This was a really pleasant surprise for a genre B movie from 43. Somehow it all works - a mashup of werewolf and mad scientist tropes, with an ape substituted for a wolf, all held together by John Car...

This is one of those movies that is embarrassing to dislike, but I do. The werewolf bits are cool, and maybe the counterculture references hit differently in the early 80’s but there’s just not much h...

Another Kind is a psychological horror movie set in the Catskills in the dead of winter, and two couples slowly fall apart as injuries and misfortune turn into madness as their odds of survival slowly...

If you want to watch “adult film shoot interrupted by deranged murderer” then you really ought to watch X.  What we do get with Breadcrumbs (2011) is a movie that definitely takes the premise seriousl...

Snowbeast from 1977 is a charming made-for-TV ripoff of Jaws, but set in a ski village with a Bigfoot on the loose. Is it good? No, but it’s cozy in a way that low budget old movies often are (see als...

Wow, this was an incredible claustrophobic thrill ride of a low budget psychological horror. Highly recommend.  Evy is a podcaster who is losing her grip on reality in the midst of her mothers passing...

Highly recommend the substance for fans of body horror and weird, off-kilter film experiences.  This is the story of Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore), a famous Hollywood aerobics TV star and fitness ico...

A really refreshing, balanced crisp Hazy. This is the rare IPA that you would reach for on a hot day

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The Mummy’s Shroud is the third of Hammers Mummy Films (The Mummy, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb and following this entry, Blood from the Mummy's Tomb) and it’s about average for Mummy films and a bit...

This is a supernatural-thriller starring Boris Karloff (at 80 years old he’s still flawless) and Catherine Lacey as a duo of elderly scientists driven mad by their own invention, and a young man who t...

This is a weird sequel. The Ring and The Ring Two came out in 2002 and 2005, and I don’t know who was asking for a sequel 12 years later. It even features Leonard from Big Bang Theory in a supporting ...

This could be titled; “Hellraiser 3 - cheaper and nastier” but it’s a lot of fun.  This picks up where Hellraiser 2 left off, with Pinheads body possessed by the evil half of his personality, which qu...

This is a serviceable (ha) slasher with good effects. The Valentine’s Day theming invites comparisons to my bloody valentine, which I have not seen.  Nonetheless a jilted lover goes on a killing spree...

This might be the best Ripper-based film to date, although it’s a pretty far fetched take on the historical murder spree involving Freemasons, a royal child born to a prostitute, and a cover up conspi...

I held out for a while because I had seen initial reviews and was afraid this would disappoint, and I think it would have if I had watched it immediately after release. Nonetheless, it’s a good horror...

Is it still “J-Horror” if a Thai movie set in Thailand is remade for an American audience, set in Japan, and then heavily promoted as associated with The Ring and The Grudge? I don’t know, but I reall...

I’m in an odd position because I watched the American remakes first, then watched the originals. Unfortunately, I don’t feel the Ju-On series holds up considering that the same basic story is redone.

1953’s House of Wax should not be confused with the 2000’s remake featuring Paris Hilton. Instead, it features the incomparable Vincent price in one of his first iconic horror roles (you could say 194...

It’s rare for a sequel to surpass the original, and especially rare for a horror sequel to do so. The Grudge 2 somehow manages to turn its predecessors formula into a slasher with scares sprinkled in ...

This was a pretty effective atmospheric J-horror adaption. There’s basically two names in play in that category - the grudge and the ring. I think this is the superior film, setting aside the original...

A movie that mostly consists of a man walking into public spaces and shooting seemingly-innocent people hits differently in the year of our Lord 2026, compared to what I assume the 80’s was like.  The...

This might be a classic of the budget-creature-feature genre but that doesn’t mean it’s good.  This is short, to the point of being more like an extended TV episode rather than a film (66 minutes). Th...

This is supposed to be one of Full Moons better efforts, and I wouldn’t call it unusually stylish or entertaining, but it rockets along and feels faster than its 80 minute runtime.  It’s filmed in Rom...

(Reviewing the directors cut) This might be the coolest werewolf movie of the past two decades, although Robert eggers might shoot that record down. Nonetheless this delivers an engaging reimagining of the universal wolfman property with benicio del toro in the leading role as Lawrence Talbot, layering in a conflict between man and beast. This is definitely “would rewatch” possibly paired with the latest Frankenstein adaptation.

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This is a neat little monster movie, mostly notable for being the debut of Neve Campbell. It’s good, but sorely needs a blu-ray (or even dvd) quality distribution.

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This was a fun little thrill ride, like the hills have eyes mixed with inverse home alone. Even more surprising, the social messaging stands up, with the predatory suburban couple managing to remain m...

Insomnia is a tense crime thriller starring Al Pacino and Robin Williams in a rare turn as a villain. Great performances, a fast pace, and some early-Christopher-Nolan filmmaking makes this worth a re...

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It’s hard to believe this was one of the early 00’s scariest and most successful films, spawning a wave of J-horror adaptions. The Ring is overlong at 115 minutes, and is somehow both light on spooks,...

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The ‘97 adaption of the shining cannot escape the shadow of the ‘80 Kubrick film and should not have expected to. That, I fear, was its first mistake.  As an adaption, this delivers. We get a pretty c...

5/5: Having watched the Kubrick film before attempting the novel (and watching the overhated ‘97 miniseries partway through) it was very interesting how different the character were in the lauded adap...