Aging Gracefully
They Shall Not Grow Old by Hope Madden For those of us who haven’t experienced it, war is nearly impossible to fathom: the horror, terror, inhumanity and chaos of it.…read more →
Peter Jackson
Wheels Keep On Turnin’
Mortal Engines by Cat McAlpine As the credits rolled, I turned to my friend and said, with horror, “I think that would’ve been better…as a trilogy.” What’s that? You’ve had…read more →
Fright Club: Best Horror/Non-Horror Double Features
There’s always reason to be proud when one of he most established and respected directors decides to dabble in horror, and likewise, when one of our own makes it big…read more →
Fright Club: Best New Zealand Horror
Sure, New Zealand is known for that delicious fuzzy little fruit, the kiwi, but there’s some fun horror to explore there as well, not all of it courtesy of Peter…read more →
Day 5: Dead Alive
Dead Alive (Braindead) (1992) Rated R for “an abundance of outrageous gore,” Dead Alive is everything the early Peter Jackson did well. It’s a bright, silly, outrageously gory bloodbath. Lionel…read more →
Bilbo’s Misty Mountain Hop
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies by Hope Madden This Christmas, Peter Jackson gives us the gift of his final trip to Middle Earth with The Hobbit: The…read more →
Two Bloody Kiwis For Your Queue
New Zealand has a distinguished history in horror-comedy (well, as distinguished as that category gets). Long before Hobbits and dragons, kiwi Peter Jackson filled New Zealand cinemas with laughs and…read more →
Great Directors’ Horrifying Output
This week, the great writer/director/Ohioan Jim Jarmusch releases just another masterpiece, the vampire flick Only Lovers Left Alive. While Jarmusch is certainly not an easy artist to peg, a vampire…read more →
Suffering Middle Child Syndrome
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug by Hope Madden The fantasy film genre boasts some great sequels, even when those films are little more than bridges from Episode 1 to…read more →