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The Woods is a Striking Homage to Argento

Lucky McKee’s The Woods takes place in 1960s New England. It centers on a young girl named Heather who is starting her tenure at a new boarding school. Heather is met with adversity from the moment sh...

Poster for Eli Roth's horror film cabin fever.

Cabin Fever Retrospective – There’s Something in the Water

[soliloquy id=”5100″] Cabin Fever catches up with a group of friends that rent a cabin in the woods for a wilderness getaway. Shortly after the fivesome arrives at their destination, they ...

Lorna hanging upside down in the torture room in Hostel Part 2

Hostel Part II Shows Minor Evolution Over its Predecessor [Retrospective]

Like a lot of sequels, Hostel Part II is heavier on backstory than its predecessor. In the second installment, the viewer gets more info on the corporation that is pulling the strings. And there is a ...

The Midnight Meat Train Retrospective – Subterranean Slasher

[soliloquy id=”5245″] The Midnight Meat Train finds Leon (Bradley Cooper), a struggling photographer trying to get in touch with his dark side at the behest of a gallery owner (Brooke Shie...

Patrick: Evil Awakens

Patrick: Evil Awakens is a Mostly Forgettable Thriller

In Patrick: Evil Awakens, a young nurse named Kathy takes a job at a facility that specializes in coma patients. She soon begins to suspect that Patrick, one of her charges, is communicating with her ...

Poster for John Shiban's Rest Stop.

Rest Stop: Dead Ahead is a Mixed Bag

Directed by John Shiban, Rest Stop: Dead Ahead, has some good moments but overall lacks any real scares. It starts with runaway lovers Jesse Hilts (Joey Mendicino) and Nicole Carrow (Jaimie Alexander)...

Randy in Scream

Scream is a Post-Modern Meta Slasher [Retrospective]

Scream sees a killer taunting victims with ominous phone calls. Among the harassed are Sydney Prescott and her friends. The madman sports a menacing mask and fancies testing his victims’ knowledge of ...

Jake Gallo goes made and kills three prostitutes in a violent manner.

Pathology- After Dark Doctors

[soliloquy id=”2412″] Directed by Marc Schoelermann, Pathology revolves itself around a group of pathology interns who love to play murderous games after dark. The opening sequence, before...

The poster for Marcus Dunstan's The Collector.

The Collector- Human Hoarder

[soliloquy id=”5314″] Directed by Marcus Dunstan, The Collector, is death trap fans delight. Arkin, played by Josh Stewart (The Dark Knight Rises) is a handyman hired to work on a wealthy ...