Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Miscasting Adam Hann-Byrd in Halloween H20

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It's been said that "90% of directing is casting." Every actor has a specific persona . A certain "look," presence, ...
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Rise of the Random Horror Anthology Film

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Historically, horror anthology films were written by the same writer and helmed by the same director. The wraparound and individual tales we...
Thursday, April 24, 2025

House of Death (aka Death Screams) Badly Butchered in "Restored" Streaming Versions

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House of Death (1982, aka Death Screams ) is an obscure slasher films from the 1980s, and thus many people might not notice if a distributo...
Sunday, March 16, 2025

Can We Please Lose the Overhead Drone Shot?

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It's become a cliché. The overhead drone shot of a car driving along a highway or through a forest. Despite some minor variations, I...
Monday, February 3, 2025

Do Young Fans Ignore Old Horror Films?

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Horror filmdom has suffered a rash of remakes these past few decades. It's one of the more disheartening trends in modern horror. What w...
Monday, January 6, 2025

Beneath: A Cave Horror and Its Brief Glimpses in the Dark

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Beneath: A Cave Horror (2018) accomplishes much with little. Its story is unoriginal and its cast is unpolished, yet the film has a creepy ...
Sunday, January 14, 2024

David J. Skal, R.I.P.

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  Several horror icons whom I admire have died these past several months. I just now learned that David J. Skal (1952 - 2024) died after bei...