Fright Club: Best Clown Horror
Clowns! You hate ’em, we hate ’em. There may be nothing as universally terrifying as the clown, and yet, a proper clown horror film is a tough nut to crack.…read more →
Archive For May, 2016
Gods and Monsters
X-Men: Apocalypse by George Wolf This year’s superheroes have been wrestling with big questions and God complexes, and X-Men: Apocalypse wants us to know it can be super serious, too.…read more →
Baby Mama Drama
The Ones Below by Cat McAlpine Having a child is an amazing and joyous event. It is also terrifying. Alien knew it. That whole Season 8 arc of the XFiles…read more →
Whit & Venom
Love & Friendship by Hope Madden Love & Friendship may be the film most likely to satisfy both the truest Jane Austen fan and the passerby who finds her material…read more →
It’s No Tea Party
Alice Through the Looking Glass by Hope Madden One billion dollars. That’s global money, keep in mind, but still, who’d have thought Tim Burton’s utterly banal and forgettable 2010 acid…read more →
A Beautiful Trainwreck
A Bigger Splash by Christie Robb Remember that infamous high school math problem about the trains? You know, the one where two trains leave different cities heading toward each other…read more →
Fright Club: Coming of Age Horror
For many – perhaps most – coming of age is a horror in and of itself, full of confusion, embarrassment, personality change, even blood. Which is why it is ripe…read more →
Nice Nice Baby
The Nice Guys by Hope Madden Tell me you’ve seen any of the countless trailers for Shane Black’s new action comedy The Nice Guys. Funny! I haven’t had such high…read more →
Fight for Your Right
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising by George Wolf So, sororities aren’t permitted to have parties in their houses? Is that a real thing? Obviously, I didn’t go Greek in college, but…read more →
Dance with the Devil
Belladonna of Sadness by Hope Madden Who’s looking for a psychosexual acid trip? Well, it’s your lucky day because Belladonna of Sadness – Eiichi Yamamoto’s 1973 animated cult flick –…read more →