SEPTIC MAN: Good Social Commentary, Shit Action

On 10/27/2017 By C.H. NewellIn 2014, Canadian Horror, Film, Horror, Jason David Brown, Jesse Thomas Cook, Julian Richings, Tony BurgessLeave a comment

A movie that has a lot going for it, that gets wasted. Like a shitty pipe dream.

ABSENTIA; Or, the Three Billy Ghosts Gruff

On 10/23/201704/28/2019 By C.H. NewellIn 2011, Drama, Film, Horror, Mike Flanagan, MysteryLeave a comment

Flanagan's 2011 indie ghost story is a modern Gothic, destined to be a classic of the genre in years to come.

American Anxieties & Paranoia in THE ‘BURBS

On 10/22/201710/22/2017 By C.H. NewellIn Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Comedy, Corey Feldman, Film, Henry Gibson, Horror, Mystery, Rick Ducommun, Thriller, Tom Hanks1 Comment

Dante's film, for all its laughs, is an important satire about suburban living in America during the 1980s.

PUPPETMASTER: Killer Toys Run Amok

On 10/21/201710/21/2017 By C.H. NewellIn 1989, Dark Fantasy, David Schmoeller, Film, Horror, Killer Dolls, Nazis, ThrillerLeave a comment

Behold! Creepy puppets. Nazi spies. Suicide, murder, psychics. And so much more.

LEATHERFACE: An Iconic Killer’s New Awakening

On 10/20/201709/24/2017 By C.H. NewellIn Alexandre Bustillo, Film, Horror, Julien Maury, Leatherface, Lili Taylor, Stephen Dorff, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, ThrillerLeave a comment

The prequel to Tobe Hooper's classic, by French duo Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury, turns up new themes in the iconic killer.

HELLRAISER: Come to Daddy

On 10/19/201710/16/2017 By C.H. NewellIn Andrew Robinson, Ashley Laurence, Body Horror, Clare Higgins, Film, Supernatural Horror, Thriller1 Comment

Clive Barker's 1987 horror classic touches on Freud, subverts Christian iconography, & gets naaaasty.

WE GO ON: Traumatic Fears & the Urban Gothic

On 10/18/201710/16/2017 By C.H. NewellIn Andy Mitton, Annette O'Toole, Clark Freeman, Drama, Film, Jesse Holland, Supernatural Horror, ThrillerLeave a comment

An urban Gothic about Miles (Clark Freeman), a traumatised man searching for a proof of life after death. At any cost.

THE TUNNEL: Hidden Horrors Beneath Sydney, Australia

On 10/17/201710/14/2017 By C.H. NewellIn Carlo Ledesma, Enzo Tedeschi, Film, Found Footage, Horror, Julian HarveyLeave a comment

Underrated Australian found footage. Eerie, and feels like a lost news piece by a documentary film crew.