Deadly Famous opens with a montage of women murder victims, so it’s not much of a spoiler to say it’s the tale of a decidedly bent serial killer, who happens […]
Gruesome Reviews
“Alienated” (2015): UFO Sighting Brings Troubles in a Marriage to the Forefront
Writer/director Brian Ackley’s Alienated is not an easy film to review for a genre-film-specific magazine; it may be a bit spoilerish for me to tell you why but I’m going […]
“13 Cameras” (2015): World’s Creepiest Landlord is Keeping His Eye on You
A review of a 13 Cameras screened at the 17th Annual Nevermore Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina. Do you sometimes feel like you are being watched? Are you ever […]
“The Other Side of the Door” (2016) – Pay No Attention To the Ghost Behind the Curtain
The concept of something sinister lurking behind a mysterious door serves as not just a very familiar image for any horror fan, but also the perfect metaphor for being on […]
“Slut” (2014): Terror Stalks a Small-Town Girl in This Pitch-Perfect Horror Short
One of the most sensational horror cinema experiences I have had in many months was watching the seventies-set shocker Slut at the Scream Queen Filmfest Tokyo tour event in […]
“Peek-A-Boo” (2015): A Young Daughter’s Game Turns Deadly in Short Chiller Film
Busy, frazzled parents of young children know how frustrating it can be to hear their youngsters ask “Why won’t you play with me?” in a frustrated tone. As the short […]
“London Has Fallen” (2016): Die Hard meets the Raid
London Has Fallen is more a new take on John McClane than Olympus Has Fallen was in 2013. Gerard Butler takes the macho-mantle from Bruce Willis and runs with it […]
“Ava’s Possessions” (2016): Too Many Ideas Dilute a Creative, Imaginative Spin on Possession
A well worn horror staple since 1973, demonic possession films need to forge their own identity to stand out. Ava’s Possessions from writer-director Jordan Galland does so in a variety […]
“Dark” (2015): ‘Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, …’*
Most of Dark takes place in New York City during the regional blackout that hit the northeastern portion of the U.S. on Thursday, August 14, 2003. The film opens the […]
“A Haunting in Cawdor” (2015): An Interesting Concept and Solid Leads Give This Ghost Tale Its Edge
The last time I saw Cary Elwes in anything was Saw. Maybe he has been in other projects, but, at the moment, I can’t recall any. I guess after Cutthroat […]
“The Narrative of Victor Karloch” (2012) and “The Mill at Calder’s End” (2015): Puppetry Brings Ghost Stories to Chilling Life in “The Spirit Cabinet” Short Films
Using bunraku puppets and in-camera effects, director Kevin McTurk has crafted two short supernatural horror films that are marvelously rendered and meticulously detailed. These first two installments in his The […]
“Gods of Egypt” (2016): A Silly Stupid Fantasy Adventure, Fun for All the Wrong Reasons
Gods of Egypt is a lot of things, most of them not very flattering. It is clumsy, bloated, silly and foolish. It is poorly cast and heavily dependent upon an […]
“Freaks Of Nature” (2016): WTF Is Going On Here?
OK, I need everyone to keep up with me here. Because the plot of this movie, Freaks Of Nature, is something of a cluster fuck. A cluster fuck of the […]
“OMG…We’re In A Horror Movie” (2016): Finding Good Things in a Bad Film
As an indie filmmaker and actress, I tend to find the good things in even a bad film. However, after viewing OMG… We’re In A Horror Movie, I kind of […]
“Chatter” (2016): Video Chats Lead to Spirited Relationships
In recent years, an interesting variation on the found footage horror film has been the use of video chat footage. Writer/director Matthew Solomon, along with his co-writers Joshua Carl Allen […]