Straight Edge Kegger: Review A heavy punk rock atmosphere A heavy punk rock atmosphere pervades the horror film Straight Edge Kegger (2019), in which free-thinking punk Brad (Cory Kays), after witnessing the brutality that arises from his straight-edge friends’… Continue Reading
Unlisted Owner: A Review Steeped in the traditions of such found-footage indie hits as The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity, the film Unlisted Owner (2013) follows a group of teenage friends who decide to take a detour on their way to a… Continue Reading
Gruesome gifts come in small packages in Malicious (2018), in which college professor Adam Pierce (Josh Stewart) and his pregnant wife, Lisa (Bojana Novakovic) move into a new house provided by the university to which Adam has been recently employed. When… Continue Reading
That Night: A Review by Luce Allan In the short film That Night (2019), a young married couple attend an engagement party as a respite from their troubled home life. As the night progresses, however, they struggle to maintain both their relationship… Continue Reading
From Ghosts, to Birds, to Zombies: Netflix’s Growing Menagerie of Horror by Luce Allan After Netflix’s outstanding success with such original horror delights as the television series The Haunting of Hill House and the… Continue Reading
Bird Box: A Review by Luce Allan In Bird Box (2018)–a Netflix film that has created considerable buzz in pop culture and has spawned countless memes—a woman named Malorie (Sandra Bullock) attempts to find a safe haven for herself and her two… Continue Reading
Prodigy: A Review by Luce Allan The apocalypse brings an estranged father and son together in Prodigy (2018), a sci-fi thriller that follows a troubled man named Erik (Cory Kays) as he suffers through the supernatural calamities that have recently plagued Earth—and… Continue Reading
Elves: A Review by Luce Allan Throughout the holiday season, Christmas-themed horror films have splattered both the big and small screens with tinsel, blood, and a dash of entrails. One such film is Elves(2018), in which a series of evil and… Continue Reading
Lifechanger: A Review by Luce Allan In Lifechanger (2018), love brings the only meaning to the gruesome rituals that a man must perform in order to survive. Drew, a shapeshifter, must kill people in order to temporarily inhabit their bodies, which deteriorate… Continue Reading
Walk the (Scared) Straight and Narrow Path with Fangoria’s The Narrow Caves Podcast Series by Luce Allan The horror giant Fangoria recently made a triumphant comeback in magazine form, and is continuing… Continue Reading