A while back, Tom and I did a 13 O’Clock episode about Hollywood legends Joan Crawford and Bette Davis (and the infamous feud between them that spanned decades). While talking about Joan Crawford’s later career, I mentioned that I had seen a couple of her films from that era, such as the excellent What Ever … More Movies: Strait-Jacket (1964)
The film Presence debuted at Sundance early in 2024 and got a theatrical release in January of 2025 from Neon. I had heard of it only peripherally, but a listener recommended it to me recently; it wasn’t playing at the theater anymore but was available to rent for ten bucks on Amazon Prime, so I … More Movies: Presence (2024)
Lovecraft adaptations tend to be all over the place, quality-wise, with the gold standard arguably being Stuart Gordon’s 1985 Re-Animator and its follow-up, 1986’s From Beyond. So when the writer of both those films, Dennis Paoli, contributed a screenplay for the 2023 film Suitable Flesh—a loose adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s 1937 short story, “The Thing … More Movies: Suitable Flesh (2023)
Over the years, I’d often see the 1988 film Pin turning up on a lot of “underrated horror movies” lists, and even though I could have sworn I saw it at some point, watching it for this review confirmed that I actually had not. Honestly, I’m sorry I waited so long; I really should have … More Movies: Pin (1988)
Even though 2024 is now over and I’ve already picked my twenty favorite movies of the year just passed, I’m still mopping up some lingering 2024 horror that I missed. And inevitably, I ended up watching one that definitely would have been on the aforementioned favorite movies list if I’d seen it earlier. Oh well. … More Movies: Daddy’s Head (2024)
Prequels are a tricky business at the best of times; even a good one runs the risk of succumbing to pointlessness (as large segments of the audience will have already seen what happens after this story, so there won’t be any surprises in store), and lazy fan service (hey, here’s how this beloved character got … More Movies: The First Omen (2024)
Just when you think you’ve seen (and reviewed) all the good Christmas horror movies, a nasty little indie shocker scuttles under the radar to show you how wrong you were. I had seen the thumbnail for the 2020 British film Hosts several times while scrolling the horror selections on Tubi, but neither the image nor … More Movies: Hosts (2020)
German filmmaker Tilman Singer is a relative newcomer on the scene, previously responsible for two short films (in 2014 and 2016), and the 2018 full-length film Luz (which I saw a while ago and liked okay; we did a review of it here). His latest movie, though, 2024’s Cuckoo, has quietly been turning up on … More Movies: Cuckoo (2024)
I may have mentioned it before, but 2024 has been a hell of a year for horror movies (despite its shittiness in other aspects), and for that reason, I’ve been more keen than usual to keep up with all the buzzy films that have been coming out. I’m even considering doing a year-end “best-of” post … More Movies: Strange Darling (2023)
Way back in the 1990s, I distinctly remember really enjoying a 1995 horror thriller titled Mute Witness; I may have even owned it on DVD at some point, though if I did I have no idea where it eventually disappeared to. I never really heard anyone talking about it, even at the time, so it … More Movies: Mute Witness (1995)
The Scare Salon 