I was dimly intrigued when I stumbled across this film on Amazon. It looked like a forgotten 80s suspense film set in a hospital. From the description, I thought it might be no more gruesome than an episode of Columbo. (For you young folks, that was an 80s detective show.) It turned out to be…

I mentioned this book when I was about halfway through it and said that I was enjoying it. Now that I’ve finished it, what’s the verdict? Meh. The general plot is straightforward. Someone is recreating the Jack the Ripper killings, targeting women with the same names as the original victims. The cops and several authors…

Why do I watch movies like “Morgan: Killer Doll”? It’s obvious from the outset that it’s low-budget schlock.  And yet these films continually draw me in. Is it some kind of sickness on my part? A personality defect? But, surprise—”Morgan: Killer Doll” wasn’t actually that bad. The title of the movie makes clear that the…

So I recently started a movie viewing session planning on watching a movie recommended by a friend, only to find it wasn’t available in my region. After screaming in rage for several minutes, I randomly picked a movie that was in the little Amazon recommendations list. That movie was “Exhuma”, a Korean occult horror about…

This is kind of a rarity. I’m reviewing this book about seven years after having read it. Why? Because I think it’s one of the greatest horror novels ever, and I realized I never left a formal review to this effect. The plot centers around a group of “at-risk” youth visiting an island as part…

I’ll say this upfront. “The Super” has one of the creepiest introductory sequences I’ve ever seen. Unfortunately, it doesn’t maintain that mood for the rest of the film. In that creepy intro, a woman caring for her disabled relative is tormented by a mysterious force in her New York apartment. It’s nail-biting, y’all. When the…