Most sequels manage to both suck and blow at the same time. It’s a marvel of physics but it’s no surprise. Most great movies were planned on being one and done and it was only after their success that the suits started throwing money around demanding more of the same. And therein lies the problem. […]
It’s very difficult to whittle down a long list of films to the ten best, but I did learn something about myself in the process. I already knew I was a visual learner and that I like to solve problems. So in looking over this list, it came as no surprise to notice that I’m […]
We all have signature events from our formative years that resonate with our senses and emotions. They are part of what makes us who we are. When we revisit those events it can recreate or re-energize those emotional and sensory experiences. The result can be a sort of déjà vu induced, euphoric event. For a […]
Happy New Year, Grue-Believers! We did it! We survived 2015 and now our eyes turn toward the new year, 2016. What wonders does this new year hold for us? What horrors? What terrors? What monsters, murder and mayhem? How many found footage films will we have to endure? How many Blum House films will Doc […]
2015 was a fairly uneven year cinematically. For every major stinker that made us regret having eyeballs, there were just as many solid examples which showed that the craft was still alive and vibrant as ever. This was no more obviously a fact than with the genre side of things. From the January slugs to […]
Narrowing down a list of my favorite fright flicks for this year was not an easy task, thanks to what I consider a bumper crop of scare fare. The year was buoyed by some solid creature features tailor-made for a monster kid like me as well as a few strong supernatural entities – er, I […]
The horror films of 2015 are a troubled bunch. The big box office horror offerings failed to capture the genre fan’s attention, many of them flopping. Think Poltergeist, Sinister 2 and Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension. There were some surprises, for certain, Krampus for example. Even The Visit went a long way to re-establish M. […]
The following Star Wars: The Force Awakens is full of spoilers and should not be read if you have not yet seen the film. With the phenomenal. record-breaking opening weekend behind us, with multiple viewings under our belts, it is time to reflect upon some of the favorite moments of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. […]
I have the good fortune to be unable to put together a complete list of 10 of the worst horror films I have seen this year! This is mostly by design, as I avoid films that sound uninteresting to me, regardless of genre, and spend my time with films that I feel like I would […]
With 2015 drawing to a close, the holidays are upon us and the promise of a brand new year has a generation of genre fans in high hopes for another selection of classics and horrifying sights. But before we remember the joys and bright, shiny moments of the past 12 months, it is time to […]
Kirk vs Pickard. Marvel vs DC. Fast zombie vs slow zombies. Staked to a fire-ant hill vs forced to look at naked pictures of Whoopie Goldberg. These are the choices we face each day. Among those of us who dabble, with varying degrees of success, in the field of special visual and makeup effects, the […]
As the Grue-crew begin preparing their top 10 lists for 2015 (and their worst of…), the trailers for horror films in early 2016. One interesting film – with some fascinating visuals – is a creeper starring Sarah Wayne Callies from The Walking Dead. Look for The Other Side of the Door from director Johannes Roberts […]
Horror News Radio and Gruesome Magazine are teaming up with Anchor Bay Entertainment to provide the perfect holiday giveaways, continuing with THE WALKING DEAD: THE COMPLETE FIFTH SEASON LIMITED Blu-Ray. The Limited Edition Blu-ray release of the hit AMC horror television show The Walking Dead fifth season hits the streets on December 1, 2015. You […]
Ah, Thanksgiving. Gathering with family, eating lots of great tasting food, listening to the grownups argue election results while all the cousins sat at the little kids table, wondering when we would get bumped up to the big leagues, (We were saps, the little kid’s table was way more fun. Lesson learned.), and – oddly […]
Horror News Radio and Gruesome Magazine are teaming up with Anchor Bay Entertainment to provide the perfect holiday giveaways, beginning with FEAR THE WALKING DEAD: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON Blu-Ray. The Blu-ray release of the hit AMC The Walking Dead spin-off series hits the streets on December 1, 2015. You can easily enter to claim […]