Spider-Man: Far From Home, Close to Perfect
Spiderman: Far From Home may not be the best movie to ever come out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it would be hard to find a more necessary one….
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Annabelle Comes Home – Positively Do Not Open
Imagine that you are taking a tour of the special room at the home of real-life paranormal detectives Ed and Judy Warren, the room with the warning signs and multiple…
Child’s Play (2019) – Does the World Need Another Chucky Movie? Not This one.
Unlike a lot of horror movie franchises that start big then fizzle out over time, some to be rebooted for a new generation (Halloween) and some to forever haunt the…
The Dead Don’t Die – Bill Murray vs the Stumbling Zombie Horde
What do you look for in a zombie movie? Is it sophomoric political satire, a script riddled with silly self-referential jokes? An all-star cast who sleepwalks through the film, most…
Ma Reinvents Crazy Thanks to Olivia Spencer
There is a long tradition of actors and actresses starting their career in genre films and going on to “better” things, like Kevin Bacon in Friday the 13th, Jennifer Aniston…
Brightburn May Just Be the Greatest Movie Superhero of All Time
“The eye.“ That won’t make a lot of sense to you until after you have seen Brightburn, but once you have…well, it’s all you are going to be thinking about…
The Intruder Lacks Originality, Style, and Substance
A successful young couple, tired of living in their gorgeous San Francisco apartment, decide to look for an estate in Napa Valley where they can relax, start a family and…
The Curse of La Llorona – Familiar but Creepy Restless Spirit
The Curse of La Llorona tells a story that will feel very familiar to all horror movie fans, the story of a curse created by a horrific family tragedy in…
Hellboy (2019) Full of Splatter and Spectacle, But Not Much More
It’s hard to believe it’s been 15 years since Mike Mignola’s comic book creation, Hellboy, first came to the big screen in a live action film, starring Ron Perlman (Sons…
Pet Sematary Remake Rises to the Occasion
Burned out at working the graveyard shift at a Boston hospital, Louis Creed (Jason Clarke) decides to seek a quieter life by moving to rural Maine with his wife Rachel…
While Highly Entertaining, Us May Baffle Audiences With Mysteries and Rabbits
“Oscar-winning horror movie” are four words genre fans don’t see strung together very often, but in 2017 they were deservedly wrapped around Get Out, the multi-layered masterpiece written, produced and…
“The Ice Cream Truck” (2017): Cast, Director Deliver a Sweet Horror Treat
Too many horror movies try to separate themselves from the pack by increasing the amount of blood and gore they throw across the screen, hoping that if the audience is…
“Peelers” (2016): More Satisfying the Second Time Around
I didn’t like Peelers. At least, I didn’t like it the first time I saw it. I didn’t like the story or the characters, the effects looked cheap and the…
“Toxic Tutu” (2017 – Mad Monster Party): An Enthusiastic Look at the Fandom for The Toxic Avenger and Mark Torgl
It’s an almost true story that started way back in 1984… You don’t have to be a fan of Troma Studio movies to be familiar with their franchise freak, The…
“Tsunambee” (2015): Confusing Killer Bee Movie Has No Sting
Tsunambee. It’s a great title, a title that fills your imagination with images of wave after wave after wave of killer bees rolling over hundreds, perhaps thousands of ‘innocent’ people…