-putting performance by one of the more odd actors to ever grace a horror film, Klaus Kinski. Hot on the heels of one of the all-time great horror performances in 1979’s Nosferatu the Vampyre, Kinski sleazes his way throughout SCHIZOID!
Joseph’s Book Review: Godzilla: The Ultimate Illustrated Guide
★★★★★ out of ★★★★★
Graham Skipper’s “Godzilla: The Ultimate Illustrated Guide,” from Welbeck Publishing, is a thing of beauty, and a volume that Godzilla and monster-movie fans of all stripes should consider required reading and owning.
Joseph’s Review: There’s Something Wrong with the Children
★★★3/4 out of ★★★★★
Kids can be little devils, as fright-fare fanatics well know, and There’s Something Wrong with the Children does a fun, eerie job of further proving that adage to be true.
Liz’s Review: Sick
★★★ out of ★★★★★
The perfect movie to shelter in place with, you’re going to want Sick in your quarantine bubble!
Joseph’s Review: Wolf Manor
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Lycanthrope lovers take note: This humorous British romp is chock full of loving references to favorite fright fare of the past, as well as grue-filled action boasting plenty of solid-looking practical effects.
Robert’s Review: Mad Heidi (2022)
🧀🧀🧀1/2 out of 🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀
A splatterrific swissploitation film chock full of mayhem, fascists and, above all, dairy products.
Robert’s Top 10 Horror Films of 2022
The Golden Age of Horror continues to churn out fun, exciting, imaginative, shocking, and innovative delights for all!
Joseph’s Top 10 Horror Films of 2022
This year had no shortage of incredible fright-fare films, and whittling down my “best of 2022” list to 10 from 20 strong candidates was a difficult task — one so daunting that I had to have two ties, as leaving any of the following features off of my list would have been a travesty. Here is what I ultimately came up with.
Robert’s Review: Yule Log (2022)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ancient curses! Decapitation! Time travel! Hillbillies! Rental property! Aliens! If you’re a fan of absurdist horror/comedy, this one’s right up your alley.
Dead List: All the Silent Night Deadly Night Films Ranked!
Merry Christmas from the Scariest Things Podcast!!! This year we’re giving you the gift that no one asked for, ever expected, and certainly one that no one ever put on their Christmas wishlist. It’s free and it’s here waiting for you. Totally unwrapped and ready to go…
We give you all the Silent Night Deadly Night films ranked! And…you’re welcome.
Liz’s Review: Bones and All
★★★ out of ★★★★★
Get in the car and road trip with two teenage cannibals in Bones and All.
Mike’s Review: Regicide (Another Hole in the Head Film Festival 2022)
★★.5 out of ★★★★★
Regicide is one of those awesome $5 dollar SAT words. You’d swear you know what it means, but always end up have to look it up online. We’ll save you they trouble. Regicide is the killing of a monarch or king. In the case of 2022’s uber-indy flick Regicide, this kind of makes sense, but it takes the film an awfully long time to find the metaphor.
Mike’s Review: The Requin (2022)
★ out of ★★★★★
Laughably bad CGI. Overcooked and undercooked use of green screen. A shrill, bothersome, and awkward performance by Alicia Silverstone. And the sharks don’t even appear until the 50+ minute mark. These are just a few of problems with The Requin that could honestly fill an ocean.
Eric’s Review: Agatha (2022 Another Hole in the Head Film Festival)
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Agatha resides at the intersection of an experimental art piece and a horror movie. Knowing that, you know how to proceed with this film. Agatha is visually stunning but ultimately difficult to process at times. It is mesmerizing and dreamy and entirely devoid of dialogue, so your attention span will be tested. Ultimately if you like visually poetic and painterly films, this will be your bag.
Liz’s Book Report: How to Sell a Haunted House
★★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Are you ready to make an offer on a house filled with puppets?
Eric’s Review: Night of the Bastard (2022 Another Hole in the Head Film Festival)
★★★ out of ★★★★★
Night of the Bastard is fun. Stupid fun. Be ready for a low-budget B-Movie brawler of a picture. A desert trailer-trash and Satanic Cult mashup awaits.
Joseph’s Review: Christmas Bloody Christmas
★★★ out of ★★★★★
It’s a rampaging robotic Santa versus a clever, foul-mouthed record store owner in Joe Begos’ holiday horror Christmas Bloody Christmas.
Mike’s Review: Cryptid (Another Hole in the Head Film Festival 2022)
★★★ out of ★★★★★
While no one on the Scariest Things Podcast is a licensed cryptozoologist, it’s fair to say that we all have an interest in this murky science. There’s even a few of us — gasp — that might actual believe in the cryptids! When this most recent offering popped up at the Another Hole in the Head Film fest we knew we had to search it out.
Eric’s Review: Brightwood (2022) Another Hole in the Head Film Festival
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
A crumbling relationship leads a couple to take their frustrations out on a jog around a nearby pond, but they get trapped in a mysterious Mobius loop that becomes a private hell for the two of them. A smart,, if repetitive (of course) time paradox tale that explores the truly destructive nature of a breakup in some very clever ways.
Joseph’s Review: Kick Me (Another Hole in the Head Film Festival)
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
A high school counselor’s trip to Kansas City, Kansas so that he can help out a student turns into an oddball odyssey in this winning, blood-soaked comedy.
Mike’s Review: Pig Killer (2022 Another Hole in the Head Film Festival)
★★.5 out of ★★★★★
An evocative film name for an equally evocative true story. Pig Killer should not be taken lightly and nor should the horrible tale of Willy Pickton who killed and killed until he made his way in to Canadian history books as the most prolific serial killer in the country’s history.
Joseph’s Another Hole in the Head Film Festival Shorts Reviews: 7 MINUTES IN HELL, ANGEL CITY HORROR, and THE WELL
Joseph reviews three ★★★★ out of ★★★★★ short films from Another Hole in the Head Film Festival: 7 MINUTES IN HELL, ANGEL CITY HORROR, and THE WELL.
Joseph’s Another Hole in the Head Film Festival Reviews: COGNITIVE, THE KEYS, and A KING IN YELLOW
Cognitive ★★★★ out of ★★★★★
The Keys ★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
A King in Yellow ★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Joseph reviews three thrilling slices of fear-fare from Another Hole in the Head Film Festival.
Mike’s Review: Pilgrim (2019)
★★ out of ★★★★★
Tucked neatly between two pretty cool holidays is a celebration that’s pretty mundane. Face it Thanksgiving ain’t all that great, nor is gluttony. It’s definitely a tough spot to be in. The equivalent in the world of horror is being unfortunately stuck between horror and comedy. That’s exactly where the 2019 Blumhouse/Hulu film Pilgrim fits.
Sort of funny. Sort of horror. But really neither.
Eric’s Review: The Menu (2022)
★★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
The Menu is an extremely well-crafted dark satire-thriller that both seduces you and fills you with dread. In the world of five-star restaurants, there is a cult of personality built around celebrity chefs. This movie extends that idea to make this a suicide death cult of personality. Bon appetit!
Mike’s Review: I’m Dreaming of a White Doomsday (2017)
★★★ out of ★★★★★
The holidays are just around the corner! Well, technically the holidays are ALWAYS just around the corner. The only thing more bleak than the constant crush of forced holiday frivolity? I’m Dreaming of a White Doomsday.
Joseph’s Review: Bloodlines: The Jersey Devil Curse
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
The latest crytpozoology documentary from the terrific Small Town monsters production company is another solid effort, this one focusing on the history and social issues surrounding the Jersey Devil.
Mike’s Review: No Exit (2022)
★★★ out of ★★★★★
Part thriller, part mystery, part horror, and all metaphor! No Exit is a pretty fun thrill ride that never gets too gory, grimy, or grody. Just a little bit of each, but not too much of any.
Eric’s Review: Mad God (2022)
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
The living master of stop-motion animation, Phil Tippett has finished his 35-year-old passion project, Mad God. It is a technical and visual triumph, an astounding achievement of effort, care, and craftsmanship. Notably, Mad God is also full of yucky puppets. It is also devoid of a clear narrative story. It resembles the visions of Hell by Hieronymous Bosch put into animated stop motion.
Simply put: Mad God is surreal, profane, disturbing, confusing… and FREAKY.