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Monday, May 30, 2016

The Uninvited (1944) is still a classic.

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It has been a long time since I first saw this, but I was so glad it holds up. Sure, it isn't really scary, but I'm very jaded, an...
Sunday, January 17, 2016

Review: He Never Died (2015)

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I'm a big fan of Henry Rollins ever since I saw him in Wrong Turn 2 so when I saw he was headlining this film, I had to check it out,...
Monday, December 28, 2015

Bone Tomahawk (2015) brings the goods.

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If you're not a fan of Kurt Russell, I really don't know what to say to you. He was reason alone for me to see this movie. Add to ...
Friday, November 6, 2015

I still love Them (1954).

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There are so many reasons to watch old, black-and-white classics. You get a peek into another time period, and as much as I like reading a...
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Friday, October 9, 2015

Why I Hate Found Footage

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I'll preface this by noting there are some good found footage movies ( Cloverfield , The Blair Witch Project , Paranormal Activity , e...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Review: The Stuff (1985)

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I never saw this back in the day so it was nice to find a good '80s flick I missed. The satire reminded me a lot of RoboCop , and the ...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Memories of Murder (2003) is deeply unsettling and haunting.

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How can you not love Korean cinema with films like  I Saw the Devil , Oldboy , The Host , The Man from Nowhere , A Tale of Two Sisters , A...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Review: Castle Freak (1995)

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I'm a huge fan of Stuart Gordon ( Robot Jox ! From Beyond ! Re-Animator !) so when I realized I had missed a couple of items in his fi...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

The Best Horror is Indie

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I don't know why anyone would be surprised by this when Hollywood only churns out soulless remakes, reboots, and sequels, but the best h...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Review: Crawl or Die (2014)

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When I heard about this indie, I had no idea how they were going to stretch the tunnel scene from Aliens into a feature-length film witho...
Thursday, April 30, 2015

Harbinger Down Premiere

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I was extremely excited for this new practical-FX horror film (seriously, we need more good old-fashioned REAL effects!), and I had never ...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Review: The Hidden (1987)

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This one was pretty disappointing. I saw the poster as a kid but never got around to watching it. Someone online mentioned it had some pre...
Saturday, February 28, 2015

Strangely obsessed with Split Second's killer.

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I must be the only dumb nut who cares about this, but I can't help trying to figure out just what the fuck is going on with the heavy ...
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Monday, January 26, 2015

Dead Birds deserves some more love.

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A victim of some undercooked CGI but overflowing with a foreboding atmosphere and a very unique setup, I can't help praising this cree...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

The Raid 2 and Under the Skin are tied for my favorites of the year. What an amazing year.

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I can't really pick between them, and they're so insanely different yet both are masterpieces in my opinion. I loved The Raid , bu...
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Thursday, November 20, 2014

The Human Race is one of the best indie horror films I've seen.

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True, it does have some CG blood, but it's extremely original, full of surprises, and completely engrossing from start to finish. I re...
Saturday, October 11, 2014

Rewatching Killer Klowns

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Since it's the greatest month of the year, what better way to celebrate than forcing your Chinese girlfriend to sit through Killer Klo...
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Monday, September 22, 2014

Damn I love Starship Troopers!

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Paul Verhoeven was really on a roll there for a while: RoboCop , Total Recall  (fuck that remake! in fact, fuck all remakes! well, not The...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

The Blob (1988) shares a lot of similarities with John Carpenter's The Thing (1982).

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Obviously, they're both remakes and quite dark, gory ones at that (long live the '80s!), but I forgot the extremely gruesome Thing...
Friday, July 18, 2014

Hot Girl of Horror #30: Yvonne Strahovski

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I first saw her on Dexter ... if only the ending to that show wasn't so terrible. I did actually like her character though. She was ...
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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Slasher Movies: Dead or Alive?

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I'll admit it: I'm not the biggest fan of the slasher sub-genre. There are some classics, of course, that I love like Psycho II (...
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

The Feast Sequels

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It's hard to say anything good about them. Ok, there's the Rambo III gag in Feast III , which is pretty funny, and for some reaso...
Sunday, April 27, 2014

Hot Girl of Horror #29: Nora Arnezeder

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Maniac  (2012), which was actually quite good as far as slashers go and especially as far as remakes. I love the way they recreated the im...
Monday, March 24, 2014

Interview with Kyle Rankin, Director of Nuclear Family, Infestation, etc.

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He's currently running a Kickstarter for a new zombie comedy film with Ray Wise called Night of the Living Deb . Be sure to check it...
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Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, and FX Artist. I love horror movies and practical FX. Favorites include: Aliens, Scanners, Godzilla 1984, Seven, The Exorcist, John Carpenter's The Thing, RoboCop, Edward Scissorhands, David Cronenberg's The Fly, Oldboy, Unforgiven, Ninja Scroll, etc.
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