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Welcome to my website! If you’re visiting, you’re most likely a horror movie fanatic like myself. I became obsessed with horror movies around the age of two when my mother took me to the local video store in North Reading, MA. After accidentally stopping in front of the forbidden “Horror” section, I was immediately hypnotized by all the gloriously scary VHS covers.
Guest Movie Reviews: Synchronic, Wolf of Snow Hollow, and More
Hey guys! My friend and fellow movie nerd, Aaron Reid, is going to be guest writing this week. Here are Aaron’s reviews on a batch of new and semi-new releases. Synchronic (2019) “The present is a miracle.” Steve and Dennis,…
An Interview with Joshua Criss, Writer/Director of Leaving D.C.
This interview contains minor spoilers, so if you have not yet watched the films mentioned in this post please do so first and come back! I had the opportunity of sitting down with filmmaker Joshua Criss to discuss his 2012…
Horror at Sundance ’21
I had the opportunity to participate in this year’s virtual Sundance Film Festival, and naturally I selected most of the titles out of the horror section. In doing so I watched several good new horror films that will hopefully find…
A Chat with Paranormal Farm Director Carl Medland
This week I spoke to Carl Medland, writer and director of The Spiritualist, and the Paranormal Farm movies. Carl took time to chat with me about his films, about filmmaking, about his horror inspirations, and about the future of found…
My 10 Favorite Horror Films of the 2010s
Since a new decade is up and running, I wanted to look back and discuss what I think are ten amazing horror movies from the past ten years. I’m not saying these are the best; I’m just saying these are…
The SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT Saga
This post contains spoilers! The early 1980s were a great time for the movies, especially horror, specifically the slasher. The successes of Halloween and Friday the 13th opened the floodgates for independent filmmakers to make movies on the cheap with…
THE OMEN is a classic horror film. The sequels, not so much.
Warning: This post contains spoilers! The Omen is a good example of a terrific stand-alone movie that was forcibly serialized in the hopes of making money. When 20th Century Fox released the first Omen film on June 6, 1976 to…
BLOOD RAGE: A Thanksgiving Slasher Classic
It’s not cranberry sauce! There were some horror films released in the decadent 1980s that were so quintessential of their era they can’t be replicated in any shape, way, or form. John Grissmer’s 1987 splatter classic, Blood Rage, is one…
Russell Crowe goes ballistic in Unhinged
Road rage is one of those universal events that plague people every day, and while we’ve seen it portrayed in movies before (Duel, Joy Ride) it’s offered up as a straight-forward, unapologetic thrill ride in Unhinged. Directed by German filmmaker…
Paranormal Farm: The Meta Found Footage Series
This post contains some spoilers. I recommend watching the films and then come back and read If you’re a fan of found footage horror you’ll most likely have heard of the Paranormal Farm series, one of the more inventive in…