Category: Horror Reviews
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It’s hard to keep a good TV show down, and if you don’t believe me, look no further than the latest episode of Kaiju No. 8: Sagamihara Neutralization Operation at Daybreak. Last week’s installment, Joining Up!, was the series’ first real misfire, but as I said at the end of my review, I still had…
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I have to be honest, I didn’t quite know what to expect from I Saw the TV Glow. The marketing didn’t give much away about the movie’s plot, so I only had a vague notion of what the film was about. But that was totally fine with me because in my eyes, the big draw…
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I’m a big fan of the Strangers franchise. Like many horror fans, I love the original 2008 film, and I even like the sequel, The Strangers: Prey at Night. So when I first heard that a reboot trilogy was in the works, I felt a bit conflicted. On the one hand, I’m always up for…
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In the midst of preparing for the 2022 Fantasia Film Festival, one film stood out above many others. Fantasia always has its impressive share of science fiction, horror, and genre films, yet Vera Drew’s trans-superhero and metaphoric fable, The People’s Joker, was one that I, and I think a lot of other critics had at…
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If you’ve been following my Kaiju No. 8 reviews, you know I’ve been absolutely loving this show. In fact, in my review of the previous episode, Fortitude 9.8, I even said that I’ve been waiting for the series to let me down, but that hasn’t happened yet. Well, I guess I spoke too soon because…
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When John Rosman’s New Life premiered at Fantasia last August, it was one of those movies I knew I wanted to see. I love science-fiction films, and this one was playing it pretty close to the chest, providing a very limited synopsis and only a couple of pictures to go on. JP Nunez won the…
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Jill Gevargizian’s The Stylist was one of the most delightful surprises of 2020. Outside of Sweeney Todd, we hadn’t really seen a hairstylist killer, which gave the film an original feeling. Not to mention there were two fantastic performances from Najarra Townsend and Brea Grant. Gevargizian, who is a trained hair stylist, put a lot…
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Like just about everybody, I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with cliffhangers. Sure, they usually make the next installment of a story that much sweeter, but in the moment, they can be super frustrating. They make me want to watch the next episode or read the next issue right away, so naturally, I…
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My favorite horror concepts are always the ones that are right in your face, and writer-director Nick Verdi’s Sweet Relief is abundantly that. A slow roll of suburban moral panic, Verdi paints the Rockwellian portrait of a sleepy small town and fills it with uproar over a viral internet challenge. It’s a song we’ve all…
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I’m not going to lie and tell you that I’ve been anxiously looking forward to Tarot. Like every other horror fan, I thought this movie looked like the worst kind of generic genre drivel, so I went into it with just about the lowest expectations possible. In fact, I was basically dreading the experience, so…