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…
By James Newman No way you haven’t seen this, right? Sigh. There’s one in every crowd . . . Speaking of slackers, Shaun’s a thirtysomething pothead who trudges through life with zero aspirations beyond playing videogames, which makes him lose…
By James Newman An exercise in pure tension straight outta the nation that gave America the Statue of Liberty, Inside demands something in return. It’ll have you gnawing at your fingernails even if you’ve never been a slave to that…
By James Newman I promise you’ve never seen anything like this. Don Coscarelli (Phantasm) directed this adaptation of a novella by Joe R. Lansdale. It’s the story of Elvis (yep, that Elvis, played to perfection here by genre icon Bruce…
By James Newman Say what you will about Keanu’s accent. And I’ll admit Winona wasn’t great. But there’s a lot more good than bad to talk about in regards to Francis Ford Coppola’s version of Dracula. We got Gary Oldman…
By James Newman Night of the Creeps knows exactly what it is, and it never aspires to be more: a B-movie roller-coaster ride full of aliens, zombies, and oh-so-quotable dialogue. When the students of a small college are infected by brain-eating…
By James Newman Claire Holt and the always-likeable Mandy Moore play sisters cage-diving in Mexico. The winch that holds their cage suddenly breaks and they plummet to the ocean floor . . . where they’re surrounded by ravenous sharks, their…
by James Newman John Carpenter’s adaptation of Stephen King’s thirteenth novel holds a special place in this aging nerd’s heart. Like its main character, Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon, who works behind the camera these days, directing episodes of shows like…
by James Newman Trick r’ Treat is a love letter to every horror fan’s favorite holiday. You can almost smell the autumn leaves and the mouth-watering aroma of caramel apples in the October air. The film’s non-linear narrative is constructed…
by James Newman “Wait, that’s not a horror movie,” you say. Dude, you must be high, like the doomed characters in Darren Aronofsky’s gut-wrenching adaptation of Hubert Selby’s novel. Requiem for a Dream is a fright flick through and through,…
by James Newman While admittedly dated thanks to its gang of punk protagonists, Return of the Living Dead ranks high on my list of my favorite movies. One thing I’ve always loved about this particular zombie flick is that we get…
by James Newman I was among the skeptical. But they pulled it off! Many fans complained about the lack of humor — that’s what I loved about it. Others claimed there was too much gore — that’s another thing I loved…
