Category: Shudder
‘Late Night With the Devil’ Film Review: A Retro Horror Thrill Ride
If one is going to make a retro-styled motion picture about the devil manifesting itself on a late-night talk show, the filmmakers had better lean into it and make good on such a premise. With the devilishly entertaining new release,
‘It’s a Wonderful Knife’ Film Review: A Lump of Coal in Our Christmas Stocking
Ignited by the popularity of Blumhouse’s “Halloween” trilogy and the unending “Scream” series, slasher films have seen a resurgence. 2023 began with the sixth “Scream” film and has been inundated with slasher creepers such as “Dark Harvest”, “Totally Killer”, “Killer
Film Review: ‘Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor’- Unnerving Found Footage Horror
While it is long overdue for the “found footage” style of horror to bury itself beneath the earth, there are a few filmmakers who seem to be able to get some good frights out of the genre. Oren Peli certainly
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
‘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