It may look like a Hammer film, but it’s not in the same league. There’s a lot to be said for a good movie title. With a name like Doctor Blood’s Coffin, the subject of my review today couldn’t be anything other than a horror movie, right? The lurid titleContinue Reading
The simplistic plot, minimalist set designs, and relatively small cast confirm the film’s budgetary constraints. Before George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead introduced movie audiences to the modern concept of zombies, films that featured “the walking dead” were usually voodoo legend-laden affairs like I Walked with a Zombie.Continue Reading
It might not be as out-there as Sharknado but it’s definitely nowhere near Jaws. Or even The Shallows. Under Paris, a French shark horror film, briefly dominated Netflix’s most-watched movies chart in the spring of 2024. Could this entry into the already-crowded shark flick market rise above the competition orContinue Reading
While it certainly doesn’t have an airtight script (or an accurate title,) Attack of the Puppet People, does feature something that’s incredibly rare for a movie of this type: a sympathetic character. I’ve reviewed a few of Bert I. Gordon’s films on this site. Also known as Mr. BIG, GordonContinue Reading
As a horror film, Sting is relatively mild, unless you have arachnophobia. In that case, even the modest jump scares and skin-crawling scenes could seem quite intense. A tiny meteorite pierces through the window of a New York apartment and settles in a dollhouse. An unremarkable-looking spider crawls out andContinue Reading
The Monster may disappoint Chaney fans expecting him to be the titular villain ala The Phantom of the Opera or to don one of his painfully impressive get-ups like The Penalty. Lon Chaney, often dubbed “The Man of a Thousand Faces,” garnered this moniker through his remarkable talent for altering hisContinue Reading
I’d have rated Midnight Movie even higher but it takes a weird, tacked-on-feeling turn in the final 15 minutes. Horror movie plots don’t always make a lot of sense. Sometimes, if you turn off your brain and roll with the ridiculous logic, there’s a good time to be had. SuchContinue Reading