Category: Horror Reviews
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Sitting on the sofa in the early morning Sunday hours some years ago, I scoured the depths of Netflix for something fun, a title that would satiate my appetite for the bizarre and unconventional. This is where I typically take on a foreign animated film, a dramatic indie sci-fi title, or an offbeat introspective horror…
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There are a few ways to get me excited about a movie. Sometimes I love the genre, other times it’s the filmmakers involved, and still other times it’s the source material. But when I first heard about Steppenwolf, something else caught my eye. The Fantasia plot synopsis described this film as “a Kazakh Mad Max,”…
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When most people think about horror, the word “romance” doesn’t often come to mind, but if you’re a hardcore genre fan, you know better. Some of the best horror movies of this millennium are romances, like Spring, Let the Right One In, and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, so even though I’m not…
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I went into this year’s edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival with a list of movies I was dying to see, but if you know anything about how these events work, you know that we rarely get to see our most anticipated films first. We have to take what we can get when we…
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On the poster for Chainsaws Were Singing, a blood-covered smiling face appears sideways next to a chainsaw made up of musical notes above the phrase “Texas Chainsaw meets Monty Python…and Les Misérables.” It’s quite the statement, speaking to a wide array of eclectic tastes. The combination of these very different genres is the reason Fantasia…
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THEM! 1954 is a horror picture released by Warner Bros, it starred James Arness (Of Gunsmoke fame) and Edmund Gwenn, best known for playing Santa in Miracle on 34th Street. It was directed by Gordon Douglas, who is perhaps best known for directing The Black Arrow and the Little Rascals film General Spanky. In order…
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The line between horror and fantasy is fuzzy at best. The difference between these two genres is often a matter of emphasis and tone, so it should come as no surprise that I’m both a horror fanatic and a fantasy aficionado. I love everything from Ti West’s X trilogy to The Lord of the Rings,…
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I often say that the werewolf subgenre is cursed. Other than a handful of classics, these films are extremely hit or miss, and that’s putting it lightly. For some reason, filmmakers just seem to have a hard time with these creatures. Finding a good werewolf movie is almost a cause for celebration. Hell, just finding…
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I love sharks. I don’t ever want to meet one in person, but seeing them on my TV screen is always a fun experience. They’re just majestic creatures. It’s no surprise they’ve become horror staples almost on par with vampires and slashers. When done right, shark movies can rank right up there with the most…
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It’s always fun to be surprised by the return of characters you’d never thought you’d see again. While Hollywood hits are almost intrinsically positioned for sequels, indie films rarely have opportunities to follow up on what their protagonists have been up to. When I first saw the trailer for Vulcanizadora, I had no idea what Buzzard was…