Posing as a horror film doused in a 90’s alternative rock aesthetic, High Voltage resembles a missed opportunity more than...
High hopes, low expectations. That’s how I try to go into a horror movie I’m apprehensive on. It’s how I...
Audiences can be cruel to January releases. Summer is reserved for multi-million dollar blockbusters, and the fall/winter Oscar drop is behind us. January releases, especially horror titles, often carry the stigma of being predetermined failures by their respective studios. Dropping the first weekend of January, Escape Room faced an even more...
The Changeling is a magical indie thriller out of New Zealand. It mixes possessions and magic with a classic cat-and-mouse thriller approach. It is both grounded, touching and full of suspense. With a mostly unknown cast and virtually no marketing, this one may slip by you, so be on the lookout and don't miss out on this little known gem!
The campfire is lit, marshmallows are toasting, and there’s a chill in the air. You and your friends hush to...
Adam Egypt Mortimer’s Daniel Isn’t Real is a psychological horror that pits a fragile young man against himself and the horrors of his own psyche. The film stars Miles Robbins and Patrick Schwarzenegger as an odd couple on the verge of insanity. in my spoiler-free review of the film, I called Daniel Isn’t Real “[a...
Haunted dolls are a nightmare. Their porcelain faces are frozen in haunting smiles that ooze sinister intention. Their unblinking eyes...
Head Count is a very well made and well acted monster flick about isolation and paranoia that grabs you early on and won’t let go.
The Pierce brothers The Wretched recently held it’s Word Premiere at the 2019 Fantasia Film Festival, introducing the world to new Witchy rules and Witchy powers. “The vampire,” Brett Pierce shares with us, “has been developing over so long” with very specific strengths and weaknesses, but the traditional Witch is not a monster...
Have you ever wanted a movie that is a hybrid of Ghostbusters, The Matrix, and Hellraiser? Have you ever even...
Films today never truly dip their toes in piety. It is often used in horror as a cheap-shot quick-grab “good...
Is there anything more iconic in horror than the haunted house? An isolating setting, shadowy nooks, crannies, and the invasion of the penultimate safe space. The perfect cocktail for horror. Keith Thomas’ The Vigil takes that classic, terrifying format and drops it right in the center of an Orthodox Jewish...