Author: Sean Parker
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As horror movie lovers, we’re captivated by ghost stories—the fun ones, the dramatic ones, and the ones that are hauntingly unshakable. When The Sixth Sense was released twenty-six years ago, it shook audiences. The symphony of gasps released in the auditorium as traumatic truths were revealed from a specter-seeing boy to his therapist are the…
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We’ve been leaning into independent films distributed through Cranked Up for a while now. While still relatively new, Cranked Up has been putting out films for over a decade as the genre offshoot of Good Deed Entertainment. Though not every title has been gold, Cranked Up is a studio focused on championing great ideas and…
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Ever since Nosferatu’s Max Schreck’s shadow slinked across the screen, movies have been subverting storytelling conventions and providing alternative perspectives. Nosferatu, an abject social metaphor for post WWI plague and German xenophobia, proved horror movie storytelling could instill philosophic concepts beyond that of its Hollywood counterparts, mainly seen for entertainment. Nosferatu is the grandfather of…
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Taking chances is what movies are all about. From the patron angle, you’re taking a chance going to a movie you may know little to nothing about, hoping to have a great experience. For filmmakers, it’s not much different. They’re trying their best to make that experience memorable. But modern-day filmmaking isn’t what it used…
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Somewhere between the beginning of your life and inevitable death, there’s chaos. Sometimes prosperous, but often not, mischief and difficulties are bound to rear their ugly little heads when you least expect them and, on occasion, to a devastating degree. So what do we call an entity of entropy so provocative it only leads to…
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Animated films and television are some of my favorites. You’ve probably heard me mention Futurama once or twice in my reviews, but it runs so much deeper than that. Knowing that, it likely won’t surprise anyone that Night of the Zoopocalypse is one of my most anticipated movies of 2025 and likely the most understated.…
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The stars of The Baby in the Basket, Elle O’Hara and Michaela Longden, have another film set to release this month that offers a very different vibe from their gothic horror film. Cara, which premiered last August at FrightFest, releases this week on PVOD, diverging significantly from what you might expect. Typically, a title like Cara…
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As the director of some of the most notable modern horror films, Scott Derickson has been a powerhouse for the last twenty-five years, proving capable on one of my favorite Hellraiser sequels, Hellraiser V: Inferno, reimaging the exorcism film with The Exorcism of Emily Rose, scoring the scientifically proven scariest movie of all time with…
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No two things are as intertwiningly paradoxical as Christianity and guilt. When I think of God, I think of the belief first—a relationship with the mystical pieces of the universe. This is something none of us can prove or deny: belief is immutable. While watching Matt McClung’s Inhabitants, I was surprised to see similar thoughts…
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If you’re suffering the doldrums of a Chiefs v Eagles Super Bowl because your team isn’t in it or think, “This Superbowl can LIX my….” for any reason, don’t worry, I have come up with a list of suitable replacements for you to seek out to get your fill of football the way you like…