HOUSE is a bad trip caught on film

The 70’s…yeah, what else needs to be said? A decade filled with outstanding art, music, cinema and most importantly Horror. The Exorcist, Halloween, The Omen and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre carved an indelible mark into the psyche of the youngin’s brave enough to watch and some adults too. But during this Renaissance there was something

Beyond The Black Rainbow is true 80’s horror

Originally I had intended to watch this movie at a local art house theater, but I saw that it was available on Amazon on Demand, so I decided to enjoy the movie in bed with my wife, dog and laptop. What you notice immediately about Beyond The Black Rainbow is that it draws heavily upon

The Omen – Instilling Fear of Children Since 1976

“When the Jews return to Zion / And a comet rips the sky / And the Holy Roman Empire rises, / Then You and I must die. / From the eternal sea he rises, / Creating armies on either shore, / Turning man against his brother / ‘Til man exists no more.” Originally advanced screened

Dario Argento’s “Suspiria” will always be a classic horror film

Funny story…my wife and I both believed we had seen Suspiria before, but both of us had different memories of the film. So we rented it recently and none of us remembered anything we were seeing. It was strange, like seeing something for the first time, but we both knew we saw it together awhile

The Ghosts of Infedility: Why What Lies Beneath Is Worth a Watch

When their daughter leaves home for college, an affluent Vermont couple begins to transition into their new life, alone in a massive house on a lake.  Troubled by loud arguments between her neighbors, Claire – once an accomplished concert cellist – becomes consumed with fear.  Left home alone for most of the day while her

Ti West’s Minimum Wage Ghost Story The Innkeepers

During the final days of its operation, employees of the Yankee Pedlar – a grand, old Inn whose better days are now behind it – hope to catalog some of the supernatural events for which the Inn has become partially known.  As its last weekend begins, Claire and Luke – the only remaining staff –

Why a PG-13 Rating Spelled Success for Insidious

Haunted houses.  Demon possession.  Seances.  The Further.  Astral Projection.  For the Lambert family, any hope of having a normal life gradually fades after their young son Dalton falls into a non-waking state.  As they struggle to make sense of what’s happening to their son, Renai and Josh are overcome with a feeling of never being

Mama: Is a Mother’s Love Forever?

WARNING SPOILERS! Mama is a supernatural thriller.  If you don’t believe in the supernatural or the paranormal, if you don’t get a charge at the possibility of ghosts, of something other, that entities can span the abyss and either help or hurt the living, Mama is not going to hold your interest for the 100 minute duration of