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 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 […]

From The Parallax Review Vaults: Dead & Breakfast (2004)

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 […]

From The Parallax Review Vault: Piranha 3D (2010)

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 […]

From The Parallax Review Vaults: The Woods (2006)

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 […]

From The Parallax Review Vaults: New Year’s Evil (1980)

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 […]

From The Parallax Review Vaults: The Rage (2007)

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 […]

The Cohen Case Files: A Return to Salem’s Lot (1987)

Executive Produced, Written (Also Story By), and Directed by Larry Cohen Any discussion of A Return to Salem’s Lot has to begin and end with Sam Fuller (yes, I am aware he is credited in most of his films as Samuel Fuller, but it seems wrong not to refer to him as Sam). A journalist, […]

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 […]

Twelve Days of Axe-mas: Inside (2007)

I am taking part in The Chicago Creepout’s Twelve Days of Axe-mas holiday viewing event. This is my day seven. I have never been able to get on board with the brand of extreme horror films that have been coming out of France over the last ten or so years. Inside is a prime example […]