There are few two-word combos that ensnare me faster than “Bigfoot Movie”. Like the big man himself, they come in...
As one of the first people to see the completed Halloween film, I’m going to do my absolute best to...
As cinematic boogeymen go, you can’t do much better than Candyman. Since his first appearance in Bernard Rose’s Candyman (1992), he has remained a haunting figure and an urban legend born from the stuff of nightmares. His legacy continues in Nia DaCosta’s Candyman (2021), summoned once again to gouge throats and spill...
Between heirlooms and physical traits, we inherit a lot of things from our parents; not every one of those things...
Full disclosure, I’ve never been to a single rave in my life. It’s not like the opportunity never came up,...
Shark movies. It’s kind of hard to mess them up. You take your camera-happy (or shy, if you’re Steven Spielberg) sharks, throw them in some sun infested waters (or not, if you’re the 47 Meters Down franchise), and pull out an iron-clad audience pleaser. “47 Meters Down: Uncaged channels Jason...
The Overlook Film Festival takes scary very seriously, and it came as a small shock to attendees when the Jury...
Who says the season of scares ends after Halloween? When you really think about it, Christmas is terrifying. And the...
If you haven’t read Frank Herbert’s Dune books and you don’t think you’re the target audience for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, this is the review for you. I don’t like epic stories, I’m not nuts about hard sci-fi/medieval stuff/fantasy, and I’ve been dodging my friends’ constant appeals to read the books for years....
Neasa Hardiman’s Sea Fever is a bit of a fever dream, the kind of film that blends reality (life on...
Today, the Trump presidency was mercifully put to an end with the inauguration of Joe Biden. The four past years...
Cult films are so hot right now. Midsommar madness dominated our summer, Quentin Tarantino rewrote the history of the Manson family in Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood, and we all know true crime obsession with cults has gripped the cultural zeitgeist. So how can a film stick out from...