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★★★ 1/2 out of ★★★★★ It’s almost difficult to characterize this film as fiction. There’s too many ghastly and prescient...
★★ out of ★★★★★ A Wicker Man rip-off with some surprising and enjoyable twists and turns. Directed by Richard Rountree. Allegedly Dogged...
★★.5 out of ★★★★★ It should come as no surprise, but technology’s bad. It’s, well, surprising how many times we...
★★.5 out of ★★★★★ Christopher George fights grizzly bears (Grizzly). He fights masked killers (Graduation Day). He fights a jigsaw killer...
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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.
What is that?!?! Is this sort of like when your local superstore starts putting out Halloween decorations in June? Sure....
Ah. Near 1970s perfection. Gory, but not too gory. Pretty people, but not too pretty. Scary, but not too scary. Jaws rip-off, but not too plagiaristic. Government conspiracy, but not too conspiracy-ish.
Get ready for some HOT TAKES. This is likely to make some of you guys mad, but you know what? These films are not as good as their reputations suggest.
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You know what’s cool about 1980s horror films?
Holy crap! It’s here, it’s here, it’s here!!! Is it good? Will you see it? Will you take a date?...
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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.
CAN’T. BE. DONE. That film is sacrosanct! It’s untouchable. It’s pure perfection and should never be subject to the sleazy...
Can music make a film? Break a film? Raise the hairs on the back of your head? You bet your bottom dollar!
In the ultimate subject question we try to get at the idea can, does, and will go too far. Or does it?
Zombie Lake, AKA, Zombie’s Lake, AKA Le lac des morts vivants, AKA Lake of the Living Dead is a 1981...
★★★★.5 out of ★★★★★ This ain’t no Charlie Brown Christmas. Directed by Charles Sellier, Jr. There’s some of those...
★★★★ out of ★★★★★ A strange and visionary tale of strange visions and a chainsaw fight. Directed by Panos Cosmatos There...
★★ out of ★★★★★ Hear me out…Craig T. Nelson really is a solid actor. No really. For that matter so...
★★★ out of ★★★★★ When your film’s foundation is ensconced in werewolves, witches, ghosts, lots of present day political allegory,...
★★★★.5 out of ★★★★★ Directed by Joko Anwar Why is it that so many contemporary films are pining for the days of...
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The class of 81 is going out in style and they're having the time of their life...
Ain’t no horror festival like to the Portland Horror Festival — cuz the Portland Horror Festival don’t stop! This one...
Good artists create. Great artist steal. No truer words could ever be spoken regarding the horror genre.
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Sometimes, just sometimes, a quiet stay in a bucolic looney bin really helps one’s psyche.
Just save your pennies and you might get a new TV too. But beware, there might be something living inside...
Shame. Guilt. Dishonor. Dereliction. Sin. Or, maybe we were just busy that weekend.
Scary movie, scary film, and SUPER-scary soundtrack! Technically this is not a post about a poster, but more about the...
Dear god…where do these people come from? More importantly, who makes this stuff up? Some of the grizzliest, nastiest, most...