Reviews
Buffy Season 12 Issue #3 [Wicked Comic Review]
Issue three of The Reckoning, the penultimate issue of every Buffy comic season as a whole, is at least the best of this new miniseries to date. This episode feels like the show on every conceivable l...
Lake Placid: Legacy is a Serious Take on a Silly Concept [Review]
There are some franchises that will always continue on, no matter what. Dracula and Frankenstein have proven that they’ll be around forever, both lasting over a century. While the jury’s...
Boar Suffers from Lackluster FX [Frightfest 2018 Review]
Creature feature fans will know that, more often than not, the promise of a brand new film to drool over is tinged with the anxiety of knowing it’s probably going to turn out to be a load of CGI...
Incident In A Ghostland is Vile and Ill-Timed [Frightfest 2018 Review]
Incident In A Ghostland‘s title card utilizes a font not seen since the National Treasure franchise. Its tagline, “True evil never dies,” and accompanying marketing material seem to ...
Braid is Full of Unanswered Questions [Frightfest 2018 Review]
Braid, the debut feature from writer-director Mitzi Peirone, is a difficult film to describe. IMDb has a go, but somehow manages to confuse the issue further: Two wanted women decide to rob their weal...
Boarding School is a Boring Mess [Review]
People who don’t like modern horror movies frequently point to the jump scares. I’ve defended them in other reviews (here, here, and here), because they’re not the problem. Jumpsc...
The Ranger is Bloody, Smart, and Unpredictable [Frightfest 2018 Review]
Horror and punk rock should be better bedfellows. For whatever reason, metal tends to copulate with our beloved genre more often than its angrier, rougher cousin. Only Green Room (read our review) ...
Trench 11 is Tight, Claustrophobic, and Stripped Down
Trench 11 is a film of meat and potatoes in several respects. Visually, it consists mostly of a group of men shining dim yellow lights onto the dusty walls of underground tunnels. Claustrophobic, but ...
Comic Review: Beasts of Burden: Wise Dogs and Eldritch Men #1 is a Good Entry in a Great Series
It’s been two years since Evan Dorkin published the last Beasts Burden, What the Cat Dragged In. Two years is a long time to wait between installments in the episodic series. The premise should...