Category: Film
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The menacing sound of a shark swimming slowly through water. The punctured, staccato shrieks of a knife as it tears into an unsuspecting woman’s flesh as she showers in a roadside motel. A repeated ghostly chant repeats itself as a hockey-masked killer stalks and slashes his way through the forest. These are the sounds of…
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By the end of the 1950s, Hammer had perfected resurrection. They had resurrected Frankenstein, resurrected Dracula, even resurrected the very idea of Gothic cinema. And now, with The Mummy, they turned resurrection itself into religion. Released in 1959, The Mummy is not merely a remake of the Universal classic — it’s a reinvention. A funeral…
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Very often in my free time, I browse the channels of YouTube. My most watched content consists of board games videos. I do, however, also watch movie reviews. Out of everyone I watch, Chris Stuckmann is at the top. He brings with him a positive energy and an enthusiastic attitude that’s easy to see. Although…
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John Carpenter and Debra Hill had no idea back in 1978 that they were changing the horror genre. They set out to make a scary movie about babysitters being stalked on Halloween night. They weren’t thinking about sequels – let alone 12 of them. They weren’t thinking about Corey Cunningham’s awful night of babysitting, heavy…
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I was lucky enough to be there on the opening night of Grove Productions’ show Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, a run starting at the perfect time of year. Throughout, it was spooky, intense, and incredibly well–acted. The colours and lighting used perfectly accentuated the seasonal feel of the performance, and the special effects were…
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By 1959, Hammer had become an empire of beautiful decay. The blood of Frankenstein had dried to a glossy crimson, The Hound of the Baskervilles had wrapped dread in civility, and the studio was now looking inward — away from monsters, toward man’s most intimate horror: the fear of dying. The Man Who Could Cheat…
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There seems to be an overall critical appreciation for Black Phone 2, the sequel to the horror/thriller film The Black Phone. The first movie featured excellent performances all around, especially from actors Ethan Hawke and Mason Thames. It also starred Madeleine McGraw as Gwen Blake, the sister to Thames’ character, Finney. Hawke starred as “The…
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After The Revenge of Frankenstein, Hammer had nothing left to prove. The blood had already been spilled, the moral lines blurred beyond recognition. What came next wasn’t escalation — it was refinement. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) wasn’t about gore or monstrosity. It was about atmosphere. About dread that slithers rather than strikes. This…
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By the time The Revenge of Frankenstein hit screens in 1958, Hammer was no longer testing the waters — it was baptizing itself in blood. The Curse of Frankenstein had shattered the old order, turning the genteel Universal monsters into something vivid, violent, and human. The Abominable Snowman had cooled the chaos, testing the moral…
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Sometimes, instead of delivering you from reality, a film forces you deeper into your nightmare, pushing you, along with the characters, beyond the edge. Such was my experience with POSSESSION. I was in the throes of a divorce when I saw the film, and it left its mark on me. With its visceral anguish, hysteria,…