Dead & Buried (1981)
Dead & Buried is a 40-year-old fright flick that has remained available on cable since the Reagan Administration. Now that’s staying power! We open on the quaint seaport town of Potter’s Bluff,...
View ArticleHis House (2020)
Yes, you should watch His House. It’s captivating and terrifying from the opening scene and never looks back. London filmmaker Remi Weekes makes a stunning debut with a ghost story about Sudanese...
View ArticleMayhem (2017)
For every miserable corporate cog subjected to the petty tyranny of a jagoff boss, there is Mayhem. Watch and laugh yourself silly as chaos and cruelty erupt in the bowels of a Fortune 500 company....
View ArticleV.F.W. (2019)
At first glance, VFW plays out like an ol’ time blood bath, somewhere along the lines of John Carpenter’s Assault On Precinct 13, as waves of drug addicts storm a little bar defended by a determined...
View ArticleOne Dark Night (1982)
The dueling subplots in One Dark Night don’t actually connect until about three-quarters of the way through the movie, but when they do, something magical happens. The big subplot eats the little...
View ArticleGhost Team (2016)
I don’t generally award points for amiability, but somehow Ghost Team managed the feat. A bunch of goofy ghost chasers get a shot at a real spook surveillance mission, where they must confront dark...
View ArticleShock Waves (1977)
Long before Dead Snow thawed out a battalion of Nazi zombies, this low-budget creeper, written and directed by Ken Wiederhorn (Eyes of a Stranger, Meatballs II), spent a few decades bouncing around...
View ArticleOff Season (2021)
Old School creepy goes a long way in my book. I’m always in the mood for an immersive plunge into nightmare waters. Off Season is Old School creepy, a diabolical downward spiral with definite shades...
View ArticleFrom (2022-23)
Back to the small screen for a moment, if I may. Amazon Prime temptingly offers the opportunity to pig-out on obscure and overlooked horror television from every port of call imaginable. After a bit...
View ArticlePrince of Darkness (1987)
Funny thing, I went to the theater and saw this when it came out. I remember liking it well enough, but Prince of Darkness is a relatively small-scale production for John Carpenter. His previous run...
View ArticleWarm Bodies (2013)
Mrs. Sharky wanted to watch a romantic comedy. Uh oh. I said, “What’s in it for me?” This is the type of give-and-take situation we domesticated adults must consider every single day, and believe me,...
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