Of Unknown Origin

Of Unknown Origin

George Cosmatos’s Of Unknown Origin, based on Chauncey G. Parker III’s novel The Visitor, is reportedly Stephen King’s favorite, not horror movie, but film outright. Though a minor film of mention, Cosmatos’s work is indeed well written and acted but is by no means a...
Of Darkness

Of Darkness

Of all the independent short films and features I’ve seen; Of Darkness is one of the best I’ve had the pleasure of viewing. It’s funny because most of the independent film I’ve reviewed always have certain elements that make them fall short of...
Jack Ketchum’s Offspring

Jack Ketchum’s Offspring

The cycle of Jack Ketchum movie adaptations runs aground with this sometimes shockingly poor flick adapted by Ketchum himself from his novel sequel to the superior The Off Season. From its gruesome opening discovery, its clear that the Maine-coast-set movie is not...
Off The Beaten Path (DVD)

Off The Beaten Path (DVD)

Can we get through with all the Evil Dead linking’s? Or using Blair Witch for its influence? Apparently not because they keep coming in the truck loads. You know what though, when done properly, it can be pulled off as quite effectively. Especially when the...
Octopus

Octopus

If approached as a guilty-pleasure piece of toss-away cinema, Octopus is a fun way to blow a little over an hour-and-a-half as director John Eyres presents a hybrid espionage thriller with a mutated octopus. Surprisingly, the film levitates above its minimal...
Puzzleman

Puzzleman

Christopher Alan Broadstone is H.P Lovecraft Reincarnated. He may not write like Lovecraft, but he has a mind just like the man. let’s put it this way, Chris is so talented I would trust the guy directing my own work, and writing my ideas into a novel, and...