The final batch of classic horror movies for Spooky Season 2023. 1906 – The Witch – AKA The Old Hag – a silent short where nothing happens for half the runtime and we aren’t overburdened by title cards and the … Continue reading
Suitable Flesh is gleefully sordid, proudly sleazy adaptation of an HP Lovecraft short that I haven’t read. It also feels like a bit of a wink to Re-Animator (and was produced by, and co-stars, Barbara Crampton) even if the plot … Continue reading
Death’s Roulette is a Mexican thriller about a group of kidnapped people locked into a mansion and forced to pick one of their number to murder. It’s like a basic Escape Room puzzle mixed with a tiresome game of Ultimate … Continue reading
So…. are we talking about reptile brains? Is that why it’s called Reptile… or is it just Benicio Del Toro’s stoic, reptilian glare? Or does it refer to the coldness of the murder? Hmmm. Maybe just the shed snake skin? … Continue reading
Here’s a spooky horror flick that came out of nowhere (or, you know, Netflix). It was only ninety minutes and I figured it might be bad, it’d probably be generic, but it wouldn’t take too long to watch. So I … Continue reading
Immanence is a sci-fi/horror Trojan Horse designed to ham-fistedly cram the screenwriter’s pet theology down your throat. Its plot synopsis is a lie, a crass attempt to con people into listening to its straw man arguments. The flick is about … Continue reading
I saw the original Caine Mutiny starring Humphry Bogart so long ago I can’t remember the details so watching this remake was a pleasure. I love this kind of stage-play passion… a fiery, dramatic actors’ movie. The film is about … Continue reading
Vindicta is a bit of an obscure horror/slasher film on <checks notes> Paramount+. It seems like it’d be a terrible direct-to-streaming movie and, indeed, it has its budgetary and script limitations, but I was pleasantly surprised by how good it … Continue reading
The Burial stars Tommy Lee Jones as the owner of a small chain of funeral homes. When he tries to sell some of them to a behemoth funeral corporation, they try to screw him and he sues. He hires showy … Continue reading
Unlike Natty Knocks which kinda sorta felt like a tween RL Stine movie (only rated R), Zombie Town on Hulu is actually an RL Stine movie. I hit play knowing it probably wasn’t gonna be my speed. The flick is … Continue reading