Birth Rite
The overall concept behind this film is pretty good for a low budget horror film, the acting is not all that bad and the production value is very good. The script however did not work well for me as I really would have liked to get to know some of the characters...
The Big Alligator River
NoShame Films have just released The Big Alligator River, a 1979 Sergio Martino “animal revenge” film, on a beautiful digitally remastered DVD. While Alligator River can best be described as “Jaws in the jungle” (with, obviously, an alligator in the shark’s place), it...
Surreal Magazine #3 – Magazine Review
As noted in the editorial, Issue # 3 of Surreal Magazine might well be described as the interview issue. Several outstanding interviews are featured in this issue including Joe R. Lansdale, and Charlaine Harris of the Southern Vampire series. Surreal is aptly name as...
Tabard Inn #1 – Magazine Review
Tabard Inn #1 is a new, non-paying zine, tangibly horror but that runs the gamut from hard-boiled gay fiction to speculative work. As Editor/Publisher John Bruni states in the issue’s introduction, the fiction in Tabard Inn is extreme, yet thought-provoking. He...
Beyond Re-Animator
From the pen of Miguel Tejada-Flores, one of 30 co-writers involved in the creation of Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff's The Lion King, comes Beyond Re-Animator, director Brian Yuzna’s third installment in one of the most consistent, solid franchises in horror cinema...
Carnopolis – Comic Review
Recently I received a copy of Carnopolis, I Comic Magazine filled with horror related stores and artwork. The artwork is great, some of the best horror artwork I've ever seen graces the pages of this book. Although it's not in color, the images and drawings are still...
Hack/Slash (Evil Ernie)
Hack/Slash started off as an outstandingly original one-shot adventure that really put a spin on the slasher genre. The comic focused on Cassie Hack, a troubled girl who was forced to slay her own mother after she became a rage-infested, maniacal murderer....
The Beyond (E tu vivrai nel terrore – L’aldilà)
“No, my idea was to make an absolute film, with all the horrors of our world,” so says the Italian maestro of gore, Lucio Fulci, when questioned about his masterpiece, E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'aldilà (literally, “And you will live in the terror - the afterlife”),...
Bereavement
On Long Island, we have our fair share of great horror filmmakers. Most make just one decent film and then disappear or move to Los Angeles to pursue their dreams. However, Stevan Mena is proof that one can make good films outside the Hollywood system and there is no...
New Line’s House of Horror Comics
With their “House of Horror” brand, New Line Cinema has been pimping their slasher franchises (Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Nightmare on Elm Street) for all they’re worth as of late, and by far the coolest bit of merchandise to be spawned out of this...
P.M.A.C. When Zombies Attack Issue # 2
When Zombies Attack issue number two is just as great as the first one. I wish that they would be able to release them on a monthly basis, but we all know how hard it is to bust a comic book month to month when your part of an independent company. I just hope someone...
P.M.A.C.: When Zombies Attack # 1
"P.M.A.C.: When Zombies Attack" was a film I reviewed last year, it took the reality television shoe cops and turned it into a cops show where instead of going after criminals the police went after zombies and investigated zombie activity. Well now the P.M.A.C. team...
Hellblazer: Papa Midnight
Hellblazer: Papa Midnite collects the five issue mini-series into trade paperback format featuring the sometimes ally, sometimes adversary of John Constantine. The book relates the origin of the Voodoo master and crime lord as well as his curse of immortality. Midnite...
Hellblazer: Staring at the Wall
Hellblazer: Staring at the Wall is the latest Hellblazer collection that gathers issues 187 – 193 of the regular comic series. I have to admit to being stunned that Hellblazer is now going on 20 years. It makes me feel old because I remember buying that first issue,...
Ju-On 2
As the title suggests, Ju-On 2 is the direct Manga sequel to Ju-On, i.e. The Grudge. This latest tale from Takashi Shimizu takes place an unspecified length of time after the events in the original story. Actress Kyoko Harase is a well-known Japanese horror film queen...
