Body Horror
‘The Substance’ is Endlessly Ambitious and Audacious [Review]
To start, The Substance, a new satirical body horror movie from writer/director Coralie Fargeat, is an absolute breath of fresh air in a movie landscape that quite frankly, for the most part, lacks cr...
‘Tenants’ is a Mostly Solid Horror Anthology [Review]
In my opinion, anthologies work perfectly in the horror and science fiction genres. This it true of novels from authors like Stephen King and Clive Barker. They also work effectively on television, li...
‘The First Omen’ Goes There [Review]
The Omen and the franchise that follows is the horror series with the strangest history by a country mile, and also the nearest and dearest to my heart. The Omen has lived in the zeitgeist for almost ...
The Brood is Cronenberg’s Most Autobiographical Movie: Here’s Why
David Cronenberg’s The Brood is not only one of his best movies, it’s one of his most personal. It might not seem like it at first. But the film is about a woman who subconsciously creat...
Four Horror Film Transformations That are Incredibly Uncomfortable to Watch
Transformations have been an incredibly relevant part of horror films, dating back to the very beginning. Stories of humans transforming into animals and otherworldly beings go back as far as the...
A Banquet Sets Its Table With An Overstuffed Array Of Female Focused Horror [Review]
A Banquet ‘s Holly (Sienna Guillory) is a woman on the brink. Still reeling from the suicide of her terminally ill husband, she’s grief ridden and shellshocked. She valiantly struggles wit...
The Stuff is Food Horror at its Finest [Retrospective]
Larry Cohen is a filmmaker who just does not get the credit he deserves. His pictures are all too often labeled as B-Movies. But while they may be campy, it’s a very intentional camp. He has a ...
Ash vs Evil Dead: The Complete Collection is the Groovy and Spectacular Swan Song of an Icon [Blu-Ray Review]
When prophecies spoke of a timeless hero, they were probably alluding to someone with a tad more integrity and someone less fond of dick jokes than Ash Williams. In a war against ancient evil, however...
Alex Garland’s ‘Annihilation’ is a Striking Experiment
The notion of following up Alex Garland’s landmark of sci-fi cinema, Ex Machina, is unquestionably daunting. Though his directorial meddle wasn’t tested until 2015, Garland’s scre...