Richard Powell’s twenty-two minute short horror film Familiar draws us in using…well, familiar narrative devices (sorry) and then turns them upside down in a visceral climax that makes every one of those twenty two minutes waltz back in begging questions. Robert Nolan plays John, a […]
Movie Interviews Movies & TVIn Space No One Can Hear You Scream (Out of Frustration). Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, is visually stunning with great special effects and CGI, a great cast and creative concepts that probe into the deeper metaphysical questions about the creation of man, but the answers to […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TVDana Fredsti is many things. She’s the proverbial “Jill” of all trades. She’s a screenwriter. She’s an actress, playing among other roles, a sword-wielding deadite in Army of Darkness. She’s an advocate for at-risk felines, big and small. She’s a wine connoisseur. She’s a nonfiction […]
Authors Books & ComicsNew Hampshire’s horror metal maestros, Inverticrux, unleash a veritable soundtrack to our beloved genre with their debut album, Virgin Reaper. As is typical among bands of the metallic persuasion, Inverticrux has undergone myriad lineup changes, including a not-insignificant one since this album was recorded. The […]
Music & Events Music ReviewsResident horror humorist Billy Boyce is back with his take on… From the pen of Oren Peli (Paranormal Activity series) comes Chernobyl Diaries — the latest attempt at Hollywood Horror. Director Brad Parker’s (based on material “from the pen” of the aforementioned Mr. Peli) Chernobyl […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TVFilmmaker Chris Witherspoon’s Rage is a small-budget exploitation thriller that packs a punch much larger than its budget would suggest. Taut storytelling, tension so high it requires a parachute, and explosively violent action propel Rage past a significant portion of its indie peers. Witherspoon’s got […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TV“Some things won’t stay down… even after they’re dead.” This is the tagline for Peter Jackson’s cult classic Dead Alive, one of the most unique horror films ever made and one that is, in this writer’s opinion, widely overlooked by many horror buffs out there. […]
Featured ArticleI recently saw, for the first time, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, a film based partially on the life of real world serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. Directed by Jon McNaughton, the film portrays Henry as an itinerant ex-con, rooming with an old prison […]
Featured ArticleVampires have remained popular, more or less, for the past hundred years or so. By that I mean there’s been no time where people were saying en masse, “Say, what are these ‘vampires’ of which you speak? They drink what now?” But a couple of […]
Book Reviews Books & ComicsDirector James McTeigue has built up quite a résumé over the last two decades in cinema, including his directorial debut V for Vendetta and work on all three Matrix films. The film I enjoyed most of his is one that others may not hold in […]
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