By James Newman Re-Animator is a gruesome horror-comedy that could only have come from the ‘80s (it makes a killer double-feature alongside Return of the Living Dead, FYI). It’s also a classic mad-scientist movie. The world needs more of those,…
by James Newman Lola asks Brent to the prom. He politely turns her down. He’ll live (just barely) to regret it. Australia’s The Loved Ones is a nerve-wracking descent into terror that’s been called “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets Pretty In Pink” (!). …
by James Newman Something traumatic happened to Isaac. He can’t remember what. Enter an old friend with a strange job offer. Isaac’s buddy wants him to move into a house on a remote island, where he’ll be watching over the…
By James Newman It’s a classic ‘80s horror flick full of blood n’ slime and all sorts of nastiness. It’s also a tragic love story, an allegory about slowly losing a loved one to chronic illness. Jeff Goldblum plays quirky…
by James Newman Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s Synchronic is easily my favorite film of the last few years, and this is coming from someone who has been admittedly less enamored with their work than most genre fans. It stars…
By James Newman You’re in a scuzzy men’s room at a rest stop in the middle of nowhere. You’ve just finished your business, when a voice in the adjacent stall starts rambling on about cosmic entities and The End…
By James Newman If you trust the trailer, Resurrection offers a story you’ve seen before. Margaret (the always-amazing Rebecca Hall) encounters an old flame (Tim Roth, evil-as-evil-can-be here without ever raising his voice) at a work conference. Their relationship was…
By James Newman Leave it to Mike Flanagan (Midnight Mass) to give fans a sequel to The Shining that works as an adaptation of King’s own follow-up and a continuation of Kubrick’s classic film. Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) is plagued…
By James Newman Hounds of Love is a thriller from down unda’ that’s loosely based on the real-life crimes perpetrated in 1986 by Australian psychos David and Catherine Birnie. A young lady (NOS4A2’s Ashleigh Cummings) is abducted by a couple…
by James Newman This wonderfully eerie film from Thailand takes that “long-haired ghost girl” trope so prevalent in Asian horror films of the early ‘00s – films like Ringu, Ju-On, etc. — and makes it scary again. Really scary. In fact, this…
By James Newman Directed by Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile), The Mist might be the best Stephen King adaptation ever made. A group of people are trapped in a supermarket after a storm hits town . .…
By James Newman It’s a horror flick. It’s also a Western, kinda. And it was the directorial debut of future Academy Award-winner Kathyrn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker). No wonder it’s so good. When cowboy Caleb meets Mae, it’s love at…
