Another newer film that I’d been hearing some buzz about that was also available on Shudder (like the previously discussed Moon Garden) is the feature-length directorial debut of Laura Moss, titled Birth/Rebirth. The movie premiered at Sundance in early 2023 and got a limited theatrical release in the late summer of the same year. Clearly … More Movies: Birth/Rebirth (2023)
I have to admit that I had never heard of the 2022 film Moon Garden until I heard Jason and Kali talking about it over on Sinister Cinema Reviews; they mentioned it as one of their favorite films of last year. Moon Garden premiered at the Dances with Films Festival in Los Angeles back in … More Movies: Moon Garden (2022)
As I’m known to have something of a soft spot for murder mysteries featuring real historical characters, a longtime friend of the show bought me an ebook she knew I would most likely be into, A Most Malicious Murder by Melanie Fletcher, which was first published in 2021. And I have to say that my … More Books: A Most Malicious Murder by Melanie Fletcher
For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been on a bit of a mini-quest to actually watch some of the most-talked-about new horror films while they’re still (relatively) new, hence actually going to the theater to see the incredible Late Night with the Devil (which we livestreamed a review for here), and paying $6.99 to … More Movies: Stopmotion (2023)
Not long after I posted my review of Yorgos Lanthimos’s 2017 film The Killing of a Sacred Deer, seemingly everyone and their mama crawled out of the woodwork and told me that I absolutely must make time for an immediate viewing of the latest work from the Greek auteur, 2023’s Poor Things (which is loosely … More Movies: Poor Things (2023)
Back in late 2023, I reviewed a novella called The Last Day by Seann Barbour, which was sent to me as an ARC by the author himself and which I ended up enjoying very much. So when the same author sent me another message recently and asked if I’d have a look at his latest … More Books: The Maw by Seann Barbour
In 1968, Michael Reeves’s historical folk horror film Witchfinder General (which Tom and I reviewed here) hit theaters in its native Britain. Starring the always incredible Vincent Price and renamed The Conqueror Worm for American audiences, the film took the real-life figure of English witchfinder Matthew Hopkins and spun a lurid tale of torture and … More Movies: Mark of the Devil (1970)
I figured it had been a while since I did a good old-fashioned book-to-movie comparison, and it so happened that the subject came up somewhat fortuitously, as I noticed that Adam Nevill’s 2011 folk horror novel The Ritual had become available to read for free on Kindle Unlimited. I had seen the movie years ago … More Book vs Movie: The Ritual
The other day, the mood struck me, as it sometimes does, to take in a forgotten film from the 1970s, one I hadn’t seen before but had heard a few people talking about here and there. And that’s how I stumbled upon 1974’s Frightmare, a British film that I remember seeing the cover of numerous … More Movies: Frightmare (1974)
When I posted my review of Fright Night Part 2 a few days ago, a listener named Scott commented on my Facebook page that he’d like to see a review of the 1993 Stephen King adaptation The Dark Half. I could have sworn Tom and I had reviewed that movie on 13 O’Clock already, but … More Movies: The Dark Half (1993)
The Scare Salon 