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
You’re not the boss of me. It’s a phrase we’ve all uttered at some point, most likely as children. These days, that phrase doesn’t seem to have as much power as it did a few decades ago. No matter who… Continue Reading
Any storyteller, no matter the medium, has to strike a balance between action and exposition in order to maintain the interest of the audience. Too much action (plot), and you risk preventing the audience from developing empathy for your characters.… 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
Luring a viewer into a film’s story requires two key ingredients: a hook and the suspension of disbelief on the part of the viewer. Sometimes a hook is enough to provoke a viewer into adding a dash of suspension of… Continue Reading
Everyone has a past, the old saying goes. Everyone has that one life mistake, that one regret that haunts them for the rest of their lives. It might not be forever at the fore, but it’s always there and ready… Continue Reading