Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a group of young adults break into an old person’s home looking for an easy score and find themselves in an unexpected battle for survival instead. [Read more…]
Archives for October 2020
[Nightstream Review] Exploring a Broad Range of Queer Horror in the ‘Slayed’ Shorts Program
Each year queer horror gets the spotlight treatment in the ‘Slayed’ shorts program at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, which this year was part of the Nightstream Festival.
[Review] Celebrating Gothic Romance, T’Nia Miller and Tearful Endings in Episodes 5-8 of ‘The Haunting Of Bly Manor’
“This isn’t a ghost story. It’s a love story.” [Read more…]
[Nightstream Review] ‘Bloody Hell’ Is Bloody Fun
There’s something delicious about the idea of an egotistical celebrity vigilante trying to escape a bad situation only to wind up in a far worse one. [Read more…]
[Review] ‘The Wolf of Snow Hollow’ Mistakes Screaming For Comedy
John Marshall (Jim Cummings) has a lot on his plate.
He’s a recovering alcoholic with some pretty significant rage issues. He navigating (unsuccessfully) a post-divorce relationship with his teenage daughter Jenna (Chloe East). His father (Robert Forster, in his final role) is the Sheriff of Snow Hollow, but the old man refuses to relinquish control to John despite significant health problems.
Oh yeah, and there’s a werewolf killing women every full moon in the sleepy tourist town. [Read more…]
[Review] Supernatural and Real Life Horrors Intersect in Monsterland’s First Four Episodes
Encounters with mermaids, fallen angels, and other strange beasts drive broken people to desperate acts in Monsterland, an anthology series based on the collection of stories from Nathan Ballingrud’s “North American Lake Monsters”.
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