Category Capsule Reviews

The Children, Curtains, and Hannibal Rising

The Children – 1980, US, 93m. Director: Max Kalmanowicz. Streaming: Peacock, Prime, Tubi Curtains – 1983, Canada, 89m. Director: Jonathan Stryker (Richard Ciupka). Streaming: Peacock, Roku Hannibal Rising – 2007, Czech Republic/Italy/UK/US, 121m. Director: Peter Webber. Streaming: Tubi THE CHILDREN…

Dead of Winter, The Lodge, and Mary Reilly

Dead of Winter – 1987, US, 100m. Director: Arthur Penn. Streaming: Prime, Tubi The Lodge – 2019, UK/US, 108m. Director: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz. Streaming: Max Mary Reilly – 1996, UK/US, 107m. Director: Stephen Frears. Streaming: Tubi DEAD OF WINTER…

Chopping Mall, Damned River, and One Dark Night

Chopping Mall – 1986, US, 77m. Director: Jim Wynorski. Streaming: Peacock, Tubi Damned River – 1989, US, 95m. Director: Michael Schroeder. Streaming: Prime One Dark Night – 1982, US, 89m. Director: Tom McLoughlin. Streaming: Freevee, Tubi CHOPPING MALL (1986) (AKA:…

End of the Year

SAW X Halloween III. Friday the 13th Part 5. Spiral. What those three sequels have in common is the absence of their franchise’s key players: the killers fans have come to love watching butcher innocent victims. Halloween had Michael Myers;…

Dracula’s Widow, Iced, and Lady Frankenstein

Dracula’s Widow – 1988, US, 86m. Director: Christopher Coppola. Streaming: Tubi Iced – 1989, US, 86m. Director: Jeff Kwitny. Streaming: YouTube Lady Frankenstein – 1971, Italy, 99m. Director: Mel Welles. Streaming: ScreamBox, Tubi DRACULA’S WIDOW (1988) Artifacts from Dracula’s castle…