COLD IN JULY (2014) movie review
Cold in July (2014) d. Jim Mickle (USA)One hot summer Texas night, professional picture framer Richard Dane (Dexter’s Michael C. Hall) is awoken by the sound of someone breaking into his home. Spooked,...
View ArticleDEAD SHADOWS (2012) Blu-ray review
Dead Shadows (2012) d. David Cholewa (France) All right, sports fans, strap on your helmets and get ready for sharp turns ahead. This debut feature from Frenchman Cholewa is a WTF blend of horror,...
View ArticleFool's Views (3/17 – 3/30)
I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles...Howdy, folks! Gamely attempting to catch up to the tail that wags the proverbial dog, and having a fairly good time in so doing. The horror offerings...
View ArticleBLED WHITE (2011) movie review
Bled White (2011) d. Jose Carlos Gomez (USA) These days, the news that an independent filmmaker has made a new low-budget zombie movie is about as shocking as hearing that the sun rose in the east....
View ArticleDEMON RESURRECTION (2008) DVD review
Demon Resurrection (2008) d. William Hopkins (USA) Upon hearing of her recent, possibly drug-related hospitalization, a group of concerned friends converge on the isolated Long Island home of Grace...
View ArticleFool's Views (3/31 – 4/6)
130,000,000 x less expensive than Godzilla (1998). 130,000,000 x more entertaining.Howdy folks, Finally started watching a few movies this year, enough so that we could (finally) compile a FV...
View ArticleTHE WASP WOMAN (1995) movie review
Wasp Woman, The (1995) d. Jim Wynorski (USA) Janice Starlin (Jennifer Rubin), owner and lead model of Starlin Cosmetics, finds that her looks and company stock have begun to sag a little, leading her...
View ArticleTHE NAVY VS. THE NIGHT MONSTERS (1966) movie review
Navy vs. the Night Monsters, The (1966) d. Michael A. Hoey (USA) From the frozen wastelands of Antarctica comes a tale of botanical terrors inspired equally by The Thing from Another World, The Day of...
View ArticleKING KONG VS GODZILLA (1962) movie review
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) d. Ishiro Honda (Japan) After cranking out an array of standalone creature features (Rodan, Mothra, Varan the Unbelievable), Toho revived their reigning daikaiju (giant...
View ArticleOCULUS (2013) movie review
Oculus (2013) d. Mike Flanagan (USA) Following a long stint in a mental institution, Tim (Brenton Thwaites) meets up with his art dealer sister Kaylie (Karen Gillan) to begin his life anew. However,...
View ArticleUNDER THE SKIN (2013) movie review
Under the Skin (2013) d. Jonathan Glazer (UK) With buzz growing since its UK release, this screen adaptation of Michael Faber’s novel arrived fully onto my radar via the announcement that it would be...
View ArticlePAN'S LABYRINTH (2006) movie review
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) d. Guillermo del Toro (Spain) Once upon a time, there was a young girl named Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) whose father had died, leaving her and her Mother (Ariadna Gil) all alone. The...
View ArticleFool's Views (4/7 – 4/13)
Trust me, I'm a doctor.Howdy folks, Well, thanks to the deliciousness that was Movieside’s Sci-Fi Spectacular and the arrival of some potentially interesting genre films hitting theaters – Devil’s Due,...
View ArticleTIME LAPSE (2014) movie review
Time Lapse (2014) d. Bradley King (USA) Blocked artist Finn (Matt O’Leary), his devoted girlfriend Callie (Danielle Panabaker), and his layabout pal Jasper (George Finn) are all semi-happily...
View ArticleHIDDEN HORROR News and Reviews, Part IV!!!!
Waldemar says, "HIDDEN HORROR makes great bedtime reading!"Howdy, folks,It's an incredible thing to put something out into the world. You toil away at it in private, tinkering and tweaking, making...
View ArticleHOUSEBOUND, WILLOW CREEK, DEAD SNOW 2, THAT GUY DICK MILLER at Chicago...
Having traveled over hill, dale, oceans, and international borders over the past couple years, I've become a very big fan of the film festival scene. However, for the second year in a row, The Doc...
View ArticleFool's Views (4/14 – 4/20)
So, how have those bee pollen supplements have been working out for you....?Howdy, folks, In a callback to the good ol’ days, it was Kitley’s Krypt and the Chicago Public Library that dictated the...
View ArticleEVILSPEAK (1981) Blu-ray Review
Evilspeak (1981) d. Eric Weston (USA) Stanley Coopersmith (Clint Howard) doesn’t have it easy. His parents were killed in an automobile accident, he’s a bit on the awkward and overweight side, he’s...
View ArticleFINAL EXAM (1981) Blu-ray Review
Final Exam (1981) d. Jimmy Huston (USA) Released during the thick of the stalk n’ slash heyday, the setting for writer/director Huston’s seemingly standard programmer is that most popular of locales, a...
View ArticleCLOVERFIELD (2008) movie review
Cloverfield (2008) d. Matt Reeves (USA) Produced by J.J. Abrams – who thankfully kept his lens-flare loving hands to himself – this hair-raising, motion sickness-causing creature feature utilizes the...
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