Slasher Film
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...
The Hills Run Red is a Criminally Underrated Slasher [Quarantine Retrospective]
While we’re on lockdown, I’ll be working on a series of retrospectives as I watch through my library. Many will be films I love but I may veer into less favorable territory from time to time to keep t...
Early Slasher Movies That Should Have Become Classics
There are not a lot of slasher movies that have become classics in the horror genre. Psycho is widely thought of as the grand-daddy of the sub-genre and is viewed as one of the best horror titles of a...
Is Black Christmas (2006) Really That Bad? Yes. Yes it is.
In 2006’s Black Christmas, circumstance leaves a group of sorority sisters still in their house in the days leading up to Christmas. Simultaneously, Billy Lenz, the spree killer that lived in th...
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 is Quirky, Bizarre, and Fun [Editorial]
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 sees Jesse and his family moving into a new home on Elm Street. While settling in, Jesse learns that Nancy Thompson previously occupied his new home. When Jesse finds Nancy...
Dream Home is a Brutal Blend of Slasher Film and Satire [Retrospective]
Dream Home stars Josie Ho as Chang-Lai Sheung, a woman who will let nothing stand between her and her dream property, even if it means killing a few innocents along the way. Chang-Lai goes on a killin...
The Prowler Boasts Brutal Kills and a Twisted Ending [Retrospective]
The Prowler sees young Rosemary making the ill-fated decision to abandon her lover who is serving in the war. She puts her goodies on display for all the boys to see by flaunting her stuff at the grad...
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) Never Sets Itself Apart from the Original [Retrospective]
In the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Nancy and her friends are plagued by strange dreams. A man with a razorblade glove and a fedora is stalking them in their sleep. His name is Fred Krueger. A...
The Hitcher (2007) Fails to Recapture the Magic of its Predecessor [Retrospective]
In The Hitcher (2007), a young couple sets out on a road trip. When they make the ill-fated decision not to pick up a hitchhiker, they make an enemy for life. When the couple happens upon the very sam...
