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Ok, I gotta get something off my chest. I saw the trailer for this beauty back in 1985 and was so horrified by its content I could have sworn that I’d seen the whole film -- front to back. This was some seriously dense scar tissue built up over the years. But alas, I’d never seen this flic. That was, until a couple weeks ago.
In the ultimate subject question we try to get at the idea can, does, and will go too far. Or does it?
In a nice little bit of yet-to-be-witnessed self-promotion, THE Jamie Lee Curtis declares the new Halloween film to be “Hella...
Uh…not sure what’s going on here. Or, for that matter, what the exact translation of Tanz Der Damonen is, but…this...
Shame. Guilt. Dishonor. Dereliction. Sin. Or, maybe we were just busy that weekend.
Get in that way back machine. No not that one. That way, way, way back machine. Because we're going back in time before mankind knew of color or sound.
★★.5 out of ★★★★★ Hmmm…this one’s a real puzzler. Playing with time, space, roles, and well, the fundamental tenets of horror. ...
★★★out of ★★★★★ Oh Lucio Fulci is there anything you can’t do? Between the hacking, the slashing, the stabbing, the cutting,...
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When a coach, teacher, parent, or peer says “...hey there, that was a really competent job.” Competent? Yeah. Competent. A really condescending term that points to the ultimate in back-handed compliments. It’s not bad, per se, but it ain’t great either. Enter The Last Exorcism. A really competent piece of filmmaking.
Has there ever been a good Bigfoot movie? Well…that’s debatable. But this one looks like it could really be contender....
Good artists create. Great artist steal. No truer words could ever be spoken regarding the horror genre.
Ain’t no horror festival like to the Portland Horror Festival — cuz the Portland Horror Festival don’t stop! This one...
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The class of 81 is going out in style and they're having the time of their life...
Run sister, run! Get out there! Pronto! According to the horror team at IMDB this fun little slab of celluloid...
★★★★.5 out of ★★★★★ Directed by Joko Anwar Why is it that so many contemporary films are pining for the days of...
Is is horror? Is it sci-fi? Is it horror-sci-fi? Does it have space aliens? Are those furry little space aliens scary?
Scary movie, scary film, and SUPER-scary soundtrack! Technically this is not a post about a poster, but more about the...
Wow. Just wow. Haven’t seen this flic, but the posters is a whole bag of cool. I try not to...
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Pazuzu? Seriously you can't come up with a scarier demon name?
“I’m So proud of my boys they never forget their mama.” Kinda says it all…doesn’t it. Happy Mother’s Day from...
Hot damn! This one’s a winner. Peter Cushing + Skulls + the Marquis De Sade = a perfect pile of...
CAN’T. BE. DONE. That film is sacrosanct! It’s untouchable. It’s pure perfection and should never be subject to the sleazy...
Just save your pennies and you might get a new TV too. But beware, there might be something living inside...
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Sometimes, just sometimes, a quiet stay in a bucolic looney bin really helps one’s psyche.
It’s WORLD CUP time. That means lots, and lots, and lots of football — and the UNDEAD! Haven’t seen this...
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The Scariest Things got to check out the World Premiere of this Northwest myth put to film at the Portland Horror Film Festival!
You’d think dating Justin Bieber would be the scariest thing that there ever once was. Turns out, dating young Biebs […]
★★★.5 out of ★★★★★ SOMETHING. DOES. NOT. FEEL. RIGHT. We’ve all been there, right? A friend invites you to this super...
★★★★out of ★★★★★ Ah. Near 1970s perfection. Gory, but not too gory. Pretty people, but not too pretty. Scary, but...
What is that?!?! Is this sort of like when your local superstore starts putting out Halloween decorations in June? Sure....