Category: Horror
Film Review: ‘Scream VI’- Ghostface In The Big Apple
Last year’s “Scream” (the fifth film in the popular series) brought a jolt of excitement to the near-flatlined slasher genre and made the series fun again. “Scream VI” kicks the brutality into high gear and places its characters into a
Film Review: ‘Consecration’- Religious/Horror Wrapped in A Mystery
Horror films have a long history with religion, using it to blend the terrors of otherworldly sin with the violent hypocrisy of religious doctrine. Christopher Smith’s “Consecration” holds many of the hallmarks from 1970’s British horror pictures. Films such as
Sundance 2023: ‘My Animal’- Film review
Sundance 2023 Midnight Selection “My Animal” Director Jacqueline Castel tears into the werewolf genre with her terrific and effective feature filmmaking debut, “My Animal”. Written by Jae Matthews, Castel has directed a genre film where its emotions and situations are
Sundance 2023: ‘Infinity Pool’- Film Review
Sundance 2023 Midnight Selections “Infinity Pool” I often speak of the decline of modern Cinema and how it becomes less and less dangerous as the years go on. Today’s films rarely have the spark to elicit true visceral reactions from
Anthony Picks The Best Horror Films of 2022
Horror films are the one constant in Cinema. As audiences love to be scared, their popularity endures. From the terrifying Frankenstein’s monster that was made by the Thomas Edison movie studio in 1910, through the Universal Monster movies of the
‘Terrifier 2’- Film Review: A Blood-Soaked Horror Treasure
Beware all those who do not look back on the VHS “video nasties” of the 1980s with a loving nostalgia. “Terrifier 2” is a blood and guts-soaked tribute to those thrilling days of practical gore yesteryear, and then some! Beginning
‘Halloween Ends’: Film Review- The Finale Of The Strode/Myers Saga
The end is no longer nigh. The saga of Laurie Strode and Michael Myers is put to rest in David Gordon Green’s “Halloween Ends”. 2018’s “Halloween” was created to wipe out the bad taste of the sequels to John Carpenter’s
‘Dark Glasses’: Film Review- Dario Argento Returns To Giallo
Creatively brutal violence. Grotesque deaths. A leather-gloved killer loose on the streets of Rome. “Dark Glasses” (“Occhiali neri”) finds Dario Argento successfully returning to his Giallo roots, delivering his best film since 2005’s “Ti piace Hitchcock?”. While not an Argento
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn Film Review- A Trash Horror Film Stinks Up The Season
Armed with a complete disconnect of how to craft an effective horror film, “Jeepers Creepers: Reborn” is here to insult and anger fans of the creative original. Beginning with an opening scene (featuring the great Dee Wallace and Gary Graham)