You might be asking yourself why I'm reviewing a television series that appears on The History Channel. It's simple really. The History Channel has plenty of shows that can be considered science fiction like documentaries. Such is the case with LIFE AFTER PEOPLE. If...

There has been a lot of buzz surrounding this film among horror fans since the film first made it's debut here in the U.S. on the film festival circuit. It seems that every year there is a horror film from overseas that creates so much hype that it puts all of the...

Seeking to capitalize upon the success of George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, Flaminia Produzioni Cinematografiche approached director Jorge Grau, who just completed one of the more faithful adaptations of the Elizabeth Bathory legend with Blood Castle, with the...

In 2008, the Norwegian horror film, Let the Right One In, based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist hit the horror scene to much praise. I named it my top film in 2008, and was very impressed by the way the film was made, its storyline and its overall suspenseful...

Henri-Georges Clouzot created one of the most taught suspense thrillers of all time with Les Diaboliques. His story, a misaligned love triangle with a malicious headmaster at its apex and a vengeful mistress and an innocent wife at is remaining corners, is surrounded...

The lineage of this amiable, undemanding Brit horror comedy dates back to THE CAT AND THE CANARY - and further - while the physical stature of its two leads placed within a mock-horrific scenario (straight-man thin bloke, comedy fat bloke) was a key element of the...

Religion and the belief in God has been an issue from the beginning of time. Many people all over the world believe in one based on their religious status and some choose not to believe at all. If we look at religion from the standpoint of the Bible, we know that in...

With the box office success of INDIANA JONES AND THE LEGEND OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL it's a no brainer that many people want to know if the legends of the skulls do exist or not. Are they based on a real legend? Or are they something that just the filmmakers made up....

Ridley Scott has made a career of successive genre-jumping. Unfortunately, his foray into fantasy called Legend, though perhaps one of the most visually appeasing within the field, is suspiciously lacking. More specifically, it is missing a trademark element found...

Steven Monroe goes for the jugular with an old school approach to straight-laced horror with Left in Darkness, using the ol’ standby of the battle between good and evil as his crux. Ironically, the two predominant aspects of the film are similarly juxtaposed in this...

Sometimes I wonder why certain films don't get the the theatrical release they deserve. With the case of this film; THE LAZARUS PROJECT, I can understand why it didn't get a major push, but at the same time it's such a wonderful film. But from watching, and it's...

Larry Fessenden, who wrote, directed and edited THE LAST WINTER (which just premiered on DVD in the UK), is one of the unsung heroes of the current American horror scene. His previous picture, WENDIGO wasn’t perfect, but it was distinctive, thoughtful and unnerving....

I was told by many people that The Last Winter is one of the best horror films of 2007. Many of my friends and colleagues whom have a taste for the macabre all promised me that The Last Winter is my kind of horror film. They were right. There is so much that went into...

Comparable to Gaspar Noé’s Irréversible, Osamu Fukutani’s The Last Supper is as much a visual delight as it is a narrative work of genius as the director forges into uncharted territory by providing the first horror film which, not only empathizes, but attempts to...