The Puppetman is a new Shudder original… with flaws. The first being that title… what even is a “puppetman”? Puppet Master, please. What? There’s already a half dozen movies called Puppet Master? Wait a second… there’s 14 of them!? Damn, … Continue reading
Spooky Season 2023 update 2.. in which I decided to partake in a 31 days of Halloween challenge on Letterboxd. I completed the challenge and still have a couple weeks to go… but this’ll probably be the bulk of the … Continue reading
Joke’s on me. I thought this was the John Wick Ballerina spinoff I’d heard about. But don’t be a fool like me – that’s a 2024 American action flick, not a 2023 S. Korean “action” flick. Ballerina is not, in … Continue reading
About the only thing I found interesting about this Swedish slasher is who the victims are. Instead of a camp full of teenagers, it’s a camp full of mid-tier corporate stooges… that’s different. But, um, doesn’t make it particularly good. … Continue reading
Unlike many, I actually thought The Exorcist: Believer was a pretty ok movie. But here comes When Evil Lurks to show it how to update the possession formula… and push the limits. It reminded me of No One Will Save … Continue reading
When I posted my rewatch review of Psycho, I banged on about Roger Ebert’s old adage that movies are machines for empathy. Never has that been more true than in The Royal Hotel… a movie that feels aimless and had … Continue reading
I’m pretty lukewarm on the V/H/S found footage franchise… and I found this latest entry a real mess. Like the rest of the series, it’s presented as a beaten up VHS tape on which various short horror stories are told, … Continue reading
Spring is about a young American who takes a break from his life in an extended vacation in Rome. He meets a beautiful, mysterious Italian girl who has an expansive, supernatural secret. Moorehead and Benson are working on a whole … Continue reading
I renewed Paramount+ for this? Well… I guess I can cancel and spend the next 30 days catching up on Star Trek: Lower Decks…. As a guy who loved Stephen King’s original novel and who also likes both film adaptations, … Continue reading
Totally Killer is a pretty fun mashup of multiple genres and multiple familiar movies… many of which it references directly. It’s a slasher comedy first but a pretty good time travel movie too. The flick stars Kiernan Shipka as a … Continue reading