Review: Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
1984’s Silent Night, Deadly Night is an odd film to dissect. Released six years after Halloween, it’s an obvious attempt to cash in on the success of John Carpenter’s seminal classic. The gimmick…
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Nerds on the Rocks 197: The Ultimate Superior Amazing Spider-Leaks of Sony
Sony seems to be in a bit of a pickle recently. With them having no clear direction for the Spider-man franchise, and their recent hacks leaking some crucial details about…
Review: ThanksKilling
Let’s talk about bad movies. Generally speaking, I love ‘em, but it takes a lot more than simply being “bad” for me to enjoy poor filmmaking. That’s where things get…
Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Isn’t it just the worst when a movie franchise known for its longevity and creativity ends with an absolute clunker? A Good Day to Die Hard and Rocky V are good…
Review: Freddy vs. Jason
It was a long time coming. Ten years after being hinted at in the final scene of 1993’s Jason Goes to Hell, two of cinema’s most popular horror icons would finally…
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What to Include in a Horror Movie Survival Kit
The manly men responsible for Man Crates (crates filled with “bragworthy gifts for guys” that ship alongside a crowbar that you actually use to open the crate!) recently reached out…
Review: Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
Despite New Line Cinema’s insistence that the Nightmare on Elm Street series was permanently laid to rest (did they remember the holy water?) after the release of the abysmal Freddy’s…
Review: Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
How did it all go so very wrong? After the critical and commercial failure of The Dream Child, New Line Cinema decided to make the sixth Nightmare on Elm Street the last, but…
Movie Review: Oculus
Starring: Karen Gillan, Brenton Twaites, Annalise Basso, Garrett Ryan, Katee Sackoff, Rory Cochrane and James Lafferty. You know the moment in most horror films when a character either looks up…
Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1988’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master begins shortly after the events of Dream Warriors, and focuses on the surviving teens from the Weston Hills psychiatric hospital, who have since…