Synopsis: On the eve of its centennial celebration, a fog bank appears off the coast of Antonio Bay in California. People are murdered. Windows are shattered. Electricity flickers. It vanishes at the stroke of 1am, but it returns that night. The fog, you guys. THERE’S SOMETHING IN THE FOG. Thoughts: I have a terrible confession: […]
Synopsis: In an attempt to shore up their overnight security, a mall unveils their new plan: metal security doors that will close at night. Also, three patrolling robots. They swear the robots are non-lethal, but that doesn’t explain their onboard head-exploding lasers. Some teens decide to have an after-hours party in a furniture store. Lightning […]
Synopsis: Authorities find over 800 VHS tapes made by an elusive killer in and around Poughkeepsie, New York. We the viewer – most of whom are absolutely not police or FBI agents – get to watch some of these and see what terrible things this killer did. Awful things. Twisted things. Why did they let […]
Synopsis: A deaf, mute female author lives alone in a fairly secluded house in the woods. A man in a creepy mask shows up, kills her neighbor and terrorizes her. My thoughts: This seems like a pretty standard home invasion movie, but I gave it a shot because it was directed by Mike Flanagan. I […]
Synopsis: Genetically modified super-wasps descend on a gathering of rich people. If you get stung (STUNG, you guys. I just got it) by one of these wasps, you will become a person-sized wasp. So kind of like zombies, except with wings and a stinger. But hey! Maybe you can produce some delicious honey. (Wasps cannot […]
At its core, this is a slasher movie about a girl who stays on campus over Thanksgiving break and finds herself stalked by 4 murdering psychopaths. The psychopaths kill a couple security guards, and the only thing standing between our heroine and certain death are her own wits. It’s pretty standard slasher fare. As far […]
Have you ever found yourself watching Superbad and thinking, “I wish there was a less well-written version of this with zombies and more annoying characters,”? Then this movie is for you! That sounds harsher than I mean it to. I apologize to the scouts and their stripper friend. Let’s break it down. Ben, Carter and […]
For the third year straight year a horror movie has made the festival rounds and has received rave reviews from self-proclaimed non-horror fans. In 2014 it was The Babadook. In 2015 it was It Follows. In 2016 we have The Witch. I consider myself lucky in that I was able to avoid trailers for any […]
This is a pretty much shot-for-shot remake of Cabin Fever (originally released in the not-so-distant past of 2002). There has been a lot of negative discussion about the fact that this remake even exists, but I had two things in my favor going into this: 1. I’m not a particularly big fan of the original […]
As I’ve mentioned many times in the past, I got into horror pretty late in my life. I remember watching some horror in my early teens, but it didn’t really hook me until my mid-to-late-twenties. Maybe that is the reason the trend of remaking treasured horror movies doesn’t really bother me. Even if I really […]