31 Days of Horror: Day 12 – Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. What do you say about a movie called Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man? Pretty much everything you need to know is right […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 11 – We Are What We Are (2013)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. Writer/director Jim Mickle and his co-writer/leading man Nick Damici have steadily worked their way up the genre ladder. Their first feature, the […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 10 – Kiss of the Damned (2012)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. There really is not much to say about a movie like Kiss of the Damned. As an homage to the Euro-horror films […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 9 – Wake Wood (2010)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. There is a difference between a film being economical in its storytelling and one that rushes through its story and character beats […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 8 – A Horrible Way to Die (2010)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. Maybe I’m misreading the intentions of screenwriter Simon Barrett and director Adam Wingard, but A Horrible Way to Die feels like an […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 7 – Brain Dead (1990)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. “Who let Adam Simon on the lot?” – Griffin Mill, The Player Unless his career takes a massive upswing at some point […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 6 – Citadel (2012)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. For almost the entire second and third acts of Citadel—a scrappy little Irish production—I was certain that the events being presented were […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 5 – Frogs (1972)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. I grew up on a dairy farm in Southern Missouri. To put it mildly, it was the middle of nowhere. The nearest […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 4 – Scream 4 (2011)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. It has been seventeen years since Scream was released. Think about that for a moment. Seventeen years. There are two ways you […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 3 – Resolution (2012)

I am doing the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. Every day in October, I will watch a different horror film I have never seen before and write about it here on the blog. Resolution is the type of film about which it is almost impossible to write without giving away any of the surprises the […]