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Archives for July 2020

[Into The Dark review w/ Gayly Dreadful] “The Current Occupant” Is A Failed, Frustrating Political Paranoia Thriller

July 16, 2020 by Joe Lipsett

Each month Joe and Terry  discuss the new episode of Hulu and Blumhouse’s Into The Dark series, alternating between our respective sites — queerhorrormovies.com and gaylydreadful.com.

This time around we’re checking out the S2 July entry, “The Current Occupant.”

Spoilers follow… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Into The Dark, Reviews w/ Gayly Dreadful Tagged With: Alston Ramsay, Barry Watson, Blumhouse, Hulu, Julius Ramsay, Kate Cobb, Sonita Henry

[He Said / She Said Review] ‘The Beach House’ Is Essential Cosmic Aquatic Horror Viewing

July 9, 2020 by Joe Lipsett

In He Said/She Said, critics Joe and Valeska dissect a film in a back and forth email exchange. Previously, we took a terrible summer vacation with a dangerous young girl in Becky, directed by  Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion.

Maybe the third time’s the charm as we try another weekend retreat with writer/director Jeffrey A. Brown’s cosmic aquatic horror film, The Beach House.

Full spoilers follow… [Read more…]

Filed Under: He Said/She Said Tagged With: cosmic horror, Jake Weber, Jeffrey A. Brown, Liana Liberto, Maryanne Nagel, Noah Le Gros, shudder

JU-ON: Origins Review w/t Gayly Dreadful: Slight Characters, But Mega Gore Dominate The Back Half Of S1

July 3, 2020 by Joe Lipsett

Netflix’s prequel series JU-ON: Origins offers a fresh perspective of the traditional and long-running Japanese horror series that doesn’t require much knowledge of the extensive franchise.

Spoilers ahead for episodes 4-6… [Read more…]

Filed Under: JU-ON: Origins, Reviews w/ Gayly Dreadful, TV Tagged With: Atom Shukugawa, Hitomi Hazuki, Kana Kurashina, Nana Owada, Netflix, Ririka, Screaming Mad George, the grudge, Tokio Emoto, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Yuina Kuroshima, Yura Anno

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I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

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