★★★★ out of ★★★★★ It should come as no surprise that record collectors are an awfully weird and obsessive bunch. They perseverate over every possible pressing, color, variation, and vinyl release of individual artists. Their search is endless and somewhat pointless. They fixate on whether to open a sealed copy of a rare record. Most importantly, record collectors won’t stop until their search is complete. Dead or alive.
★★★.5 out of ★★★★★ Not all horror films need to be over-wrought. They needn’t be filled with hyper-complex multi-layered lore. CGI has its time and place, but that time in place is not in every time and every place. On occasion horror is able to lean simply on human emotions, quaint spaces, and languid settings. If you need a reprieve from the hustle and bustle of 21st century horror then Beyond the Woods is waiting for you…just beyond the woods.
★★★★ out of ★★★★★ So close. Not quite. Just about there. One more try. Close but no cigar. You’re right in the ballpark. Just. One. More. Inch. This is the prevailing and effectively repeated trope in the 2019 (U.S. release) Thai film, the Pool.
★★★ out of ★★★★★
Seann William Scott’s first leading role in a horror movie puts family first.
★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
An art house slasher with more symbolism than story.
★★★★★ out of ★★★★★
Hands down one of the best adaptations of an H.P. Lovecraft story… and it’s a radio show!
★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Don’t say the ‘W’ word! Don’t do it!
★★★ out of ★★★★★
Andrew Borden : You’re an abomination, Lizzie.
Lizzie Borden : And at last, we are on equal footing, father.
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A spook show with too many spooks?
★★ out of ★★★★★
Lars von Trier takes you to Hell with The House That Jack Built
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A gorgeous, brain scrambling, female-led debut brought you to by cryptocurrency.
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Another fun bit of horror straight out of Incredible !ndia.
★★★ out of ★★★★★
If something is around long enough it’s going to be parodied. There will be barbs, jabs, satire and plenty of loving imitation. Even the tropes and trends that surround a specific genre will get reworked, turned inside out, and devotedly re-re-re-imagined.
Do you like 1970s horror? Exorcisms? Hammer films? Of course you do! Just got word of a new flick that […]
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
Many have characterized this film as “Hallmark Horror.” Which is, of course, lazy short hand for the fact that the film has an emotional component and it manages to draw the audience in to a deep and meaningful concern for the main protagonists. Mind you this is not “This is Us” or some other network pablum, but a legitimate exploration of a father/son relationship in the throws of pre-teen puberty — set against HORROR, glorious horror.
It’s amazing to think that in a digital world that there can still be room (…sort of) for analog artifacts […]
A fun and informative interview with Gina Gomez Dunn, producer of Mandao of the Dead (2018)!
A great interview with Scott Dunn, writer/director of Mandao of the Dead (2018)!
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
Blumhouse’s first female director hits it out of the park.
★★★ 1/2 out of ★★★★★ It’s almost difficult to characterize this film as fiction. There’s too many ghastly and prescient […]
A quick look back at my favorites of 2018.
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Murder, ghosts, and astral projection!
★★★★ out of ★★★★★ A strange and visionary tale of strange visions and a chainsaw fight. Directed by Panos Cosmatos There […]
★★.5 out of ★★★★★ It should come as no surprise, but technology’s bad. It’s, well, surprising how many times we […]
Even the Elder Gods like mashed potatoes.
★★ out of ★★★★★ It’s weird to think that the year 1986 is considered to be a throwback, or alternatively […]
★★ out of ★★★★★
Hey, even the murderous ghost of a serial killer likes a vacation now and then.
★ out of ★★★★★
Sometimes tentacles just ain’t enough.
★★★ out of ★★★★★ When your film’s foundation is ensconced in werewolves, witches, ghosts, lots of present day political allegory, […]
★★★★out of ★★★★★
Pure brilliance. Elegant simplicity. Well if Regency pictures came to me and asked me for a pull-quote blurb, that’s what I’d say. Because it’s true.
