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Review: Companion
AI horror is gonna lure me every time. You might recall my rave review for the critically maligned “evil Alexa” movie “AfrAId” a while back. Stories about the fears of AI just really tickle my…
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Review: Regression
Many people are probably familiar with the Satanic Panic of the 80s and 90s where at least dozens of people across the country were accused and convicted of committing fantastical crimes – child sacrifices, weird…
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Review: The Call
There’s a timeless premise for horror movies: young people do something horrible and are punished for it. It’s the conceit of “I Know What You Did Last Summer”, “Soriority Row”, “Carrie” and even my new…
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Review: Lisa Frankenstein
This is an interesting one that prompted a variety of thoughts that are still settling in my brain. There’s certainly nothing horrifying or terrifying about it. It leans into the comedy, but for the first…
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Review: Out of the Past
It just sounds like the title to a great film noir movie, right? It’s weighed down with secrets and betrayals, gunshots, and curls of cigarette smoke. Well, the film lives up to its title. The…
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Review: The Toolbox Murders (2004)
Everyone knows that director Tobe Hooper was responsible for one of the all-time great horror films “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.“ What is less discussed about the director is that he sort of lost his way…
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Review: On the Line
Watching a Mel Gibson film these days feels deliciously outré, like you’re doing something naughty. Unfortunately, I also find that most of his post scandal works are of middling to low quality. “On The Line”…
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Book review: Second Unit – Russell C Connor
I’ve been a big fan of Russell C Connor after reading his great novel “Good Neighbors“ some years back. As such, I’d been looking forward to reading a trilogy of novels he did centered around…
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Review: Storm Warning
Years ago, I developed an interest in film noir movies and viewed many classics of the genre like “Double Indemnity”, “Touch of Evil”, “Notorious” and even neo-noirs like “Chinatown” and Brian De Palma’s “Sisters” (fun…
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Review: Speak No Evil (2024)
I saw the terrific original Danish version of the horror film “Speak No Evil” a few years ago and, as such, wasn’t particularly interested in the American remake. But it caught my wife’s eye, probably…
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Review: Terrified
Terrified is an Argentinian horror film from 2017. It came recommended as having some incredible scares, and it does, at times. The open sequence is great. After his wife complains about hearing voices in the…
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Review: The Sender
People were really into telepathy back in the 80s. Well, telepathy and related super-abilities of the mind, like telekinesis, pyrokinesis, clairvoyance and precognition. Think about 80s classics like The Dead Zone, Firestarter, Scanners, and Creepers.…
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Here comes the Mirror Man! (And he’s coming for you!)
I’m pleased to announce my second horror novel, The Mirror Man,” is arriving at Amazon on May 1st, 2025. Pre-orders available now. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DYBKTX7Y Blurb: What you don’t say can still kill you. When a viral…
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Review: Villains
I feel I fell prey to false advertising on this one. It was touted as horror-comedy, but really was a dark comedy. There’s little here I would call horror. It’s built on a familiar setup.…
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Review: Don’t Tell a Soul
Boy, I really wanted to like this one. There’s so much in its favor: a dark, nihilistic social landscape reminiscent of what you’d find in the books of Jim Thompson. Skilled actors, especially the young…