Bride of the Monster is an aggregation of firsts and lasts: It was Ed Wood’s first horror film (his third full-length feature after Glen or Glenda and Jailbait), Tor Johnson’s first onscreen portrayal of a character named Lobo, Bela Lugosi’s (second to) last role, the...

“An audience needs something stronger than a pretty little love story.” --Mary Shelley James Whale was initially apathetic to the notion of creating a sequel to Frankenstein, which was partially justifiable considering that interest in monster films was on the decline...

Ronny Yu’s romantic horror comedy, Bride of Chucky, drastically veers to the left of the tone established by his Child’s Play predecessors by his focusing explicitly upon the title character’s acidic, wry tongue and placing horror second tier. Unlike what has come to...

If there is one Independent film I've seen this year that looked like it was made in a Hollywood studio it would be "Broken". In a nutshell "Broken" puts most Independent films to shame. Made on only a budget of a mere eight thousand dollars, "Broken" looks like it's...

Broken is a film from the U.K. that takes a whole new turn at the survival horror sub-genre. While the film is being compared to the likes of Saw and Hostel, I saw it as being a film that had a lot more intelligence behind it. Now don't get me wrong I thought that...

Although best known to date for making the high concept Brit comedy CASHBACK, several years ago Sean Ellis made a directorial mark in the horror genre with the superior, menacing short film LEFT TURN. The imperfect but eerie BROKEN confirms his ability to wring...

It should be enough to merely state that Tim Kincaid’s Breeders is the progeny of an individual whose canon is largely comprised of direct-to-video productions. Sadly, this isn’t enough. What makes this particular film especially decrepit is that fact it holds the...

From executive producer Wes Craven (does he actually know his name is on all these movies?) comes an old school, straight-forward revenge-of-nature flick, much in the vein of Robert Clouse’s THE PACK (1976). If you were feeling uncharitably picky, you could use...

As I was watching The Breed, my question of whether or not the director had ever seen a movie was answered when two of his characters make mention of Bambi. Granted, this is issuing optimistic benefit of the doubt twice over in that 1) such could be due to the...

One of the highest grossing films of all-time, Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula is an operatic attempt to faithfully adapt the writer’s masterpiece to the big screen. However, Coppola failed to ask one crucial question prior to green lighting the Zoetrope...

I love L.A. It’s taken six years to get to where I’m at within my social & professional posture and yet there are new Easter eggs each and every day. A few weeks back, my industry narc contacted me about a test screening of a film and asked if I’d ever heard of it....

I first heard of Welcome to the Jungle when it was merely being test screened by dimension and our own Jack Reher was the first person to review the movie. Thus, the reason why the site is quoted on both the front and back covers of the DVD. Why I don't think the film...

It's funny how in today's video and low budget market that most of the horror films need to have some kind of nudity in order for a distributor to pick it up. I even had a company once tell me they would only pick up a comedy film I produced if we re-shoot as scene...

It's funny how in today's video and low budget market that most of the horror films need to have some kind of nudity in order for a distributor to pick it up. I even had a company once tell me they would only pick up a comedy film I produced if we re-shoot as scene...

Welcome to the Grind House Double Feature of Black Candles & Evil Eyes is the first of a two disc series released by BCI Eclipse and Deimos Entertainment. Both films on the disc revolve around a cult based plot full of black magic and a lot of straight forward sexual...