BECAUSE NO ONE SHOULD WATCH THESE FILMS ALONE!
The Fog (1980)
At midnight of the centennial of sleepy coastal town Antonio Bay, a small but threatening series of paranormal disturbances trickle through the spring evening. A slow-moving, supernaturally-glowing fog rolls inland, and three men on a trawler are accosted by silent...
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Christine Daaé (Mary Philbin), an ingénue with the Paris Opera House, has recently advanced as understudy to prima donna Carlotta (Virginia Pearson). Her admirer Vicomte Raoul de Chagny (Norman Kerry) and his brother Comte Phillipe (John St. Polis) frequent the venue...
Slender Man (2018)
Four typical teen girls Hallie (Julia Goldani Telles), Wren (Joey King), Chloe (Jaz Sinclair), and Katie (Annalise Basso) find a website detailing the sketchy legend of Slender Man (Javier Botet) and instructions on how to summon him. Sounds like a good idea, right?...
The Uninvited (1944)
Ghost stories today aren't what they used to be, and as much as I enjoy gore and over-the-top carnage, there's something to be said for a quietly effective thriller. The Uninvited is not only a great little mystery that stands the test of time, it is notably the first...
“Ghoul” (2018)
The second Netflix Original from India (after the ambitious and thrilling Sacred Games), Ghoul is an effective short story given the perfect amount of runtime via a three-part installment. The series is set in a dystopian near future, where army loyalist Nida Rahim...
Terror Train (1980)
A winter night fraternity hazing goes awry, finding young Alana (Jamie Lee Curtis) unwittingly party to initiate Kenny's nervous breakdown (Derek MacKinnon). Flash forward a year later and Alana is still dating her jerk of a boyfriend Mo (Timothy Webber ), who appears...
Hereditary (2018) is damn scary, and some demon god is the least of it all
Note: this review contains spoilers. It's awfully hard to please me when it comes to demon-possession films. They are usually packed with so many standard scares that have thoroughly lost their charm: bone-cracking body distortions, ceiling-crawling monstrosities,...
Hold the Dark (2018)
Aging, morose naturalist Russell Core (Jeffrey Wright) is summoned to a remote Alaskan village a few days after a woman's young child is taken by wolves. The mother, Medora Sloane (Riley Keough) greets Core with long, whispered poetic soliloquies about her husband...
TV Time! “Sharp Objects” (2018)
I'm going to come right out and say that I loved "Sharp Objects", based off Gillian Flynn's 2006 debut novel, despite considerable flaws. I've described the series in shorthand as "True Detective" Season 1 - for ladies. Both programs center around the boilerplate...