Movie Reviews

Forty years is a long time! And, as you can expect, for collectors of fright films on physical media, “anniversary” editions are a big deal! Questions abound: What’s new? Given the limitations of the source material (as much as we hate to admit it, many of our 80’s favorites were …

Found-footage horror has always walked a fine line between immersion and gimmick, and Man Finds Tape (2025) understands that better than most recent entries in the genre. Co-directed by Paul Gandersman and Peter S. Hall, the film begins with a simple hook: a young man in a small Texas town …

Organized religion is frightening enough in reality. With its mysticism, power structures, and potential for corruption, it’s a natural fit for the horror genre. Most films tend to center on Catholicism or Judaism, leaning into exorcisms, rituals, and ancient doctrine. Diabolic (2025), however, turns its focus to Mormonism — territory …

I have mentioned before that I am a big fan of found footage films. Jennifer Van Gesell’s Water Horse took me to another realm. A realm where found footage meets a dark back story. The style has been tried many times, but these movies are hit or miss. The style …

Kevin Lewis’s Misdirection lays down an obvious plot, or so you think. I don’t usually watch films with bank robbers or anything similar. If it isn’t horror or retro cartoons, I am not really tending to give it a chance. Misdirection has influenced me a bit to at least give …

Online dating is one of the more common ways for people to meet in modern times. With that parasocial presence comes a lot of uncertainty about the type of people that you’re liable to open yourself up to. That’s the story of Match, one of the newest Tubi Original horror …

Thor Moreno’s 2026 semi–found footage thriller Van Life presents a compelling premise that ultimately struggles to sustain its feature-length ambitions. The film follows Zoe (Kelsey Osborne), a law school dropout who abandons her conventional path to pursue solitude and self-discovery in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. When Zoe goes …

Wetiko changed my whole perception of foreign films. I only recently gave them another try, and some were actually pretty enjoyable. Wetiko saved me from fear of subtitles. I feel as if they ruin the experience of the film. However, Wetiko kept me wondering and also pretty surprised. I thought this …

The Morrigan has a cool and promising plot line that immediately caught my attention, especially as someone who is a huge consumer of Gaelic mythology and folklore. The film follows an archaeologist who specializes in Gaelic legends as she travels with her teenage daughter to a remote region of Ireland. …

My Bloody Valentine is a Canadian slasher directed by George Mihalka (Da Vinci’s Inquest TV series) and written by John Beaird (My Bloody Valentine 3-D 2009 – read our retro review here), released on February 11, 1981. The story involves a group of miners who decide to throw their own Valentine’s …