There’s an odd comfort in watching true crime television — that morbid mix of popcorn voyeurism and moral self-assurance. You know, the cozy feeling of saying, “Well, at least I didn’t murder my church friend with an axe.” HBO Max’s Love & Death plays right into that sensation, retelling the Candy Montgomery story with a … Read More “Love & Death: A True Crime Tale Caught Between Heaven, Hell, and HBO Max” »
Hollywood at the turn of the century was a slaughterhouse full of pretty faces, most of them lined up to be chewed up and spat straight into the bargain bin at Blockbuster. Susan Ward? She played it both ways. One moment she’s the clean little dream girl dragged through soap opera hell, the next she’s … Read More “Susan Ward: From Sunset Beach to Make It or Break It” »
If horror has a hall of fame, it’s not just the killers who belong there—it’s the ones who survive them. The ones who refuse to lay down, even when masked psychos keep sharpening knives around every corner. And when we talk about survival in horror, the conversation inevitably bends toward Sidney Prescott, the blood-soaked heartbeat … Read More “Final Girl Eternal: Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott in the Scream Films” »
George A. Romero was never a man to let the dead stay buried—not in his movies, not in his social commentary, and certainly not in the minds of horror fans who can still recite “They’re coming to get you, Barbara” in their sleep. With Diary of the Dead (2007), Romero drags the zombie apocalypse back … Read More “Diary of the Dead (2007) – Romero’s Undead Vlog Before Vlogging Was Cool” »
Every so often, a film comes along that makes you wonder if the writer’s room was held inside an abandoned circus tent after a meth explosion. Devil Girl (2007) is one of those rare gems. Directed by Howie Askins, this hallucinogenic road-trip fever dream blends strippers, clowns, preachers, and demonic women in latex into one … Read More “Devil Girl (2007) – Sex, Clowns, and Chains on Route 66” »
There are horror movies that terrify you. There are horror movies that make you laugh. And then there are horror movies like Dead Tone (originally titled 7eventy 5ive because apparently spelling numbers with letters makes it edgy), which leave you staring at the screen wondering if this is some kind of punishment for sins you … Read More “Dead Tone (2007) – Or How to Murder a Slasher Movie” »
Some horror movies are so bad they’re fun. Others are so bad they’re painful. And then there’s Croc (2007), a SyFy Channel masterpiece of mediocrity that manages to make a 20-foot saltwater crocodile about as terrifying as a pool floaty shaped like an alligator from Walmart. This film belongs to the glorious Maneater series, where … Read More “Croc (2007) – Michael Madsen vs. A Rubber Lizard” »
There are bad horror movies, and then there’s Buried Alive, a straight-to-DVD supernatural slasher that makes you long for the sweet embrace of actual soil being dumped over your face. Dimension Extreme must have been laughing when they slapped “Extreme” on this Blockbuster-exclusive snoozefest, because the only extreme part of this movie is the extreme … Read More “Buried Alive (2007) – A Movie That Should’ve Stayed Underground” »
There are two types of horror movies you watch with friends: the kind where you laugh at the rubber monster because it looks like a chewed-up sock, and the kind where you laugh nervously because the story is based on something that actually happened. Borderland is firmly in the second category. It’s a horror film … Read More “Borderland (2007) – When Spring Break Meets Satan” »
There are two kinds of crocodile movies: the ones where the CGI reptile looks like a rejected Pokémon, and the ones where the crocodile is real enough to make you swear off rivers, swamps, and maybe even bathtubs for life. Black Water, an Australian-British indie horror from 2007, belongs to the latter category—and thank God … Read More “Black Water (2007) – Crocodile Dundee’s Nightmare Fuel” »
