31 Days of Horror: Day One – The Theatre Bizarre (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. The Theatre Bizarre is a stronger than usual anthology film. I’ve been intrigued by the film for a couple of years now […]

From The Parallax Review Vaults: Combat Shock (1986)

The following review originally was written for The Parallax Review, a film review site of which I was the co-founder and managing editor. I have decided to collect the writings I did for The Parallax Review and preserve them here. I will be posting a few of these older pieces every week. My review of […]

Twelve Days of Axe-mas: Maniac (1980)

I am taking part in The Chicago Creepout’s Twelve Days of Axe-mas holiday viewing event. This is my day nine. It only happens on rare occasions, but I can be wrong about a film. Such is the case with Maniac. I first saw Maniac around ten years ago. That first viewing left me with the […]