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Eli – A House Of Secrets

— WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD! — Netflix’s Eli is a horror movie directed Ciarán Foy that tells the story of a boy (Charlie Shotwell) who suffers from an auto-immune disease that causes him to be unable to be in contact with the outside world, always needing to be in a sterile environment and having to wear a hazmat suit everywhere he goes. His parents, Rose (Kelly Reilly) and Paul (Max Martini), take him to a clinic to get a special treatment. When they get there, everything […]

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Us – A Vile Untethering

— WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD! — Us is a horror movie that stars Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Elisabeth Moss, and Tim Heidecker, and is directed by Jordan Peele. It tells the tale of a family that, while on a vacation at their beach house, gets attacked by a group of people that show up out of nowhere, and they seem to want nothing other than to get rid of them. To their surprise, these people are exact copies of them. As […]

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The invisible Man – First Impressions

The Invisible Man is an upcoming horror film written and directed by Leigh Whannell, and it stars Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale, Mad Men), who plays the role of Cecilia Kass, a woman who escapes her abusive boyfriend, only to later find herself trapped in a twisted game after he convinces everyone he committed suicide, leaving her a considerable amount of money in his will, which she can only get if she proves to be of sound mind, something he’ll make sure she can’t do […]

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In The Tall Grass – An Eerie Excursion To The Unknown

Based on Stephen King and Joe Hill’s novel, In The Tall Grass tells the story of Becky (Laysla De Oliveira) and her brother Cal (Avery Whitted), who are on their way to San Diego, when Becky, who is pregnant, starts feeling sick, causing them to stop somewhere in the middle of their journey so she can rest for a bit. While they are there, they hear a kid calling out to them from inside a field of grass, and since they can’t see him, and […]

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The Silence – Quiet Horror With A Bang

Starring Kiernan Shipka and Stanley Tucci, The Silence is a horror movie that centers on a family who bands together to escape a swarm of killer creatures known as the Vesps, who have been accidentally released from an ancient cave and are feasting on the flesh of whoever they come across. One of the most compelling elements of the movie is the fact that the Vesps are blind and completely guided by noise, which forces every character to be completely silent, something the family is […]

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Pet Sematary – A Fine Spooky Tale

Based on Stephen King’s novel, Pet Sematary focuses on Dr. Louis Creed (Jason Clarke), his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz), his daughter Ellie, his son Gage, and Church, the family pet, who move to a new town where they discover a pet graveyard near their home where a strange place exists that, unbeknownst to most but their neighbor Jud Crandall (John Lithgow) and later Dr. Creed himself, has the power to bring back to life everyone that’s buried there, only they don’t necessarily come back exactly […]

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The Perfection – An Unsettling Journey

–WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD– The Perfection tells the story of Charlotte (Allison Williams) a former music prodigy who had to give up her musical career to take care of her sick mother, but when she finally passes away, Charlotte decides to get back to the world that she had to abandon, quickly discovering that it has left her behind, and now even boasts about Elizabeth (Logan Browning), another musician who has now taken the place that it seems should have been hers in the first place. […]

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Happy D Day 2U Releases Today

happy death day 2u

Releasing this film the day before Valentines Day has that certain je ne sais quois sense of humor which I expect from its creative team. Is it date movie or a forget VDay flick? You’ll have to decide. I’m predicting it will be both creepy and funny. Jessica Rothe leads the returning cast of Happy Death Day 2U, the follow-up to Blumhouse’s (Split, Get Out, The Purge series) surprise 2017 smash hit of riveting, repeating twists and comic turns. This time, our hero Tree (Rothe) […]

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Speculating Saw: Deep Deconstruction of the SAW Franchise

The infamous Saw franchise started back in 2004 and was immediately met with mixed reviews. For the most part, they’re the sort of movies that you love, hate, or love to hate, and people usually form pretty strong opinions about them. Regardless of personal views about the films, it’s hard to deny the massive impact that they made in the horror community, as this is possibly the most influential modern horror franchise in current existence. What this article is going to do is take a […]

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The Guest: Trailer and Thoughts

The Guest is a movie that has been out for a while, but I sadly have not found the time to go out and see it yet. To be perfectly honest, the trailer didn’t leave me feeling particularly excited about the film and it’s only been recently that I feel compelled to see it on the big screen. Now that I’ve heard a little more about it I’m kicking myself for not going when I had the chance, and am hoping to find the time […]

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