Movie Review: Mandy. Mandy feels like two movies forced together: a slow, psychedelic thriller and a gory, gonzo grind-house flick. The sophomore effort from director Panos Cosmatos (Beyond the Black Rainbow) has been earning a …
Category: Horror
VOD Review: Blind Sun. This french horror film about climate and refugees impresses with atmosphere but never quite pays out its premise. The heat wave gripping the northeast reminded me of a horror thriller I …
Movie Review: The First Purge Finally a worthwhile prequel! The First Purge manages to find its footing by focusing on character, action, and political commentary. Fans looking for nonstop horror might want to stay boarded …
Movie Review: Upgrade. Upgrade is a niche action-thriller/body horror film that will satisfy fans of those genres. Upgrade is the type of movie that could be described as “the perfect gift, for some occasions.” The …
VOD Review: Hellraiser Judgement. After the missteps of Hellraiser Revelations, Judgement looks to right the ship. What’s the verdict? By Josiah Pitchforth. Undoubtedly, there’s a lot to unpack with this movie and franchise, in equal …
Movie Review: A Quiet Place. A tense and atmospheric horror-thriller, A Quiet Place delivers across the board. A Quiet Place is a rare treat; a movie that does everything well within a genre while also …
VOD Review: Hush (2016). This home invasion horror film about a deaf victim has to pad its premise but winds up delivering enough tense thrills to satisfy. Gearing up for this weekends release of A …
Movie Review: The Shape of Water. Guillermo Del Toro crafts a fish out of water love story with an actual fish, but I wish it had been weirder than that sounds. To preface this review, …
Movie Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos finds an excellent fit for his eccentric style in this horror thriller. After being intrigued, but ultimately unsatisfied, by Lanthimos’ surreal love story, …
Movie Review: Happy Death Day The reverent irreverence of Happy Death Day not only does right by the films it borrows from, it also dares to let a horror movie be fun. I spent my …
Movie Review: IT (Spoiler Free.) IT is an unabashed 80’s horror movie love letter that gets nearly every aspect down perfectly. Stephen King novels, for as often as they are adapted, are finicky creatures. King …
VOD Review: Bruiser. We look back at another film from the late George A. Romero which was…fine. Just fine. This month we lost several luminaries in the movie business in rapid succession. Usually we like …