Tag Archives: Horror

Review | Alone in the Dark (PS5)

As a series, Alone in the Dark is something like the Granddaddy of the 3D Survival Horror game, but this latest entry is a wholly reimagined version of the 1992 classic that wants to blaze its own path of Lovecraftian nightmares. Developer … Continue reading

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Intruder Remains a Fun and Unique Slasher 35 Years Later

As if working in a grocery store wasn’t a thankless job already, this 1989 film asks what it would be like if we added a deranged slasher to the night shift. Whenever my wife mentions how much she hates doing … Continue reading

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Destroy All Neighbors Review: Prog-Rock Valhalla

We’ve all had horrible neighbors at some point. Most of us don’t accidentally kill them, though, no matter how loud the music gets. Shudder’s new horror-comedy has a lot going on beneath the boisterous characters, sick tunes, and gross effects, … Continue reading

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Freddy’s Nightmares: The Dull Daydreams of a Fat Dream-Demon

At the height of his popularity, Freddy Krueger took his crusade against the citizens of Springwood to the small screen. But television only served to give him a few silly memes and dull his claws. Freddy’s Nightmares were about to … Continue reading

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Stephen King’s Needful Things Gives Audiences What They Desire

There’s always a thrill that comes from discussing the adapted works of Stephen King. It’s especially exciting when they’re in a televised mini-series form. Needful Things doesn’t quite have the ambitions of The Stand, and hasn’t penetrated the pop culture the way … Continue reading

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Elevator Game Review: Hitting the Brakes

Why do we create games that involve pissing off evil spirits? It seems like a bad idea to invoke the dead and call upon their attention. That goes double if the person playing the game is in a small room … Continue reading

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SCREAM (2022) REVIEW: OLD TITLE, FRESH FACES

Scream is a franchise that made waves, proved it wasn’t a one-off, faltered, and then came back a decade later to show that it was more than just a product of its time fueled by the attitude permeating off a … Continue reading

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Killer Klowns from Outer Space: 35 Years of Laughs and Terror

Are clowns scary? I’ve met a few people who certainly think they are. Even as a kid, though, I found Killer Klowns from Outer Space more intriguing than frightening. Each viewing offered me something else I’d missed before, another scene to laugh … Continue reading

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The Tommyknockers: Stephen King Miniseries Still Disappoints 30 Years Later

We all know that Stephen King is a prolific author, so it isn’t surprising that so many of his works were turned into films and television miniseries, and it’s less surprising that several of those adaptations are often forgotten. There was a … Continue reading

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Evil Dead 2013: Looking Back at the Groovy Reimagining 10 Years Later

When Evil Dead came out in April of 2013, a few friends from school and I went to see it on the Sunday after its release and, unfortunately, a couple and their eight-year-old son sat across from us. They wanted a night … Continue reading

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