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Movie reviews for horror fans; from gruesome bone-chillers to dark horror thrillers, a showcase for frightful films that seek to entertain and to terrify.

Classic Movie Review: The Original 'Halloween' Doesn't Hold Up
Halloween (1978) Directed by John Carpenter Written by John Carpenter, Debra Hill Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasance
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Horror
Triangle - A Movie Review
I swear I’ve been here before. This all looks so familiar. Triangle found its way into theaters in 2009. Left stranded on their boat, a group of friends gets on a stray shift. Noticing something peculiar about this ship, what happens next is hard to describe.
By Marielle Sabbag3 years ago in Horror
The Terror (1963)
Helene: The crypt! It must be destroyed, and with it the dead. Andre: Don't speak of the dead anymore. You're with me now. Helene: I am possessed of the dead. Andre: You're a warm living woman. Who has told you these things? Helene: The dead.
By Tom Baker3 years ago in Horror
The Top Slasher Films You Need to See
"Psycho" (1960) (BOTH pick) It all begins here. Based on the novel by Robert Bloch, which was in turn inspired by notorious serial killer Ed Gein, this masterpiece by Alfred Hitchcock is the result of Hitchcock being bored and wanting to do something that neither he nor anyone else had ever done. Something that elevated film from suspense to pure terror, and brutal violence. The film does an incredible switch of perspective, as the lead characters change partway through the film, and all of the violence is purposefully, painstakingly realistic.
By Gene Lass3 years ago in Horror
Psycho (1998) - A Movie Review
How is this Bates motel any scarier than the one we saw three decades ago? Psycho is a 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film. After embezzling money from her boss, Marion Crane skips town. Finding a solitary motel on the side of the road, the owner introduces her to the place and its terrible secrets.
By Marielle Sabbag3 years ago in Horror
Mr. Harrigan's Phone - A Netflix Movie Review
Please tell me I am not getting a call from the dead. Mr. Harrigan’s Phone is a 2022 Netflix film. From a young age, Craig befriends an elderly man named Mr. Harrigan. Sadly Mr. Harrigan passes away. Putting his phone with him in the coffin, Craig is shocked to get a message in return one night.
By Marielle Sabbag3 years ago in Horror
Half Light - A Movie Review
What are you talking about? I just spent the whole day with him! Half Light is a 2006 film. Following the death of her son, Rachel Carlson, a successful novelist moves to a small Scottland village. Hoping that she is moving on, strange occurrences happen. She is haunted by memories of the past.
By Marielle Sabbag3 years ago in Horror
Barbarian - A Movie Review
Don’t go inside that house. Showing up to theaters in 2022, Barbarian centers around a young woman arriving at her Airbnb house, only to realize that it is occupied. Reluctantly agreeing to stay in the house with Craig, they make a shocking discovery.
By Marielle Sabbag3 years ago in Horror
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
This post is just a bit different from my usual book vs movie. There are actually two movie adaptations of the book, made within only a couple years of each other. So I watched both and will be comparing all three. Second, I did not wait to finish the book before watching the movies. I watched the first just as I started the book and the other while I was about halfway. I thought it would be fun to switch it up, plus I'd already read the book previously, although it was long enough ago that I barely remembered it.
By Alexis M. Collazo3 years ago in Horror
Naked Lunch (1991)
***The curious thing about David Cronenberg's film Naked Lunch is that it seems to have very little to actually do with the book Naked Lunch. Instead, it follows the general arch of its author, William S. Burroughs', life, and a few of his themes: addiction, possession by strange forces, and vast conspiracies to enslave mankind that may not even originate in the human world.
By Tom Baker3 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'The Block Island Sound' (2020)
This was pretty good Lovecraftian Horror. And again, Lovecraftian Horror isn't tentacle monsters, but rather a fantastic descent into madness. This movie depicts it so fucking well, and you're never exactly sure WHAT the fuck is going on. This could have also been cerebral in the way you're never perfectly sure if the main character is crazy or if supernatural shit is actually happening. However, I think that might have made the movie too boring and firmly answering that question is a part of a reveal that makes this movie so worth it. I'll talk about this more in the spoilers.
By Reed Alexander3 years ago in Horror
Edison's Frankenstein (1910)
What can one say about a film that is a century old? Thought lost for many, many long decades, a complete (if deteriorated) print was finally found in the attic of an ancient theater, and restored until it was watchable. Its "Monster", predating Boris Karloff's iconic flat-topped ghoul, is a semi-idiotic-looking medieval peasant in filthy rags, Kracow shoes (pointed toes), and a few lengths of rope twisted about its torso. Its face is held in a stroke victim's frozen rictus of numb, unfeeling ugliness, and his eyes are wonderingly cow-like orbs under a fright-wig of filthy frizz.
By Tom Baker3 years ago in Horror