Zombie horror movies. I couldn't tell you how many of them I've seen over the years by now. There just doesn't seem like much new that these kinds of films can give us, and then, BAM! Out of nowhere, you suddenly find one that makes the subgenre interesting, if not necessarily relevant. It's weird how … Continue reading Train to Busan (2016)
I enjoy a good 1950s scifi B-movie. Or a bad one, for that matter. In the last couple of decades, we've seen an interesting wave of nostalgia for older horror in the indie scene, going all the way back to the silent film era with Andrew Leman's adaptation of The Call of Cthulhu. Of these, … Continue reading The Giant Spider (2013)
Take a joke about zombie beavers. Now imagine it as a feature length production. Yeah, that's pretty much what you get here. Gotta give it some points for being honest and straightforward. Basically, Bill Burr and John Mayer are terrible truckers who hit a deer and drop toxic waste into a lake full of beavers. … Continue reading Zombeavers (2014)
Since I've seen the original film that this pulls from, I decided it was time to get around to watching the 2014 The Town That Dreaded Sundown. Now I understand why people say it's not really a remake, not really a sequel, but more a hybrid update. As a fan of the original film, I … Continue reading The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014)
Ah, New England islands. They're cold. They're foggy. They're full of townsfolk willing to off each other at the first sign of trouble as well as killer critters, ghost pirates, and whatever other nasties can hide out in or on the water to come after you. They're my reference point for what life is like … Continue reading Island Zero (2018)
It's always nice to see the Hammer name on something, and here it is. Plus, it's on a gothic horror film, so it's like Hammer was coming full circle and trying their hand once more at the kinds of films that made them famous. Daniel Radcliffe is a widower and lawyer who is trying to … Continue reading The Woman in Black (2012)
Rob Zombie likes gore, vulgarity, and violence as spectacle, and 31 is pretty much exactly that with his usual psycho redneck types. Also it's set in the 1970s, which is something else he loves. In short, 31 is basically a stereotype of Rob Zombie movies. Basically a group of carnies get kidnapped and forced to … Continue reading 31 (2016)
