“Sounds” an awful lot like derivative, inventive, but empty cacophony to me, emphasis on the “phony.” (Zing.) Continue reading
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“‘The Abominable Dr. Phibes’ At 50”
More like “The Abominable Dr. Vibes,” y’know? Continue reading
“‘The Banishing’: A Scary And Thoughtful Haunted House Movie”
You’ll want to banish yourself to Shudder to watch this movie right away. Continue reading
“Barbara Crampton on ‘Jakob’s Wife’: ‘This Is a Horror Movie Crisis in a Relationship'”
Nothing to mend a marriage like a vampire bite and a mounting pile of corpses. Continue reading
“New England Backwoods Horror: Devereux Milburn And Dan Kennedy On ‘Honeydew'”
Not the kind you eat. In fact I’m still not 100% sure what melons have to do with [redacted] at all. Continue reading
“An Appreciation Of 7 Movies Featuring Murderous Clothing”
First: Please everyone bow to Matt Patches, one of my editors, who made the .gif as the header for this piece. It is truly breathtaking. Second: Watch these movies! Yes, the final entry is an example of Andy fudging his own rules, but I wrote the fucking thing, and you’re not the boss of me. … Continue reading
“‘Koko-di Koko-da’ Filmmaker Johannes Nyholm Explains How One of the Year’s Best Horror Films Was His ‘Personal Exorcism'”
Weird, it almost feels like we’re reliving the same day over and over again as I talk about this movie over and over again. Continue reading
“‘Helstrom’: Hulu’s Dismal, Supernatural Marvel Series Is Thunderously Dull”
There are better ways to fall asleep at night, but there are also worse ways! Continue reading
“Romola Garai’s ‘Amulet’ Needs a Polish”
Horror is so elevated that I’m not sure how anyone can lift it any higher without taking it through the ozone layer and sucking all the life out of the genre. Continue reading
“Natalie Erika James Discusses the Horror of Inescapable Truths in ‘Relic'”
I think Peter Steele said it best when he sang “Everything Dies.” Continue reading
“The Best Horror Movies of 2020 (So Far)”
Unspeakable horror! I mean, I guess we spoke about it, but you get the point, right? Continue reading
“‘The Twilight Zone’ Season 2 Is Well-Crafted Gloom Burdened By An Overabundance Of Ideas “
In which I Peele back the layers on the Twilight Zone”s modern day revival, now in its second season. Continue reading
“Is There Anything behind ‘Behind You?'”
A movie with a title this fun shouldn’t turn out this frustratingly amateur. Big wasted opportunity, if you ask me. Continue reading
“13 Genre Shows And Movies Filling The Blockbuster Void This Summer”
Spend your summer indoors watching things that are not produced by Marvel: Spooky things, violent things, horny things, bone-crunching things, and things that are combinations of each of these. Continue reading
“‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Returns In Delightfully Funny Season 2”
Back on FX and staking its claim as pretty much the best horror show you’ll find on television. Continue reading
“‘We Summon the Darkness’ and We Have Fun Doing It”
But who is “we,” and why are we-they summoning any darkness at all? That’s the question. Continue reading
“Urine for Bad News with ‘The Grudge'”
Hey, I’m just as shocked as you are that they went with my suggested headline, but life’s just full of surprises. Continue reading
“‘Come to Daddy’ For Violence, Humor And A Lesson In Male Abandonment Issues”
Spoiler alert: Don’t actually come to daddy, he’s going to try to kill you with a meat cleaver. It’s not his fault; he’s very, very drunk, and he’s also Stephen McHattie. (Or IS HE?!) Continue reading
“‘VFW’ Salutes the Troops with More Blood Than Brains”
So far, when it comes to Joe Begos and the movies that Joe Begos makes, I’m 2 for 4; I like Bliss, I like VFW (though I like it less than Bliss), and I remember liking Almost Human, but it’s been almost a decade so I might need to revisit. I also never saw Mind’s Eye. Sorry Joe! There’s … Continue reading
“‘After Midnight’ Turns The Horror Of Heartbreak Into An Actual Physical Menace”
Happy Valentine’s Day, go watch a monster movie. Continue reading
