About 20 minutes into 2025’s “Bring Her Back“ I was worried it was one of these modern movies where nothing is ever explained, and the mystery just kind of festers until the end. And I wasn’t really in the mood for such a movie on that particular evening. I’m glad I kept going, because it…

1981’s “Delusion” (also known as “The House Where Death Lives” and boy does it ever) is an absolute gem of a movie. If you’re a fan of slow-burn psychological horror with sexual tension and psychological layering, you’ll love it. Our story begins with young Meredith (Patricia Pearcy), a home nurse who gets a gig caring…

I should watch more sci-fi horror. The genre has so many great films: “Forbidden Planet”, the “Aliens” franchise, “Blade Runner”, “Event Horizon”, “Strange Days”. And the genre isn’t overdone the way a lot of supernatural or slasher-themed movies are. (Looking at you “Conjuring“ films.) Yeah, sci-fi horror has a lot of standouts. “Death Machine,” however,…

There’s a particular kind of horror that is excessively bleak. “Last House on the Left” comes to mind, as do “Deliverance” and many of the Texas Chainsaw films. The horror in these films is man-made; they argue we don’t need to fear demons or witches, but our fellow humans. When I was younger, I enjoyed…

A little known fact about me is that I did some work for a film production company in the 2000s, mostly trying and failing to get horror films made. I did get the chance to meet big directors like John Carpenter and Stuart Gordon. At one point, the company was in conversation with famed Director…

I’d never heard of “The Black Room” until I saw it on a list of Amazon recommendations. I figured, “Why the hell not?” and gave it a try. The film starts with an attractive couple having sex. They get killed, then the scene switches to another attractive couple having sex. I thought, “OK, it’s gonna…