Reviews
Blu-ray Review: NOS4A2 Season Two – An Unstable and Disjointed Sophomore Season
Season one of AMC’s NOS4A2 (an adaptation of the excellent Joe Hill novel) was a bit rocky, but there was so much hear in the good vs. evil tale, that as a viewer, it was easy to look past its ...
5 Self-Contained Horror Graphic Novels to Enjoy this October
There are a lot of great horror comics series — Beasts of Burden, Harrow County, and Locke and Key all come to mind — but sometimes you need to read something quick. A graphic novel with...
Camp Twilight is a Must-See, Slasher Delight [Review]
Camp Twilight follows six senior high school students who have been given the opportunity to make up for their failing grades by taking a weekend camping trip to a place called Camp Twilight (obviousl...
Amulet is a Must See [Review]
There’s a rule in creative writing: a story shouldn’t start with a character waking up. Writer/director Romola Garai breaks it twice in Amulet and the film is better for it. Her confidence...
Jeffrey Reddick’s Don’t Look Back is an Impressively Spooky Debut [Review]
Don’t Look Back is the directorial debut of one Jeffrey Reddick, i.e. the mastermind behind the unstoppable Final Destination series. Although there are thematic similarities here, Reddick is m...
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...