Dead of Summer – Season 1, Episode 2: “Barney Rubble Eyes”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8MoncsuS5E Freeform's Dead of Summer Season 1, Episode 2: "Barney Rubble Eyes" Directed by Ron Underwood Written by Ian Goldberg * For a review of the first episode, "Patience" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Mix Tape" - click here After a decently exciting first episode, Dead of Summer's second episode …

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Dead of Summer – Season 1, Episode 1: “Patience”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC2HM01TUQI Freeform's Dead of Summer Season 1, Episode 1: "Patience" Directed by Adam Horowitz Written by Ian B. Goldberg, Adam Horowitz & Edward Kitsis * For a review of the next episode, "Barney Rubble Eyes" - click here I've anticipated this one. Good or bad, I'm rolling with the reviews for this season. Our first episode …

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LAID TO REST is Flawed Yet Nasty Slasher Horror

This is one brutal piece of slasher cinema. Not without faults, but fun, nasty stuff for the true horror hound.

The Hills Run Red with the Sounds of Slasher Horror

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3z4avzVKJU The Hills Run Red. 2009. Directed by Dave Parker. Screenplay by John Dombrow & David J. Schow. Starring Sophie Monk, Tad Hilgenbrink, William Sadler, Janet Montgomery, Alex Wyndham, Ewan Bailey, & Danko Jordanov. Fever Dreams/Warner Premiere/Dark Castle Entertainment. Rated R. 81 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★★1/2  I'm a lover of the slasher sub-genre. When I was …

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MOST LIKELY TO DIE Makes Your Next High School Reunion a Possible Nightmare

As if I needed any more reasons to not go to my high school reunion. You never know who'll become a lawyer, a doctor, a plumber, or a serial killer.

Vacancy: Motels and Psychos and Snuff, Oh My!

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Don’t Go In The House: The Death of Disco and A Mother Too Far

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPuDc7Bn7iM Don't Go In The House. 1979. Directed by Joseph Ellison. Screenplay by Ellison, Ellen Hammill, & Joe Masefield. Starring Dan Grimaldi, Charles Bonet, Bill Ricci, Robert Osth, Dennis M. Hunter, John Hedberg, Ruth Dardick, Johanna Brushay, Darcy Shean, Mary Ann Chinn, & Lois Verkruepse. Turbine Films Inc. Rated R. 82 minutes. Horror ★★★★  Still …

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Wolf Creek 2: More Mick, More Savagery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjAdF0s2m6E Wolf Creek 2. 2014. Directed by Greg McLean. Screenplay by McLean & Aaron Sterns. Starring John Jarratt, Ryan Corr, Shannon Ashlyn, Philippe Klaus, Shane Connor, & Ben Gerrard. Duo Art Productions/Emu Creek Pictures. Unrated. 106 minutes. Action/Horror/Thriller ★★★★  The first Wolf Creek came as a surprise to me being both fully fictional, as well as …

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