Progeny: A Parasite, A Human Impostor and Its Offspring?

  “Progeny” (2015) Starring Brigid Macaulay, directed by Jeremiah Kipp. Director of Photography Leya Taylor and special effects by Arthur Cullipher from “Headless.” A woman goes on the hunt for sexual partners that will incubate her offspring.     Brigid Macaulay does an incredible job with what could be a … Read More

The Lazarus Effect

“The Lazarus Effect” (2015). Directed by David Gelb.  Starring Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Donald Glover and Evan Peters.  Music by Sarah Schachner. A group of medical students discover a way to return dead things back to life. First animals, then people. What’s the worst that could happen? Students working at … Read More

Cooties: Elijah Wood, Prepubescent Zombies, and Tainted Chicken Nuggets

  “Cooties” (2014). Directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion.  Starring Elijah Wood, Alison Pill and Rainn Wilson. Contaminated chicken nuggets cause a zombie outbreak in an elementary school. It only affects children. I hope your health insurance covers cootie shots!   At a chicken farm, near the town of … Read More

Streaming Terror: Screambox Vs Shudder

  What if Netflix were made up entirely of horror films? That’s the concept behind streaming video services like Screambox and Shudder, which offer a bevy of scary movies divided up into sub-genres like Hexes And Oohs, Killer Kids, Animals Gone Wild and more.   Launched in September of 2014, … Read More

Taste The Flapjacks Of Terror With Lumberjack Man

  “Lumberjack Man” (2015) Directed by Josh Bear. Starring Micheal Madsen, Ciara Flynn and Jarrett King. Church campers run into mysterious killer lumberjack in this crazy pancake themed slasher flick. Yes, you read that correctly. Pancakes. He uses pancakes to kill people. You can’t make this stuff up!   It’s pretty … Read More

iZombie S2:E9 Cape Town

  First, the title. It has nothing to do with South Africa. It has everything to do with the murder victim, a shop teacher by day, a crime-fighting vigilante, named The Fog, by night. His catch phrase is a thing of beauty. “Tonight, I am thick with justice!” The Fog … Read More

Knock-Off Horror Toys: Feddy, Spook Chasers and Alien-Man

  Prepare to enter a whole new universe of fabulous knock-offs, where the dreams of teenagers are haunted by Feddy (whom scared the letter R out of his own name),  and the city streets of Oldish Detroit are protected by the heroic police cyborg Robert Cop.   Why shell out $400 … Read More

Masterpiece or Menace: Is Krampus a Good Christmas Horror Movie?

“Krampus” (2015). Directed by Michael Dougherty. Starring David Koechner, Toni Collette and Adam Scott. Max has a crappy family. This year, they’re exceptionally crappy to each other, so he tears up his letter to Santa and earns the ire of Krampus. Soon a blizzard sets in and they’re surrounded by … Read More

Victor Frankenstein: a Hunchback, a Circus and a Hybrid Monkey Monster

  “Victor Frankenstein” (2015). Directed by Paul McGuigan. Starring Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliff) and Professor Charles Xavier (James McAvoy).  Eponymous Viktor Von Frankenstein befriends anatomy expert and circus freak Igor the Hunchback and crazy hijinx in posthumous revivications occur. They create a monkey monster and some creature that hates fire and is 8-feet … Read More