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THE INNOCENTS (1961) movie review
Innocents, The (1961) d. Clayton, Jack (UK) Deborah Kerr is the prim governess assigned to a country estate to care for two children in this spellbinding screen version of Henry James’ The Turn of the...
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HATCHET (2006) movie review
Hatchet (2006) d. Green, Adam (USA) Anyone who has encountered ever Green on the convention circuit or in his myriad interviews in various genre magazines, podcasts, etc. knows that he is a whirlwind...
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FREAKS (1932) movie review
Freaks (1932) d. Browning, Tod (USA) Browning followed up his success with 1931's Dracula with this unique film focused on the microcosm of “oddity” circus performers under the traveling big top, based...
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DEATHDREAM (aka DEAD OF NIGHT) (1972) movie review
Deathdream (aka Dead of Night) (1972) d. Clark, Bob (Canada) A skillful reworking of W. W. Jacobs' “The Monkey’s Paw” that manages to combine chills and social commentary with a surprisingly light...
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TWINS OF EVIL (1971) movie review
Twins of Evil (1971) d. Hough, John (UK) The third, and many would argue, the best of Hammer’s Karnstein trilogy, following The Vampire Lovers and Lust for a Vampire. Well-directed by Hough and...
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DAMNATION ALLEY (1977) movie review
Damnation Alley (1977) d. Smight, Jack (USA) Roger Zelanzy’s post-nuclear Holocaust novel is turned into a hackneyed version of Stagecoach by scripters Alan Sharp and Lukas Heller. Civilization has...
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X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES (1963) movie review
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) d. Corman, Roger (USA) In the midst of his Gothic heyday, Roger Corman unveiled one of his strongest and strangest films, one that continues to hold up four...
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ISOLATION (2005) movie review
Isolation (2005) d. O'Brien, Billy (Ireland) Slathered in grime, mud, blood and bovine lube (!), this highly realistic shocker from Irish writer/director O’Brien takes horror down on the farm – by the...
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THE MONOLITH MONSTERS (1957) movie review
Monolith Monsters, The (1957) d. Sherman, John (USA) After crashing near a town in Death Valley, fragments of a meteor expand and grow when touched by water. When the resulting stalagmite marauders...
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DEAD SILENCE (2007) movie review
Dead Silence (2007) d. Wan, James (USA) "Beware the stare of Mary Shaw She had no children, only dolls And if you see her, do not scream Or she'll rip your tongue out at the seam."When Ryan Kwanten’s...
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RAVENOUS (1999) movie review
Ravenous (1999) d. Bird, Antonia (UK) “It’s lonely being a cannibal. Tough making friends.” Director Antonia Bird serves up heaping helpings of black comedy and gory carnage in this hilarious, edgy...
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MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS (1958) movie review
Monster on the Campus (1958) d. Arnold, Jack (USA) While experimenting with a prehistoric fish, mild-mannered university professor Arthur Franz inadvertently learns that contact with the creature’s...
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WILDERNESS (2006) movie review
Wilderness (2006) d. Bassett, Michael J. (UK) A fine example of what a low budget film can be with solid, gritty acting and excellent use of an outdoor setting. Sean Pertwee plays a tough-nosed prison...
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BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON (2006) movie review
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006) d. Glosserman, Scott (USA) A combo of The Blair Witch Project, Man Bites Dog and a Christopher Guest pic, BtM follows a documentary film crew as they...
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GAMERA: SUPER MONSTER (1980) movie review
Gamera: Super Monster (1980) d. Yuasa, Noriaki (Japan) The original Showa series ground to a halt with this cheapjack revival of the heroic flying flamethrower on the half-shell, one in which 95% of...
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THE DESCENT (2005) movie review
Descent, The (2005) d. Marshall, Neil (UK) After a tragic accident, six friends (Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, MyAnna Buring and Nora-Jane Noone) reunite for a caving...
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THE BLACK CASTLE (1952) movie review
Black Castle, The (1952) d. Juran, Nathan (USA) Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney, Jr. receive prominent billing in this middling Universal effort, but neither is really given much to do: Chaney turns in...
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THE ABANDONED (2006) movie review
Abandoned, The (2006) d. Cerda, Nacho (Spain) Set in Russia, this challenging and rewarding ghost story (co-scripted by Cerda, Richard Stanley and Karim Hussain) follows an American émigré (the...
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GORATH (1962) movie review
Gorath (aka Calamity Star Gorath) (1962) d. Honda, Ishiro (Japan) When a spaceship on an exploratory mission to Saturn encounters a lethal runaway Red Dwarf star on a collision course with Earth,...
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Watch Wes Benscoter's award-wining short HOLD YOUR FIRE for free!
We don't usually spill a lot of virtual ink on short films, but this one seems deserving of a little attention. Behold: PRESENTSTHE TWITCH FILM PREMIERE OFHOLD YOUR FIREWinner of the 2009 Fantasia Film...
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