B-Movies
Skull: The Mask is Nasty, B-Movie Fun [Chattanooga FF Review]
In the scene that best captures the essence of Brazilian slasher film Skull: The Mask, a monster (Rurik Jr.) stalks toward a priest (Ricardo Gelli). The priest backs toward a crucifix. He takes Christ...
Why C.H.U.D. is a Shockingly Environmentally Conscious Monster Movie
As a horror fan, you go into something like C.H.U.D. with certain expectations. There are always the films we know have something to say and watch with a deeper understanding of the themes and cultura...
Welcome to Spring Break is a Lost ’80s Title That Should Stay Lost [Retrospective]
In Welcome to Spring Break, Diablo, a sadistic gang leader from a small tourist town is executed by way of electric chair. But, wait. He may be back from the grave and slaying spring breakers wit...
Impossible to Defend Horror Movies We Can’t Help But Watch
There’s a certain appeal to bad movies, especially bad horror movies that are impossible to defend. There’s a charm to the campiness, and even when people are fumbling their lines or just stumbling ar...
New Year’s Evil is a Banal Holiday Horror Offering
In New Year’s Evil, Diane Sullivan, the host of a live New Year’s Eve broadcast gets a sinister phone call from a creep suggesting that he will kill someone when the clock strikes midnight in ea...
They’ll Get You in the End: Why Ghoulies Would Have Been Better if it Focused on its Toilet Monsters
I love movies about weird little monsters. Gremlins and Critters were two of my favorite things as a kid. I discovered Ghoulies right in the middle of all of that and was allowed to rent them because ...
Five Bad Horror Movies That Are Still Worth a Watch
There’s a wide spectrum between good and bad in horror. Genre movies aren’t simply good or bad. There’s a lot of gray area. Some movies that aren’t as well made on a technical level still have a lot t...
How Rawhead Rex Explored Celtic Horror in New Ways
Clive Barker has had a lot of success on the screen. But then, of course, there are the movies that came early in his career. Barker was so disappointed with his early work in film as a screenwriter t...
Bigger is Better: Old-School Giant Monster Flicks That Shockingly Hold Up
We tend to think of giant monster flicks as a thing of the past. Even Japan has seemed to quiet down on Kaiju features for the most part. But recent features like Cloverfield, Godzilla, Pacific Rim an...
