All Movie Reviews
We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a Good Adaptation of a Great Book [Review]
I’ve heard two fundamental schools of thought about what a cover song should do. In one, a song is radically transformed. Think of the way Johnny Cash transformed Nine-Inch Nails’s ...
The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot Does Not Live Up To Its Title [Frightfest 2018 Review]
The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot is not worthy of its epic title, let’s just get that out of the way. It may star Great American Hero Sam Elliott and yes, a version of him does fig...
Piercing is a Dark Psychosexual Thriller [Frightfest Review]
Piercing is a title that suggests all manner of stabbings and such, as opposed to an actual piercing. But this, the sophomore feature from The Eyes Of My Mother director Nicholas Pesce, features ...
American Fright Fest is Exactly What It Sounds Like [Frightfest 2018 Review]
Some movies instantly connect. Some movies work their way into your rotation before the first viewing has even concluded (personal examples include but aren’t limited to; Green Room, Tragedy Gir...
Back to the ’80s: Witchboard (1986) is Silly Fun
Welcome to Back to the ’80s. This recurring feature aims to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly from horror’s most beloved decade. Regardless of which category a particul...
Boar Suffers from Lackluster FX [Frightfest 2018 Review]
Creature feature fans will know that, more often than not, the promise of a brand new film to drool over is tinged with the anxiety of knowing it’s probably going to turn out to be a load of CGI...
Incident In A Ghostland is Vile and Ill-Timed [Frightfest 2018 Review]
Incident In A Ghostland‘s title card utilizes a font not seen since the National Treasure franchise. Its tagline, “True evil never dies,” and accompanying marketing material seem to ...
Braid is Full of Unanswered Questions [Frightfest 2018 Review]
Braid, the debut feature from writer-director Mitzi Peirone, is a difficult film to describe. IMDb has a go, but somehow manages to confuse the issue further: Two wanted women decide to rob their weal...
Boarding School is a Boring Mess [Review]
People who don’t like modern horror movies frequently point to the jump scares. I’ve defended them in other reviews (here, here, and here), because they’re not the problem. Jumpsc...