All Movie Reviews
The Haunting (1999) Leans More on Looks and Less on Scares [Blu-ray Review]
Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House has been largely regarded as one of the greatest ghost stories of all time by critics, writers, and filmmakers. Jackson’s novels a...
The Old Ways Revitalizes Exorcism Movies [Review]
Director Christopher Alender and Marcos Gabriel tell a different kind of exorcism story in The Old Ways. After witnessing her mother’s failed exorcism as a child, Cristina (Brigitte Kali Canale...
Housesitter…The Night They Saved Siegfried’s Brain [Review]
Filmed entirely in 1987, Housesitter…The Night They Saved Siegfried’s Brain sat unfinished for thirty-two years. Now, with post-sound from Skywalker Sound and final picture from Paramount...
Survival Skills Is A Meta Mix Of VHS Visuals And The Systemic Nature Of Violence [Nightstream Film Festival Review]
Survival Skills opens with a nostalgic analog aesthetic, which will be familiar to those who’ve watched 2019’s VHYes, the television work of comedians Tim & Eric, or any number of Adul...
Freeway is a Fearless Modern Fairy Tale [The Rabid Dog’s House]
The Rabid Dog’s House is a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where contributor Justin Steele uncovers hidden gems, lost classics, and overlooked indie offerings. Flying solo or with his c...
Detention is a Missed Opportunity [Nightstream Film Festival Review]
Detention is an adaptation of a 2016 Taiwanese horror adventure game released exclusively on Steam by Red Candle Games, which has already stormed the box office in its home country as well as in nearb...
Blu-ray Review: Eli Roth’s HISTORY OF HORROR, Season One
AMC’s History of Horror is set to premiere its second season on October 10th, but arriving this week, is the first season on Blu-ray. Taking the inaugural season and fleshing it out via a serie...
The Wolf of Snow Hollow is An All-Timer in the Making [Fantastic Fest Review]
The Wolf of Snow Hollow (AKA simply The Werewolf) is writer-director-actor-producer-and-everything-else-besides Jim Cummings’ highly-anticipated follow-up to festival darling Thunder Road. It c...
Bloodthirsty Makes Werewolves Female Again [Fantastic Fest Review]
It’s been a while since we were gifted a decent werewolf movie (though I will defend Wolfcop and its brilliant sequel, Another Wolfcop, until the day I die) but, at this year’s Celebrati...