An underrated horror film (Spoilers) Businesswoman Angela Bridges (Rachel Nichols) is on her way to a family Christmas party when she’s knocked unconscious by her building’s parking attendant, Thomas Barclay (Wes Bentley). She wakes up with her hair down, changed into a cleavage-bearing white dress, with heavier makeup on, being subject to one of, if …
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Slayride
Entertaining holiday movies (Spoilers) Silent Night, Deadly Night is a 1984 slasher film released during the rise of moral guardianship. As such, it was very controversial because it featured a killer dressed as Santa Claus. However, all that free publicity worked in the movie’s favor, as it made a lot of money at the box …
Julie James Trilogy
Each film gets steadily worse (Spoilers) I Know What You Did Last Summer is a 1997 slasher film that was written by Kevin Williamson, who also wrote Scream (1996) and created Dawson’s Creek. It’s based on the novel of the same name by Lois Duncan, which I didn’t bother to read because it’s a loose …
Romero Zombie Movie
A fine tribute (minor spoilers) Dre (Katy O’Brian) is a gay club promoter who’s facing some hardships because most of her acts are jumping ship for a hotter gay club. Dre is forced to call upon the assistance of Sam (Jaquel Spivey), a former drag queen who was part of Dre’s crew prior to a …
The Boogeyman’s Return
A solid requel (Spoilers) After the attempt to turn the series into an anthology didn’t work out, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers does exactly what the subtitle says it does. It brings back the boogeyman, this time without John Carpenter. This entry is notable as the first film in the series without Carpenter’s …
The Modern Prometheus
An umpteenth adaptation that’s fine (Spoilers) The plot of Frankenstein is something that you’re probably already familiar with, but let’s do this one more time. It’s about a mad scientist who brings to life a makeshift man, only for it to go horribly wrong. This new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s often-told tale was written and …
More phones, more problems
A familiar nightmare, but solid sequel Years after the events of the previous film, the Grabber (Ethan Hawke) returns from beyond the grave. One of the things I liked about the first Black Phone was that even though it was a ghost story, the threat was a mundane serial killer. Of course, I don’t know …
O Death
A lost in translation adaption (Spoilers) Until Dawn is a loose adaptation of the interactive video game of the same name. The way the game works is that if you do this thing in Level 1, then that thing will happen in Level 3, which will then kill you. How do you translate that into …
A Van Helsing Story
A little slow, but good (Spoilers) Abraham’s Boys is an adaptation of a short story of the same name by Joe Hill. Abraham Van Helsing (Titus Welliver) has relocated to California with his wife, Mina Van Helsing (née Murray, formerly Harker) (Jocelin Donahue), and their two sons, Max (Brady Hepner) and Rudy (Judah Mackey). The …
Blood and Pixie Dust
Good, but not quite what I was hoping for (Spoilers) In the latest installment of the Twisted Childhood Universe, Peter Pan (Martin Portlock) is now a cross between Pennywise and the Grabber (though the two are more similar than Joe Hill had intended). He abducts boys to send them to Neverland for a higher power …
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