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Tag Archives: supernatural
Wicked witches and good girls gone bad
Going as far back as the 90s to cover this foursome of disastrous films… BLACK MAGIC WOMAN (1991) Because it was released during the peak of my days working at the video store, I have a soft spot for this … Continue reading
Gay horror Stephen King approves and gay horror he wrote
It was completely unintentional that I read two books in a row featuring gay couples—I just randomly picked the shortest books off the massive pile I still need to read to shrink it a bit faster. But this happy accident … Continue reading
I Am Zozo on Halloween and Sick for Toys on Christmas
Halloween and Christmas flicks I Am Zozo and Sick for Toys are two very different movies, both with wickedly devilish names, but does either film do its holiday–and my holiday horror page–justice? I AM ZOZO (2012) Aside from the fact … Continue reading
Time to return to House on Haunted Hill – twice
For me, 1959’s House on Haunted Hill is the masterpiece of William Castle/Vincent Price collaborations. So before revisiting this 1999 remake twenty years later, I was assuming I was unfairly hard on it the first time around. I was…until the … Continue reading
Is the Boogeyman trilogy a thrillogy?
As I revisited the 2005 Boogeyman and got the same vibe the chilling opening of Darkness Falls gave me—boy terrified of monster coming into his room—I couldn’t fathom why I remembered nothing about this film. Then I watched the rest … Continue reading
Creepy ladies, killer guys
So I checked out four up-and-coming films—a ghost, a boogeyman, a psycho, and witches—but should you be waiting in anticipation? Let’s take a look. THE CABIN (2018) I’ll never understand why indie directors produce movies blatantly inspired by hugely iconic … Continue reading
Give it a rest…stop
Inching closer and closer to completing my goal of blogging about every horror movie in my collection (short of major horror films that have been talked to death), I’m focusing on franchises. So it’s time to take on the Rest … Continue reading
A creature feature, a supernatural urban legend, and an anthology
A little bit of everything in this trio of recent films I streamed and watched on cable. Are any of them worth a watch? Let’s find out. STRANGE NATURE (2018) Great title for this movie, which is strange in a … Continue reading
PRIME TIME: 2 flicks that get inside the head, but do they deliver the horror?
These two films explore the fears, memories, dark sides, and mental states of two different people: a single father and a single woman. But is what’s going on in their heads scary to us? DARK SILENCE (2016) I can’t be … Continue reading