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‘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.

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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

Exploding “Nice Guy” Culture In ‘Promising Young Woman’ [Blu Review]

March 28, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

Now that Promising Young Woman is out on Blu, it’s the ideal opportunity to revisit Emerald Fennell’s buzzy, controversial Oscar nominated film.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Adam Brody, Bo Burnham, Carey Mulligan, Chris Lowell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Clancy Brown, Emerald Fennell, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Max Greenfield, Paris Hilton

‘Psycho Goreman’ Is A Delightful Throwback With A Mean Streak [Blu Review]

March 16, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

One of the year’s most enjoyable horror comedies takes the unexpected form of a 90s throwback in PG: Psycho Goreman.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Adam Brooks, Alexis Hancey, Blitz/Berlin, Kristen MacCulloch, Matt Ninabar, Matthew Kennedy, Nita-Jossee Hanna, Owen Myre, Scout Flint, Steven Kostanski, Steven Vlahos

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The 411 on me

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

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

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

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