A hit at the 2014 South by Southwest Film Festival, director Leigh Janiak’s impressive debut Honeymoon is, I think, best enjoyed going into it cold, as I did, because I really had no idea what was going on until near the end, which made the film a reliably harrowing experience (I‘m gonna spoil it here, … More Movies: Honeymoon (2014)
I’d seen this film three or four times previously and absolutely adore it, so it was with some surprise that I realized I had never got around to doing a proper review of it. Allow me to correct that tragic oversight forthwith. Starry Eyes premiered at the South by Southwest film festival in 2014. Written … More Movies: Starry Eyes (2014)
1981 was another banner year for horror, and as such, I had my work cut out for me again, having to winnow the list down to five entries from the initial fifteen I picked out. If you do the math, that means there are ten (!!!) honorable mentions, which might be the most so far. … More My Favorite Horror Movies from Every Year Since I Was Born: 1981
Since in my last movie review, I finally got around to seeing a classic horror film from the 1950s that I had previously and shamefully been sleeping on (Night of the Demon from 1957), I decided to continue along the same lines for this installment, taking in another film from the same decade that gets … More Movies: The Night of the Hunter (1955)
English writer A.J. Wills worked as a journalist for more than a decade before becoming a full-time novelist in 2021; his was a name I’d heard before, leading me to believe I’d actually read something of his, but I guess I was mistaken because none of the titles of his novels rang a bell. But … More Books: The Warning by A.J. Wills
The seventies were a weird time, man, which is probably why the movies that came out during that decade are always such a trip to watch. And in the case of the movie I’ll be discussing today, I mean “trip” pretty much literally, because the film was written as a cautionary tale about the dangers … More Movies: Blue Sunshine (1977)
I’m a graphic designer myself and have been for more than two decades, so perhaps it’s a little self-serving of me to say that book covers are really, REALLY important, but just because I’m biased doesn’t mean the statement isn’t absolutely true. For example, the cover design of Patrick Delaney’s 2020 novel The House That … More Books: The House That Fell from the Sky by Patrick Delaney
2022’s Skinamarink was easily one of my top five most anticipated films this year (the other four, in case you’re curious, are Knock at the Cabin, Infinity Pool, Renfield, and The Voyage of the Demeter), and the first one that I finally got to lay my eyeballs on, due to Shudder adding it just a … More Movies: Skinamarink (2022)
Back when I still had an AMC Stubs membership (which I had to cancel because I couldn’t really afford it anymore and I moved way farther away from the movie theater anyway so could never go), I must have seen the trailer for The Black Phone every single time I went to the movies. It … More Movies: The Black Phone (2021)
2008’s Martyrs is one of those movies whose reputation unquestionably precedes it, and though I always felt like it was something I needed to watch, every time I went to place it on the review schedule, I would chicken out and watch something less notorious. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve watched plenty of fucked-up movies, … More Movies: Martyrs (2008)
The Scare Salon 