Reviews

Psychological Thriller ‘SECRET WINDOW’ (2004) Celebrates 20 Years

Secret Window

If there’s one person capable of capturing the psychological unraveling of a tortured writer, it’s Stephen King. His novella, Secret Window, Secret Garden was published in the collection, Four Past Midnight (1990). It depicts a writer whose life is in shambles and whose mind is sure to follow. Adapted for the …

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‘IMAGINARY’ (2024) Is Another Instant Horror Hit From Blumhouse – Review

Imaginary

Blumhouse has done it again. From M3GAN to Five Nights at Freddy’s (our review), the LA-based production company has been dominating the PG-13 horror space over the past few years. And it’s newest addition to the family — Imaginary — is yet another eerie delight. A few days before the film’s official March 8 release, …

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Gillman, How I Love Thee…’THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON’ (1954) Turns 70!

The Creature From The Black Lagoon

For the most part, the Universal monster films I saw as a kid (Saturday afternoons when I was a wee lad on WUAB 43 out of Cleveland, Super Host!!) were pretty engrossing to my pre-adolescent mind. Lugosi’s Dracula was creepy, as was Karloff’s muted menacing in Frankenstein, but the full …

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A Sequel Where Nothing Is Sacred – ‘SLASHENING: THE FINAL BEGINNING’ Blu-ray Review

Slashening: The Final Beginning

2015’s The Slashening was a solid, hilarious horror/comedy film filled with enough gags, gore and winks and nods to the audience to satisfy even the most ardent of Troma fans. Finally arriving on Blu-ray, writer/director Brandon Bassham’s (Shakespeare’s Shitstorm) 2021 gonzo, irreverent sequel, Slashening: The Final Beginning takes it up …

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Friends Or Foes: Exploring The Theories Behind Childhood Companions In ‘IMAGINARY’ (2024)

Blumhouse’s Imaginary (2024) hit big screens this weekend with tepid reviews due to the oversell/underdeliver factor that can come with taking on such a high concept with the intent to keep it sleek and simple. But if there’s one thing horror fans are good at, it’s finding potential scares in unlikely …

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Rediscover A Bonafide Classic! ‘THE LOST’ (2006) Blu-ray Review

The Lost

“Based on true events” films are hit and miss. Often over dramatized and of dubious quality, they can easily fall into terrible TV reenactment territory. The Lost, adapted from the late Jack Ketchum’s (The Girl Next Door) novel, that in turn was based upon real life killer Charles Schmid, is …

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Getting It Right: ‘THE WRONG DOOR’ (1990) – Blu-ray Review

The Wrong Door

A ton of shot-on-video stuff, while inspired, fell through the cracks during the home video explosion of the late 80s-early 90s. But, while dusting this stuff off for sharper new releases, Wild Eye’s Visual Vengeance unearthed a lost gem that was (Yikes!) shot on Super-8: The Wrong Door. Synopsis Ted …

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‘SUITABLE FLESH’ (2023) Review – Body Swapping Done Right

Suitable Flesh

Body swap horror goes back decades but was popularized in the 1970s by David Cronenberg (The Fly 1986)(check out our tribute article to David here). We’ve seen the transference of souls through all different mediums and purposes in horror. But few modern takes on this trope have been done as …

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