Reviews
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...
The Ranger is Bloody, Smart, and Unpredictable [Frightfest 2018 Review]
Horror and punk rock should be better bedfellows. For whatever reason, metal tends to copulate with our beloved genre more often than its angrier, rougher cousin. Only Green Room (read our review) ...
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 should...
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...
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...