Slasher Film
The Hitcher (2007) Fails to Recapture the Magic of its Predecessor [Retrospective]
In The Hitcher (2007), a young couple sets out on a road trip. When they make the ill-fated decision not to pick up a hitchhiker, they make an enemy for life. When the couple happens upon th...
Bloody Birthday is a So Bad it’s Good Masterpiece [Retrospective]
Bloody Birthday sees three children who were born on the eve of an eclipse preparing for a giant celebration in honor of their tenth birthday. Because their birth occurred during an eclipse,...
The Funhouse is Far From Perfect But Isn’t Without its Charms [Retrospective]
The Funhouse follows a group of teenagers on a double date at a traveling carnival. The group visits the fortuneteller, checks out some of the oddities on display, and has a fine time. ...
Wishcraft is Rife With Bad Dialogue and Acting [Retrospective]
High school student Brett Bumpers receives a bull penis in the mail that says it will grant the recipient three wishes. Almost immediately after his first wish, a rash of murders break out at Brett&#x...
Toolbox Murders (2004) is Significantly Better than the Original [Editorial]
Toolbox Murders (2004) is the rare exception – a remake that far surpasses the film on which it was based. This 2004 reimagining only loosely borrows from the 1978 original. It takes its t...
New Year’s Evil is a Banal Holiday Horror Offering
In New Year’s Evil, Diane Sullivan, the host of a live New Year’s Eve broadcast gets a sinister phone call from a creep suggesting that he will kill someone when the clock strikes mi...
Cult Corner: Mortuary (2005)
Welcome to Cult Corner where we dive through the bargain bins to determine if a movie is trash or treasure. Today’s pick… Tobe Hooper’s Mortuary. For being such an important and ico...
Friday the 13th is a Timeless Classic [Retrospective]
In 1958, a couple of camp counselors that couldn’t resist their urge to make love instead of doing their job inadvertently caused tragedy to strike. While the counselors were in the throes of p...
Cult Corner: Sweatshop
Welcome to Cult Corner where we dive through the bargain bins to determine if a movie is trash or treasure. Today’s pick…Stacy Davidson’s Sweatshop. This is a slasher movie, so ...