Movies

Movies, short films, and the like related to Halloween, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, or the bizarre.

[Bite-sized Horror]

Curse of Chucky

I went into watching Curse of Chucky with very few expectations and came out quite delighted. The movie is full of great fun and lots of nods to fans of the original trilogy with one really special treat. I won’t spoil anything (if you somehow haven’t seen it yet), but one of my only gripes

[Bite-sized Horror]

Flowers in the Attic (TV Movie)

Just watched the Lifetime adaptation of the book Flowers in the Attic. While I did enjoy it and it’s apparently much closer to the book than the 1987 movie, I enjoyed the theatrical movie endlessly more and much more deeply.

[Bite-sized Horror]

Graveyard Shift

A very underrated Stephen King adaptation with low ratings and bad reviews across the board, but I absolutely love it.

[Movies]

Ode to the End Credits Song

Not exclusive to horror movies, but especially prevalent in horror movies through the late 80s and early 90s, we were treated to a special “made just for the movie” end credits rap or rock song. Sometimes, just a fun and bizarre mix. For reasons I don’t understand, this had become a sort of unspoken Hollywood

[Movies]

Is Kevin Smith the Future of Horror?!

After nearly two decades of making a name for himself with dick and fart jokes, Kevin Smith blazed a bold new path for his career in 2011 with Red State, a tale of religious beliefs taken to frightening extremes. The first horror film from the funny fat man, Red State proved that Smith has a

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My Picks for the 2014 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards!

Find yourself bored by the Academy Awards, and the pandering, Oscar-bait films that are handed nominations and statues of naked gold dudes? Then Fangoria’s Chainsaw Awards are for you. Actually, they’re for all of us; all of us who’d rather see people get killed than fall in love. All of us who are more interested

[Reviews]

Catching Up on 2013: Stoker

You know how there are certain actors you’re such a big fan of that you feel like you could watch them read the phone book, and you’d still be incredibly interested and entertained? If you’re asking me, the same applies for filmmakers, and Park Chan-wook (or Chan-wook Park, if you prefer) is one of those

[Movies]

Short Film Spotlight: Fear, Inc.

How scared do you REALLY want to be? This is a question I found myself pondering this past Halloween season, when a new haunted attraction called Dead of Night sprang up in my area. Unlike any ‘haunted house’ I’ve ever been to, Dead of Night required guests to sign a waiver before entering, and the

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What Does the Failure of Devil’s Due Mean for the Future of Horror?

This past weekend saw the theatrical release of the second found footage horror film to hit big screens thus far in 2014; Devil’s Due. Fox’s very first foray into the sub-genre that Paramount has been making a killing with over the course of the last several years, Devil’s Due was largely panned by horror fans

[Reviews]

Plus One: Can’t Hardly Wait Meets The Twilight Zone

Ya know what I love more than anything? When new movies hit Netflix Instant the same day that they’re released on home video. Such is the case with Plus One (aka +1), the latest film from Dennis Iliadis, the director of 2009’s Last House on the Left remake – which is, in my opinion, one