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Movie reviews for horror fans; from gruesome bone-chillers to dark horror thrillers, a showcase for frightful films that seek to entertain and to terrify.

Naked Lunch (1991)
***The curious thing about David Cronenberg's film Naked Lunch is that it seems to have very little to actually do with the book Naked Lunch. Instead, it follows the general arch of its author, William S. Burroughs', life, and a few of his themes: addiction, possession by strange forces, and vast conspiracies to enslave mankind that may not even originate in the human world.
By Tom Baker4 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'The Block Island Sound' (2020)
This was pretty good Lovecraftian Horror. And again, Lovecraftian Horror isn't tentacle monsters, but rather a fantastic descent into madness. This movie depicts it so fucking well, and you're never exactly sure WHAT the fuck is going on. This could have also been cerebral in the way you're never perfectly sure if the main character is crazy or if supernatural shit is actually happening. However, I think that might have made the movie too boring and firmly answering that question is a part of a reveal that makes this movie so worth it. I'll talk about this more in the spoilers.
By Reed Alexander4 years ago in Horror
Edison's Frankenstein (1910)
What can one say about a film that is a century old? Thought lost for many, many long decades, a complete (if deteriorated) print was finally found in the attic of an ancient theater, and restored until it was watchable. Its "Monster", predating Boris Karloff's iconic flat-topped ghoul, is a semi-idiotic-looking medieval peasant in filthy rags, Kracow shoes (pointed toes), and a few lengths of rope twisted about its torso. Its face is held in a stroke victim's frozen rictus of numb, unfeeling ugliness, and his eyes are wonderingly cow-like orbs under a fright-wig of filthy frizz.
By Tom Baker4 years ago in Horror
See for Me - A Movie Review
Have you downloaded the See-for-Me app? I’ve heard great results. After a quick download, See for Me was released in 2021. Sophie is asked to cat-sit in a secluded mansion. Legally blind, her night is not what she had in mind. Trespassed by three thieves who want the owners safe, Sophie’s only defense is the See For Me app.
By Marielle Sabbag4 years ago in Horror
The Top Zombie Films You Need to See
"White Zombie" (1932) (Gene pick) This film is significant for two huge reasons. One, it's the first time the word "zombie" is used in a film. Two, it's the inspiration for the name of Rob Zombie's original band, White Zombie. There's a good reason it inspired him, it's a surprisingly good film. Set in Haiti, Bela Lugosi plays Legendre, a voodoo master loosely associated with the owner of a local sugar plantation. When the plantation owner falls in love with a beautiful guest engaged to another man, he turns to Legendre to make her do what he wants. Legendre has been the secret of the owner's success before, since most of the plantation workers are in fact zombies.
By Gene Lass4 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: I Can't Believe I Liked 'Hellraiser' 2022 . Top Story - October 2022.
Hellraiser (2022) Directed by David Bruckner Written by Ben Collins, Luke Piotrowski Starring Odessa A'zion, Jamie Clayton, Brandon Flynn, Goran Visnjic
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Horror
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Blair Witch Project, as I remember when it first came out, all those many, many years ago when I was a Sophomore at BSU, was an endlessly-hyped "event" film allegedly based around the "found footage" of three disappeared college film students, Heather Donohue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael C. Williams--all of whom are still alive and well, and all of whom essentially play themselves in the picture.
By Tom Baker4 years ago in Horror
Red Eye - A Movie Review
Be careful who you sit next to on a plane. You don’t know their true intentions. Red Eye flew into theaters in 2005. A young woman flying home on a plane befriends a man who turns out to be her seatmate. This man holds her hostage, threatening to murder her father if she doesn’t comply with his directions for an assassination plan.
By Marielle Sabbag4 years ago in Horror
Top Horror Movies On Netflix You Need To Watch Tonight
The ease of online streaming services such as Netflix and a set of perfect horror movies is the perfect combo that anyone could ask for. They keep you strangled in their storyline and reveals some unimaginable twists and climax that keep you awake at midnight, thinking about what was “THAT” at the end!
By muskan bansal4 years ago in Horror
The Top Werewolf Films You Need to See
"The Wolf Man" (1941) (Gene pick) The film that launched a franchise, and made Lon Chaney, Jr. a star, this is the iconic film most people think of if they think of a werewolf movie. Chaney plays Larry Talbot, a man who survives a werewolf attack, only to find himself turning into a werewolf himself when the moon is full. Talbot is a great everyman who hates that he becomes a monster that could hurt or kill anyone, including those he loves. Bela Lugosi and Maria Ospenskaya have small but key roles as gypsies who tell Talbot about his curse, and legendary actor Claude ("Casablanca") Rains plays Talbot's father, who must cure or stop his son.
By Gene Lass4 years ago in Horror
Disturbia - A Movie Review
Come here and look at this. Something’s going on at our neighbor's house. Disturbia is a 2007 film. Following an incident, Kale is on house arrest. With nothing to do except watch his neighbors, he suspects that one of his neighbors is up to no good. Can he investigate further even if he is confined to one location?
By Marielle Sabbag4 years ago in Horror
The Top Vampire Movies You Need to See
Nosferatu (1922): Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim (Gene pick) This film is iconic. Even if you've never seen it, you've probably seen clips from it, as they frequently show up in other films, or in montages of vampire films. It's an unauthorized adaption of "Dracula," which shows vampires as they were originally thought to be - horrific undead creatures that used to be human, that sort of remember being human, but clearly they are human no longer.
By Gene Lass4 years ago in Horror