Why am I here? Why am I watching every movie in the leprechaun franchise? Is this masochism? I’m just diving blindly into an 8-film franchise that,...
Sometimes, the past is a ghost that jumps out at us while we’re minding our own business. How many times has a years-old mistake interrupted your...
Sometimes, a movie can sell itself with a single sentence. “Nicolas Cage beats the shit outta Chuck E. Cheese,” is definitely one of the most market-ready...
We never really all got together to decide what to call 2000-2009. “Aughts” gets used, but it was never formally agreed upon. The “thousands” just doesn’t...
Critters 2: The Main Course had no business being a great movie. But, hey! The first Critters racked up a couple million at the box office,...
Folks, it’d be easy to think I’m exaggerating. Because the words you’re about to read might seem, ya know, hyperbolic. It might seem like I’m playing...
Depending on what gives you the willies, this movie Rent-A-Pal might really get under your skin. There’s a certain cross-section of tehnohorror, family trauma and a...
You know that thing chefs do, where they touch their pointer finger to their thumb, kiss it and say “Belissimoduccio,” or whatever? That is exactly how...
Every once in a while, a movie comes along with all the promise in the world. It’s got the right poster, it gets the right kind...
It might be a slim category, but Uncle Peckerhead wins by a mile. This is the best punk rock horror movie featuring a cannibal roadie in...
The worst thing that ever happened to Peeping Tom was its release to theaters in the year 1960. For a movie about a murderer with hang...
One of the best tools a storyteller can have is the ability to make the audience lean in. Picture a tale told around the campfire. In...
What elevates a movie and makes it a part of the culture? There are tons of great movies, but only some of them get held up...
In 2020, horror is a very serious, often dour filmgoing experience. The critical praise awarded to solemn, meditative horror movies increases the demand for more solemn,...