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There is something about reading children's books, particularly from your own childhood, that brings a sense of nostalgia. At least in...

‘Insidious: The Red Door,’ the alleged final chapter in the ‘Insidious’ franchise (much like ‘Insidious: The Last Key’ was supposed to...

Video Game adaptions are a contentious topic amongst gamers and film scholars alike. Most video adaptations abandon their source material...

‘Renfield’ is a brutal horror comedy and a direct sequel to the 1931 horror classic ‘Dracula’. The film recaps many of the films iconic...

‘Evil Dead Rise’ is a standalone film in the 'Evil Dead' series. It is produced by original creator/director Sam Raimi as well as Bruce...

Summary: “Olivia Prior has grown up in Merilance School for girls, and all she has of her past is her mother’s journal—which seems to...

After only a little over a year later, directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet return with their follow up to Scream (2022),...

‘The Menu’ is a searing rebuke of haute food culture. It is a high brow horror film yet a seething takedown of upper class apathy and...

'Megan', stylized 'M3gan', is a Techno-horror /Comedy from premier horror production company Blumhouse that makes up for in subtleties...

Hellraiser Released 1987 'Hellraiser' is a twisted, atmospheric gore fest that deftly explores the concept of pleasure and pain while...

‘Smile’ is a nerve-wracking albeit fun horror experience and hands down the scariest horror film in decades. While ‘Smile’ is an...

Writer/Director Ti West returns to his world of ‘X’ with a prequel about the now titular character ‘Pearl’ who we were introduced to in...

‘Bodies, Bodies, Bodies’ revolves around a group of Gen Zers who get together at one of their wealthy parents mansions and play the Gen...

Visionary director and Academy Award winning writer Jordan Peele is back with some bold ideas in his third directorial outing ‘Nope’...

Writer/Director Scott Derrickson returns after a six year hiatus to direct ‘The Black Phone.’ Though his last directorial foray was...

As a horror film fan and movie maven, I was delighted by the uptick in high quality albeit often over looked horror films in the 2010s....

‘Firestarter’, which is now the second adaption of the Stephen King' novel of the same name, is bland and uninteresting. The original...

On the surface ‘X’ is a smutty exploitation film. It follows a group of filmmakers attempting to covertly make an adult film at a rented...

You won't find many who like this film even amongst Friday the 13th fans. 'Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan' is not only...

Scream, the quintessential meta horror franchise, is back with a vengeance in it's fifth installment entitled, 'Scream'. The film's meta...