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Greetings-- I haven't had time to prepare an exhaustive rundown of the year gone by for several years now, but there was so much going on last year that I wanted to share a brief breakdown EXCLUSIVELY to the faithful few here. Limited pretty much to horror and fringe and not as detailed as before, b...

I'll have a little more to say about last year later--I hope... 1/1/25: A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (theatre) 1/4/25: THE DAMNED (theatre) 1/5/25: THE FIRE INSIDE (theatre) 1/11/25: BETTER MAN (theatre) 1/12/25: DEN OF THIEVES--PANTERA (theatre) 1/21/25: WOLF MAN (theatre) 1/25/25: PRESENCE (theatre) 1/26/25...

This movie caught me by surprise when it showed up on TV when I was still in grade school... surprisingly, my parents watched it with me and never objected to the subject matter. Yeah, I want this on disc now.

Again, I'm sorry that I no longer have the time to provide a year-length recap of the new films I witnessed... but as for 2023, long story short? The best film of 2023 was undoubtedly GODZILLA MINUS ONE. The best flat-out HORROR film of 2023 in my book was TALK TO ME. The most frustrating "midd...

But I'll tell you what. THE MENU was my favorite film of the year, but if that's not quite "horror" enough I'd hand it to the one-two punch of X and PEARL, which frustrates me because MAXXINE didn't make it out in time to complete the sequence. THE BLACK PHONE would probably stand as my fa...

Sorry--I got the impression nobody was reading these either here or on FB as I received no response whatsoever this year or last year. I am also overwhelmed with personal projects above and beyond the movies and I can barely keep track of what I'm watching outside of brand-new movies. Still, it was ...

New movies only this year, sorry. Too overloaded. 1/7: M3GAN (theatre) 1/8: POKER FACE (on demand) 1/11: SHIN ULTRAMAN (theatre) 1/17: PLANE (theatre) 1/19: THE DEVIL CONSPIRACY (theatre) 1/25: SKINAMARINK (theatre) 1/31: FEAR (2023--theatre) 2/1: INFINITY POOL (theatre) 2/5: KNOCK AT THE CABIN (the...

I've put this off long enough, and if I don't dive in right now I'll never get it done. 2021 was insane between 2020 leftovers that I didn't get to see on the big screen, theatres re-opening and major studios sending new releases straight to streaming, I saw many things I otherwise might not have. A...

1/4: THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE (2021: on-demand) HOOPER (on-demand) 1/7: FROGS (TV) 1/11: THE NIGHT STALKER (Kolchak: Blu-Ray) 1/13: THE NIGHT STRANGLER (Blu-Ray) 1/15: FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN (on-demand) BLOOD FOR DRACULA (on-demand) 1/16: SCREAM (2022--theatre) 2/6: JACKASS FOREVER (theatre) 2/11: BLA...

By the way, I DID go back and update my "2020 in review" post... 1/1: SATURDAY THE 14TH (on-demand) THE HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE (Blu-Ray) 1/2: OCTOPUSSY (Blu-Ray) A VIEW TO A KILL (Blu-Ray) THE LEECH WOMAN (TV) 1/3: DISCO ROJO (DVD-R) THE BLUE EYES OF THE BROKEN DOLL (Blu-Ray) 1/9: THE LIV...

So... 2020 decided to end the movie-going year for me shortly after I wrote this. And I can't adapt to reviewing direct-to-streaming movies the same way I did theatrical releases. Sorry, folks--I'm at home. People walk in. People talk. Phones ring, interrupt and annoy. I can't re-create the theatric...

The movie year 2020 started off with something that was advertised as beginning at 11AM. And the traditional “pre-show” kicked off in its new order. We used to get the Cinemark “enjoy the show” ad JUST before the feature started. Now we get it first. And the popcorn tumbles down... and then the out-...

1/1 (stroke of midnight): ARNOLD (DVD-R) 1/4: THE GRUDGE (2020--theatre) IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (TV) THE FANATIC (on-demand) 1/5: JUMANJI--THE NEXT LEVEL (theatre) MURDER BY DEATH (DVD) 1/8: CATCH-22 (on-demand) 1/9: COLD TURKEY (on-demand) 1/12: UNDERWATER (theatre) 1/18: 1917 (theatre) THE FLY (...

Wow... I normally wait a couple of days to collect my notes and thoughts before I dive in, but I have to go back to work tomorrow and I've got quite a bit on my plate besides that, so there's no time like the present! By and large I found the horror output of 2019 (and I'm still keeping it in the re...

Brandy deserves a special award. The film was amazing and I look forward to discussing it in greater detail once we've had sufficient spoiler time...

I heartily concur. This one had me cringing before anything nasty actually happened. One can say WICKER MAN all one wants, but that does NOT substitute for viewing the actual film.

And less than an hour after I post this recap with multiple DEATH WISH references, I see that original DEATH WISH author Brian Garfield has passed away. Wow.

Thanks to various personal issues, I'm a bit behind in my annual recap duties. Hopefully I'll be able to maintain the tradition for years to come, but no promises. It would be a shame to leave it here, because 2018 was one of the most AMBITIOUS years for horror films in my memory. So many films aspi...

1/1 (stroke of midnight): THE THREE STOOGES IN ORBIT (on-demand) 1/2: PANIC (YouTube) 1/5: ESCAPE ROOM (theatre) 1/6: THE NOOSE HANGS HIGH (Blu-Ray) 1/13: ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (DVD) 1/19: GLASS (theatre) 1/20: MEXICAN HAYRIDE (DVD) 1/26: STAN & OLLIE (theatre) 1/27: AFRICA SCR...

"Christmas" movie roundup doesn't contain a single "Christmas" movie, but still... SPIDER-MAN--INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE: We should have had this instead of the Andrew Garfield movies (especially the second one). A thoroughly entertaining blend of the exciting and the absurd and a fi...

Don't freaking miss OVERLORD.

So... the new SUSPIRIA is guaranteed at least one more week's play at the arthouse. I'm not sure whether I should be surprised... it's the average chance you take between a "prestige" director and near-zero box office. But now that we've all at least had the CHANCE to see it? I'll speak a ...

While I continue to provide in-depth video reviews for those publications that request them (such as SCREEM), I've had precious little time or patience to review contemporary theatrical releases on-line for quite a while (I have no desire to be passed through a series of filters in order to determin...

Es muy realistica? No... es muy SURREALISTICA...

Even though I've eased myself out of feature reviews (print magazines excepted) these days, once in a while I have to make an exception when I find a film particularly provocative, troubling or part of a much bigger picture I've covered in the past. REVENGE (frankly, one of too many films to use tha...