Prometheus: Engineering Mankind

Prometheus, which marks director Ridley Scott's first return to the universe he helped create with 1979's Alien, is a story about questioning the very creation and purpose of mankind on planet earth. A group of scientists, mercenaries, and explorers discover an ancient symbol which they believe will help lead them to the origin of man. They set off through space and discover a distant planet which matches up with their ancient star maps. Soon, they find themselves in a struggle with their environment, themselves, and something much more ancient. 1979's Alien is one of best horror sci-fi film ever made, but was unfortunately subject to...

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Vintage Horror Review: The Basement (1989)

The best of the wors...

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Cabin in the Woods: God Have Mercy

Where to even begin my review of Cabin in the Woods... Well, the film begins with a couple of very official looking men making small talk while walking through a seemingly bland office environment, but then BAM a very grindhouse-esque, red block letter title appears and we cut to the typical horror teenagers: the stoner, jock, cheerleader girlfriend, sensitive new guy and the daddy's girl virgin. We soon find out the group plan on staying in a (spoiler!) cabin in the woods. However, in an odd turn of events, our two office buddies from scene one return and we discover that they're controlling everything that goes on from a high-tech...

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Silent Night, Deadly Night Reboot in the Works

Anchor Bay has announced plans to remake the 80's santa-killer slasher Silent Night, Deadly Night this week, as horror fans around the country let out a heavy sigh of frustration...

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Hemlock Grove: A Netflix Original Horror Series

In their latest attempt to bring back all of those people who cancelled their subscription after the ridiculous price change, Netflix has begun run their own original shows that aren't available to non-subscribers. Hemlock Grove will be one of the first of these series'...

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Holliston: Big Bang Theory For Horror Fans

If you havent heard of Holliston, it's Adam Green (Hatchet) and Joe Lynch's (Wrong Turn 2: Dead End) new comedy show on FEARNet. The show is about Adam and Joe living together as aspiring horror directors with a film show on the public access channel, and their lives struggling with girls, money and horror films...

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Vintage Horror Review: The Evil Dead (1981)

To celebrate "Ash" wednesday, I figured I'd review one of the best horror films ever made (and one of my favorites) The Evil Dea...

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New Posters for Piranha 3DD

Two brand new posters for the awaited sequel to Piranha ...

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Chillerama: Bringing The Drive-In To Your Living Room

Before I say anything about this film, I feel I should point out how awesome the poster is. I absolutely love when I find a movie with a hand drawn poster and Chillerama has one of the best ones I've ever seen. Movie posters are unfortunately a dead art with the use of computers and digital art these days so this one most certainly deserves some recognition. The artwork is by Phil Roberts, who is known for his 80's-esque poster designs. Chillerama contains three horror-comedies/parodies directed by various genre directors within the frame story of a bunch of people at a soon to be closed drive-in theater that also has a few freaky...

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Vintage Horror Review: Trilogy of Terror (1975)

This made-for-TV horror gem from the 70's is surprisingly not a very popular film and is actually fairly hard to find. Trilogy of Terror is divided into 3 stories (all staring Karen Black): Julie, Millicent and Therese, and Amelia. "Julie" tells the tale of a college student who becomes unhealthily obsessed with his English professor. He takes her on a date, drugs her, takes a few scandalous pictures of her, and then uses them to blackmail her into further meetings. Soon, the professor unveils a secret that quickly end his plans. "Millicent and Therese" is about a pair of sisters who just don't get along. Soon, their therapist...

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Vintage Horror Review: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Horror is one of the few genres where a sequel can often be better than or equal to the original, and Gremlins 2 is the perfect example of that...

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Vintage Horror Review: Rawhead Rex (1986)

Rawhead Rex is one of the less well-known films that I've done vintage reviews for, however, it is no doubt a gem in the world of cheesy 80's monster movies. A farmer and a few of his buddies discover a strange rock in the middle of a field in rural Ireland decide to dig up the thing. After countless tries, the rock won't budge, until smoke begins billowing out of it and an unholy creature is unleashed. Meanwhile, a man writing a book about ancient sacred sights and his family travel around Ireland in search of material. Soon, he discovers a church where he believed an ancient sight used to be. Before long, he finds himself a the local reverend...

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The Woman in Black: Back to Hammer

To be honest, I had pretty high expectations going into The Woman in Black, which stars ex-Harry Potter Daniel Radcliffe and is produced by Hammer films. It appeared to have the feel of the old Hammer films about haunted houses and monsters and that really drew me in. However, these high expectations were unfortunately not met by The Woman in Black. The film is a remake of a 1989 Hammer film of the same name directed by Herbert Wise and starring Adrian Rawlings. It tells the story of a lawyer (Radcliffe) attempting to do all the final paperwork for a woman who died in a large, strange house in the middle of a swamp in rural England. When...

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Chronicle: Look Ma, No Hands!

I'm back with a vengeance. Don't call it a come back. Chronicle is a film about a group of three high school seniors (the popular guy, the bullied loner and the sort of in-between guy) who, during a typical high school rave party in an abandoned building, stumble upon a cave in the woods and, being drunk high school kids, decide it's a good idea to climb into it. They stumble upon a strange, glowing plant-like rock that emits an odd sound and soon gives the three nosebleeds, prompting them to leave. They soon discover that they now have the power of telekinesis, but before long, the struggle for power begins to break the friends apart. Overall,...

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The Devil Inside: How Not To End A Movie

Horror films involving possession come out pretty much twice every year, and found-footage horror films have been coming out pretty much once a month lately, so it was only a matter of time before someone capitalized on the success of both genres (although The Last Exorcism followed these same guidelines in 2010) The Devil Inside had a very interesting and gripping story. It begins with an eerie 911 call  in which a woman casually confesses to murdering three people and then shows a crime scene walkthrough of the murders which took place during an exorcism. It is then revealed that the film is a documentary being made by the...

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