So I rented Wrong Turn, a reboot of a fairly dismal 2003 city-folk-run-afoul-of-backwoods-mutant-cannibals movie that (somehow) has five sequels (none of which I’ve seen). The reason I rented it was odd though… Looking on the AMC Theater app on my … Continue reading
Come Play is often a surprisingly effective chiller when it’s not trying too hard to fill 96 minutes of screen time. The same guy wrote and directed it so he’s got some talent at filming creepy, scary individual scenes but … Continue reading
I was genuinely pleased (and surprised) at how effective a creepy little thriller What Lies Below turned out to be. I went in blind, just the cover art and a brief description to hint at things to come. And I … Continue reading
I was rather surprised and pleased by this horror/suspense film. I didn’t expect much going in, that’s for sure. It’s a film in the “city folk go out into the country and run afoul of the rubes” movie mixed a … Continue reading
I heard this movie was kind of inspired by the modern wave of horror films like The Witch, Midsommar, and Hereditary. A series of films that have their ups and downs in my book but I respect their attempts at … Continue reading
Shadow in the Cloud is an all-over-the-place campy WW2 action/horror flick about a bomber under attack from gremlins (and Japanese Zeroes). At various times, I kind of loved and kind of hated it… it’s so scattered that there’s surely something … Continue reading
The Owners is the latest in the weird sub-genre of burglars or home invaders who bite off more than they can chew. In this one, a team of bargain basement burglars breaks into a rich couple’s mansion… only to have … Continue reading
The Craft: Legacy finally turned from a $20 rental down to a more reasonable post-release streaming rental (6 bucks or so). I didn’t blow the 20 bucks simply because I’m not a devotee of the original film from 1996. It’s … Continue reading
Freaky is a certainly a good idea from Blumhouse Pictures… and an interesting possible ongoing angle for future horror flicks from the studio. Previously they had released Happy Death Day which combined a slasher film with a time loop flick. … Continue reading
To Your Last Death is a weird amalgam of genres and styles… and not a bad one at that. For me, the biggest turn off was its animation style… it’s kind of a vaguely animated motion comic with a similar … Continue reading