Saddled with a new mortgage that he can barely afford, recently divorced dad David Vanowen (Ford Austin) decides he can save some money by installing his septic system. He’s not […]
Author: John Black
[Review] AMITYVILLE POLTERGEIST (2021) Gloomy Spooks and Lady Ghouls
Desperate to make cash and too squeamish about selling his blood for money, Jim (Parris Bates) decides to take a job housesitting. It sounds like a pretty sweet gig: $100 […]
[Review] REDWOOD MASSACRE: ANNIHILATION – Cranks the Tension Up to 11
A group of people heads off into the woods to track down a deranged killer who, according to urban legend, slaughtered dozens of people a decade ago. Some of them […]
[Review] TOKYO HOME STAY MASSACRE – Messy Tribute to Gory Classics
It’s clear from the way they pay tribute to the filmmakers that came before that first-time writers/directors Kenta Osaka and Hirohito Takimoto watched a lot of horror movies before sitting […]
[Review] THE DEVIL TO PAY is a Rare Gem
“They want nothing from you and God help you if you try to interfere.” It seems a little corny for husband and wife filmmaking team Lane and Ruckus Skye to […]
[Review] BEAST WITHIN (2020) Falls Short of the Mark
Whether it’s a closeup of Lon Chaney Jr’s face getting hairier and hairier using lapse-dissolve photography in his various Universal Monster Movies or Rick Baker’s Oscar-winning full body transformation of […]
[Review] LAST LAUGH (2020) This Killer is No Joke…
It’s not much of a gig for Myles Park (Steve Vanderzee) being the opening act for a Hollywood sell-out trying to return to his stand-up roots to prove he is […]
[Review] THE FACELESS MAN (2020) Inspired Madness with a Dash of Confusion
The Faceless Man is a confusing mess. The first 10 minutes feel like a high school theater production of an angst-filled father/daughter melodrama that takes place in the middle of […]
[Review] THE SILENCING a frustratingly messy movie filled with twists and turns that lead nowhere
The body of a teenage girl is found washed up by the banks of a river. Police arrive, look around for a bit and deduce that she wasn’t just killed. […]
[Review] COMPOUND FRACTURE – Sinister Tension Oozes Off the Screen
It’s been a long time since Michael Wolffsen (Tyler Mane) has been back to the family compound, and it’s not because his life away from home has been so fabulous […]
[Review] IRRATIONAL FEAR Lacks Bite and Subtilty
A weekend retreat at an isolated cabin in the woods. What could possibly go wrong? It’s a bit of a rhetorical question since the old ‘cabin in the woods’ trope […]
[Review] BABY FRANKENSTEIN – a Monster Movie in Desperate Need of Grisel and Gore
Let’s start with the fact that Baby Frankenstein is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a horror movie. Yes, it has a ‘monster’ in it and there is a […]
[Review] THE TENT – Equal Parts Confusion, Frustration, and Satisfaction
An apocalyptic event has taken place leaving David (Tim Kaiser) alone in the woods with little more than a pocket knife, a few meager supplies, and a battered old tent. […]
[Review] COVEN – Tense, Exciting, and Fresh
A coven of four young witches seeks to recruit a fifth as part of a late-night ritual to summon a demon from their past. So they gather in a candle-lit […]
Review of DEAD VOICES
A pair of sisters head off into a cabin in the woods, armed only with a video camera and a suspiciously muscular psychic to try and contact the spirit of […]