Reviews
Trench 11 is Tight, Claustrophobic, and Stripped Down
Trench 11 is a film of meat and potatoes in several respects. Visually, it consists mostly of a group of men shining dim yellow lights onto the dusty walls of underground tunnels. Claustrophobic, but ...
Comic Review: Beasts of Burden: Wise Dogs and Eldritch Men #1 is a Good Entry in a Great Series
It’s been two years since Evan Dorkin published the last Beasts Burden, What the Cat Dragged In. Two years is a long time to wait between installments in the episodic series. The premise shouldn’t wor...
Ash vs. Evil Dead Season 3 [Blu-Ray Review]
The Starz original series Ash vs. Evil Dead has come to a close, as has Bruce Campbell’s tenure as Ashley J. Williams, spanning over thirty years. It’s a bittersweet ending. This was not planned to be...
The Hole (2009) is Family Friendly Terror [Retrospective]
After relocating, brothers Dane and Lucas discover a bottomless pit in the basement of their new home. The endless cavern knows their worst fears and uses them to torment the boys. While Lucas and Dan...
Ahockalypse Shoots, But Doesn’t Quite Score [Review]
Two of my all-time favorite movies both come from the late 1970s and, coincidentally, were directed by guys named George: Dawn of the Dead and Slap Shot. So when I first heard about Ahockalypse, I was...
The Meg Is More Stath Than Shark [Review]
When it comes to sharksploitation, nothing can touch Jaws, not even its own sequels, the lamest of which (Jaws 3D) is sort of referenced in The Meg. A massive summer blockbuster starring Jason Statham...
Desecration is Surreal and Scrappy Effort from Dante Tomaselli [Review]
Desecration follows a teenage boy named Bobby on a surreal and visceral journey through the literal depths of Hell that begins when he unintentionally kills one of the instructors at his school. Dante...
Breaking In Suffers from an Utter Lack of Originality [Blu-Ray Review]
Breaking In follows mother of two, Shaun Russell (Gabrielle Union) as she sorts through the grief of losing her father. Her sense of loss is soon compounded by a home invasion attempt which transpires...
Along Came the Devil has a Good Title, Not Much Else [Review]
If you took The Exorcist and surgically removed every hint of personality, you would wind up with a movie very similar to Along Came the Devil. It’s not hard to understand why so many filmmakers try t...
