Movie Review: Evil Dead Rise

. So, time to alienate myself from the Evil Dead Universe fans but I went to see Evil Dead Rise on opening night and have to say it was the most disappointing horror joint of the year, so far, falling far short of the anticipation it created with marketing.  While it has all of the …

Movie Review: Life

I watched the Sci-Fi movie “Life” this week and, yes, I know it is a 2017 movie but in my defense, I’m not the biggest “sci-fi alien” movie fan so I don’t always rush to the theatres when these things come out. A crew of scientists are aboard the International Space Station, just outside the …

Movie Review: Pennywise: The Story of IT

So, I watched Pennywise: The Story of It on Prime this week and found it very interesting and informative with a good behind the scenes look at the origin of the story. This in-depth look at the 1990 mini-series based on Stephen King's iconic novel features interviews with many of the cult classic's key players, …

Movie Review: Blood

I had an opportunity to watch Brad Anderson’s Blood this weekend and have some mixed feelings as to how good or bad it was. Trailers and reviews will lead you to believe this is just another angle at a vampire movie but honestly, this is NOT a vampire movie at all. Jess, a mother who …

Movie Review: Knock at the Cabin

Knock at the Cabin is completely off the typical M Night Shyamalan track of chills and thrills. Four strangers who share a vision about the apocalypse and how to stop it. That involves making a family of two parents and a kid make an incredibly tough decision of sacrifice, or the strangers must make sacrifices …

Movie Review: Cryptid

As a longtime fan of creature features, I dig cryptid stories. While most of those creepypasta tales are so wealthy in content possibilities, many miss their mark when it makes it to film, usually due to economic constraints of low budget film making. Brad Rego and 221 Films’ “Cryptid”, however, nailed the target dead center.   …

Movie Review: The Pale Blue Eye

I have to say the draw, for me, to Scott Cooper’s “Pale Blue Eye” was the inclusion of Edgar Allan Poe’s character, with no other expectation of the movie itself. However, after watching it, now three times, I am pleased to say that I was pleasantly surprised by how good the movie really is. There …

Movie Review: The Wretched

I’ve always been fascinated by witch lore, though I’ve never understood their motivation. I did a good bit of research when I wrote my second Hauntings book, “Witches of Essex” and learned quite a bit. This week, I used some of my down time to watch “The Wretched”, written and directed by Brett and Drew …

Movie Review: The Babadook

The Babadook. This movie was slow moving and being labeled a “horror” film was completely off the mark. It took an hour to ever see a semblance of a “monster” and there were really zero scares. The story had a lot of potential but was honestly little more than a psychological film addressing grief and …

Movie Review: Prey for the Devil

Directly from the vein of the Exorcist and every other film that it inspired, this is just another demonic possession movie that redresses the traditional plots and storylines to appear to be something new and fresh - but it's just not. The story centers on a Roman Catholic Church that combats the global rise of …