Welcome to a new feature on Matt’s Horror Addiction: VERSUS. Versus takes one film and presents two opposing opinions in head-to-head reviews with my friend and horror movie aficionado, Frank Pittarese. We’ll explain why we loved and hated the same…
Alone in the Dark (1982) A terrific mash-up of the slasher subgenre about three psychopaths (Jack Palace, Martin Landau, and Erland van Lidth) who escape from a mental facility and terrorize the hospital’s new doctor (Dwight Schultz) and his family.…
Black Water (2007) Intense Australian low-budgeter about a small group of friends who find themselves trapped in a watery nightmare when their motorboat capsizes and they’re hunted by a large, bloodthirsty crocodile. The characters are all basically cardboard cutouts, but…
Welcome to a new feature on Matt’s Horror Addiction: Versus. Versus takes one film and presents two opposing opinions in head-to-head reviews with my friend and horror movie aficionado, Frank Pittarese. We’ll explain why we loved and hated the same…
The Legacy (1978) Shades of The Omen are seen in this handsome supernatural shocker about a couple (Sam Elliot and Katherine Ross) stranded in the English countryside after a motorcycle accident and invited to stay with a mysterious man at…
If you’re not in the mood for Michael Myers or paranormal activities this Halloween you might want to check out these equally creepy flicks that’ll make your holiday night just as heart-pumping. With the help of my friends and fellow…
Anything for Jackson (2020) A good idea is not fully realized in this lackluster crossbreeding of Rosemary’s Baby and James Wan. An older couple (Sheila McCarthy and Julien Richings) turn to Satanism in order to bring back their dead grandson,…
Paranormal Activity (2009) A young couple, Katie and Micah (Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat), come to believe their home is haunted and set up video cameras to capture evidence. Things get progressively worse and they call on the help of…
Blacula (1972) Classic ’70s exploitation flick starring the great William Marshall as Prince Mamuwalde who is turned into a vampire by Count Dracula and, centuries later, rises from his tomb in modern day L.A. Director William Crain focuses more on…
By Frank Pittarese Bride of Chucky (1998) After three movies with the same basic plot, this one takes the series in a (mostly) new direction. Charles Lee Ray’s lunatic girlfriend (played by Jennifer Tilly) gets hold of Chucky’s remains and magically…