Reviews
Poser Is A Music-Fueled Mania That Isn’t Quite The Thriller It Appears To Be [Nightstream Film Festival Review]
Poser is set in Columbus, Ohio, but the sort of indie music scene it depicts will be familiar to anyone who grew up in a moderately sized city. They all have a neighborhood where the buildings are cru...
LandLocked Is A Low Fi Look At The Menace Of Nostalgia [Nightstream Film Festival Review]
LandLocked was one of the virtual premiers at the 2021 Nightstream film festival, and marks the narrative feature debut for documentarian, writer, and director Paul Owens. In addition to location shoo...
HALLOWEEN KILLS: The Most Terrifying Halloween Since the Original [Review]
When 2018’s Halloween was released, director David Gordon Green gave fans of the series a fresh pair of eyes, doing away with the familial twist that had previously backed the slasher franchise...
Escape Room Tournament of Champions Proves Less is More [Blu-ray Review]
How does the old adage go? Less is more. Yes. And that has been proven again by Escape Room: Tournament of Champions. The follow up effort has some interesting ideas but ultimately loses its way ...
American Psycho [Steelbook Review]
American Psycho was released in theaters back in 2000. Based off of the novel from Bret Easton Ellis, the film follows Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) as he evolves from Wall Street yuppie into psych...
Name Above Title Is A Visually Extravagant Experimental Exercise In Neo Giallo [Nightstream Film Festival Review]
Name Above Title (AKA Um Fio de Baba Escarlate) opens with a gorgeous tracking shot. We follow a nameless young woman(Joana Ribeiro) through a raucous high end rooftop party. She wobbles in her s...
V/H/S/94 is Neither Brilliant Nor Terrible [Review]
The V/H/S anthology series has endured more valleys than peaks. The most compelling installment, V/H/S/2, was released all the way back in 2013, while the less said about the execrable V/H/S: Viral, w...
3 From Hell [Steelbook Review]
3 From Hell is the third film in Rob Zombie’s trilogy that started with House of 1000 Corpses in 2003. His most recent installment picks up right where the second film, The Devil’s ...
Copycat is a Solid, Suspenseful, Thriller [The Rabid Dog’s House]
The Rabid Dog’s House is a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where contributor Justin Steele uncovers hidden gems, lost classics, and overlooked indie offerings. Flying solo or with his c...