When democracy fails, it’s not hard to believe in a “deep state” conspiracy. Whether it’s the Illuminati or Lizard People,...
There is a special magic in the folk tale. Modern media can give you great stories, for sure. But folklore...
The Mexican possession film The Inhabitant (El Habitante) recently celebrated it’s North American premiere at the 2018 Toronto After Dark Film Festival. The film follows three sisters in over their heads after they find more than they were expecting during a home invasion robbery. Written and directed by Guillermo Amoedo, the film...
It should be said at the top of this review – that I am an impatient viewer. I don’t like...
Forgive me if I sound old-fashioned, but murdered teens just aren’t what they used to be. There was a time...
The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival wanted to keep its “Secret Screening” a true surprise. No Halloween, they said. no Suspiria. Nothing that you could easily guess would show up at a horror movie festival. Well let me tell you, they succeeded. Eddie Alcazar’s Perfect is as un-guessable as a film...
The Catholic faith has always seemed scary to me. I grew up in a Protestant church— which was scary enough—...
The Toronto After Dark film festival recently held it’s annual Zombie Night, filled wall-to-wall with brains, bullets, and baddies. The...
There’s a questionable statistic making the rounds on the internet that suggests that the average person unknowingly passes at least 16 murderers on the street in their lifetime. But, as The Clovehitch Killer explores, a cold-blooded monster could be closer than you think. Maybe even living under the same roof....
The zombie comedy-musical Anna and The Apocalypse is sure to be your next holiday horror classic. Christmas seems to be the one...
Christopher Caldwell and Zeek Earl’s Prospect is a sci-fi survival film that blends in elements of traditional westerns from the frontiers of an...
Netflix just unleashed The Haunting of Hill House and what you discover within its walls may take you by surprise. I admit I wasn’t prepared for what I watched this weekend, (regardless of having read the Shirley Jackson novel multiple times). For me, what writer / director Mike Flanagan (Oculus) created was...
