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“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
“‘The Lodge’’s Mystery Is Undone by the Secrets That Inspire It”
File under “send horror journalists to check out the latest hyped-up thing,” please. Continue reading
“In Pop Culture, ‘The Babadook’ Is An Invasive Species”
You really, genuinely, legitimately cannot get rid of the Babadook, not as long as SNL and “The Magicians” keep making jokes about it. Continue reading
“Richard Stanley Un-Cages Lovecraftian Weirdness in ‘Color Out of Space'”
Unspeakable horror! Mutant nightmares! Eldritch evil! Alexandrian witchcraft! Nicolas Cage gleefully picking tomatoes and peaches off of the vine! Continue reading
“‘The Sonata’ Hits One Great Note and Misplays the Rest”
Andy had hopes for this movie, but it turns out it’s so not-a good. Continue reading
“The Best Horror Movies of 2019”
Out with the old, in with the new, but first you’d better watch these ten movies and maybe scare the daylights out of yourself. Continue reading
“A ‘Carnival of Souls’ At ‘The Lighthouse'”
One of the best horror movies all time. One of the best horror movies of 2019. One attempt at tying them both together. Continue reading
“The Best* Horror Film Of 2019 Is Secretly About Toxic Masculinity”
Or IS he? He isn’t. But he IS! Or is he? Buokay, okay, fine, I’ll stop, because whether Daniel is real or not (he is), this movie is very, very real. Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 