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‘Tailgate’ Is A High Octane Road Rage Thriller [North Bend Film Festival Review]

July 17, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

A man, woman and their two daughters are confronted by a tall man in a convenience store

What happens when a hot-headed family man pisses off the wrong rule-abiding driver on the highway?

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, North Bend Tagged With: Dutch, Lodewijk Crijns, Netherlands, Tailgate

‘The Forever Purge’ Takes One Last Shot at American Patriotism [Review]

June 30, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

After five films and two seasons of television, it’s the end of the road for The Purge franchise (for now).

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Ana de la Reguera, Blumhouse, Cassidy Freeman, James DeMonaco, Josh Lucas, Leven Rambin, Tenoch Huert, the forever purge, the purge, Will Patton

‘The Retreat’ (2021) Is A Queer Revenge Thriller That Plays It Safe [Review]

May 21, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

The Retreat asks the question: what dangers lie in wait for queer people who leave the safety of the big city?

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Queer Film Reviews Tagged With: Aaron Ashmore, Alyson Richards, Celina Sinden, Chad Connell, Munro Chambers, Pat Mills, Queer Horror, Rossif Sutherland, Sarah Allen, Tommie-Amber Pirie

‘Spiral’ Resurrects The Saw Franchise [Review]

May 12, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

How do you solve a problem like Jigsaw? Following the disastrous 2017 attempt to reboot the Saw franchise, writers Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger make a second attempt to restart the engine of the longest running horror franchise of the 21st century.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: chris rock, Lionsgate, Marisol Nichols, max minghella, Samuel L. Jackson, saw, spiral, spiral from the book of saw, Zoie Palmer

‘The Mortuary Collection’ Shines on Blu [Review]

April 20, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

I’ve had the opportunity to see Ryan Spindell’s horror anthology several times. Once with a live audience at Fantastic Fest in 2019, once at the Nightstream virtual festival in 2020 and now again on Blu in 2021. My opinion of the film has changed each time.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Clancy Brown, rlje, ryan spindell, shudder, the mortuary collection

‘Jakob’s Wife’ Needs More Marriage And Less Vampire [Review]

April 16, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

Two genre vets and a hot director team up for a fresh take on vampires. So why is Jakob’s Wife so muddled?

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Barbara Crampton, bonnie aarons, Kathy Charles, larry fessenden, Mark Steensland, Nyisha Bell, RLJE films, Robert Rusler, Travis Stevens

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The 411 on me

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

Words:
> Bloody Disgusting
> /Film
> Consequence
> The Spool
> Anatomy of a Scream
> Grim Journal
> That Shelf

Podcasts:
> Horror Queers
> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

Recent Posts

  • ‘Materialists’ Interrogates The Cost of Love [Review]
  • Serial Killer Meets Sharks in Sean Byrne’s ‘Dangerous Animals’ [Review]
  • 4K Review: ‘What Lies Beneath’ (2000)

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