I often forget that AMC+ is its own whole streaming service. You see, we access Shudder through AMC+, so the vast majority of the time, when I am turning on AMC+, it’s to immediately scroll down several bars and get to the Shudder button. In our household, we live or die with Shudder, and it’s one of our most used streaming services on our televisions. … Continue reading Tornado Review
It’s been a hard go of watching movies as of late because the wife has gotten deeply invested in Dimension 20 on Dropout.TV. So any free moment the both of us have had has gone into watching that. But I do, occasionally, get her to want to watch something else other than really rad improv comedians doing Dungeons & Dragons for two-and-a- half hours at … Continue reading 825 Forest Road Review
There are still too many horror classics that I have not seen. But I’ve been working on them! For instance, I’ve had Nosferatu on my playlist for a while now, but I keep not having the time or energy to watch it. But I’ll get there soon enough. Robert Eggers’ upcoming reimagining of the tale is enough impetus to get me to watch the original … Continue reading Candyman 1992 Review
January twelfth two-thousand and twenty-five, and it’s time to get our first bout of Shudder Roulette under our belts for the new year with the new take on the Folk Horror genre, Get Away. I strangely feel like I’ve been watching less Shudder than usual lately, so I needed this. Maybe it’s because I no longer subscribe to Shudder directly, but now get to it … Continue reading Get Away Review
Look for Hell Hole, the new movie by The Adams Family, to be hitting Shudder soon! Oh, it’s a new Shudder movie, and everyone knows those and I go way back! Hell Hole is a new movie from The Adams Family movie-making family, and it tells the tale of a parasitic monster hosting itself in various bodies as it waits to be ready to thrive … Continue reading Hell Hole Review
This review was made possible by an advance screener of Black Cab. Black Cab premieres on Shudder on Friday, November 8th (my birthday!). When Anne (Synnøve Karlsen) and Patrick (Luke Norris) hail a black cab after a night out their driver (Nick Frost) is chatty, jovial even, but they are in no mood to talk. In fact, the couple is barely on speaking terms. That is, until they realize the … Continue reading Black Cab Review
I really like when a movie can hit you with a powerful premise righty away. A quick hook to get you attached and held on. And, admittedly, some movies fail to really follow through with the promise of their initial grab, but it’s still something to keep you pondering as you watch. How will the flick resolve that early attention-getter? I bring this up because … Continue reading Daddy’s Head Review
V/H/S/BEYOND, the seventh installment of the V/H/S franchise will feature six new bloodcurdling tapes, placing horror at the forefront of a sci-fi-inspired hellscape. Directed by JORDAN DOWNEY (ThanksKilling, The Head Hunter) CHRISTIAN LONG & JUSTIN LONG (Jeepers Creepers, Barbarian) JUSTIN MARTINEZ (V/H/S, Southbound) VIRAT PAL (Recapture) KATE SIEGEL (Hush, “The Haunting of Hill House”) and a special presentation by JAY CHEEL (How To Build A Time Machine) I’ve talked before about … Continue reading V/H/S Beyond Review
In a world in which no one speaks, a mysterious, devout community hunts down a young woman named Azrael (Samara Weaving) who has escaped their imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, she is to be sacrificed to pacify an evil which resides deep within the surrounding wilderness – but Azrael will stop at nothing to ensure her own freedom and survival. From the seeds of … Continue reading Azrael Review
I don’t watch a lot of late night television these days, but I remember being a big fan of David Letterman back during his tenure up against Jay Leno. Letterman was so acerbic and biting and “real”; I never understood the appeal of Leno in comparison. When David retired from The Late Show, that was pretty much the end of my watching basic late night … Continue reading Late Night With The Devil Review
Shudder Roulette has been wild lately, with the wife and I coming across a lot more bad movies than good ones. It’s been an unfortunate turn of fate for our favorite streaming service, but this kind of stuff is cyclical; it always comes back around. That’s why it’s a roulette, though. You can’t win every round. But sometimes when you win, you win big! The … Continue reading Oddity Review
We are back to some Shudder Roulette lately! I watched the fairly well-received Suitable Flesh recently on the streaming service, and it wasn’t quite for me, unfortunately. I found it to be very Malignant-adjacent, but it didn’t have the same respectability quotient as James Wan’s bonkers outing. That movie was a big budget, big studio release that had the balls to advertise itself as a … Continue reading Destroy All Neighbors Review
As a quick catch-up: I watched 113 movies that came out in 2023, and I’m counting down my Top 50, all of which fall into my “Definite Recommends” category. We’ve done #50-41 (click HERE for that), #40-31 (click HERE), and #30-21 (HERE). So we are into the teens! That’s not what I want to talk about, though. In 2022, I set a goal for myself … Continue reading The Top 50 Movies Of 2023: #20-11
Okay, we are through #50-31, and it’s time to keep going with this countdown! It’s the middle of the list, and it’s here that we move out of “Very Good” (my 3.25 – 3.5 star territory) and into the start of the “Great” (3.75 – 4.00 star) 2023 movies. I’ll let you know which movie signifies that change, don’t worry. And if you’ve missed the … Continue reading The Top 50 Movies Of 2023: #30-21
It’s round two! As I continue to countdown the Top 50 (out of 112) movies that came out in 2023–that is, every movie I would say I recommend fairly strongly–we are out of the 40’s and into the 30’s. Let’s get right into it! (Unless you want to relive where this list started with #50-41, then click HERE) 40. Missing Missing is the quasi-sequel, half-follow-up … Continue reading The Top 50 Movies Of 2023: #40-31
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