Seasonal horror films are looked at differently, graded in a different light. Because of seminal classics such as Black Christmas (1974), Halloween (1978), and Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), and even newer age staples like Trick r’ Treat (2007) and Krampus (2015), the holiday horror film ...
Read More »Fantasia 2017: Super Dark Times (2017)
Horror fans understand it better than any other fandom on the planet. Watching, reading, devouring any content that comes their way in search of that next diamond in the rough. Even now, fans are going back to the libraries of ...
Read More »Gods & Monsters: The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Far before the MCU or DCEU, the original stable of Hollywood giants were the Universal Monsters. Just like any other pantheon, a caste system exists. Dracula, the Wolfman and Frankenstein’s Monster charged onto the scene in the early 1930s and ...
Read More »The Overlook Film Festival: Boys in the Trees (2016) Comes Close to Being Special, but Falls a Little Short
With the success and phenomena that is Stranger Things (2016), it’s safe to say that we will see that style lifted across popular culture for as long as it’s success is maintained, and likely even further. Boys in the Trees, ...
Read More »Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea is the Modern Day Equivalent of a Campfire Tale
Hellboy debuted in 1994, nearly a quarter century ago, with the indie comic book publisher Dark Horse Comics. Against all odds, the Right Hand of Doom has continued on and found himself in the upper echelon of comic book deities ...
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Genre and indie films seem to be branching in two drastically different directions. On one side, we are seeing a slow burn, more subversive Joe Swanberg-like approach to things, with mumbling realistic dialogue and the warm camerawork showcasing dive bars ...
Read More »Geek Love: Graham Skipper’s Sequence Break (2016)
Graham Skipper is no novice when it comes to horror. In fact, when it comes to modern genre affair, he’s quickly climbing the ranks as one of the most notable and distinguished actors on the scene. From his recent role ...
Read More »Movie Review: The Transfiguration (2017)
Since the dawn of cinema, vampires have existed in cinematic culture. Occasionally, the genre seems dead. The viewer, the creator, everyone involved has done everything they can do with the infamous bloodsuckers. Then a film drops onto the scene to ...
Read More »BUFF: Hounds of Love (2017)
Hounds of Love (2017) is a bleak, sad movie. Ben Young’s directorial debut certainly rides the lines of fringe horror; dipping dangerously close to torture porn, it manages to salvage itself by presenting a different and unique look at the genre. ...
Read More »BUFF: 68 Kill (2017)
Writer and director of 68 Kill (2017), Trent Haaga, hasn’t helmed a film since 2011’s dark comedy Chop. Instead, he’s been contributing behind the scenes, helping write cult darling Cheap Thrills (2013) and hit videogame The Evil Within (2014). While ...
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