Nancy is having nightmares about a frightening, badly-scarred figure who wears a glove with razor-sharp “finger knives”. She soon discovers that her friends are having similar dreams. When the kids begin to die, […]

There’s an old song by Crosby, Stills & Nash which sagely urges that “if you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.” With so many horror films in recent years failing to deliver the sort of […]

There’s an old song by Crosby, Stills & Nash which sagely urges that “if you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.” With so many horror films in recent years failing to deliver the sort of […]

There’s an old song by Crosby, Stills & Nash which sagely urges that “if you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.” With so many horror films in recent years failing to deliver the sort of […]

There’s an old song by Crosby, Stills & Nash which sagely urges that “if you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.” With so many horror films in recent years failing to deliver the sort of […]

There’s an old song by Crosby, Stills & Nash which sagely urges that “if you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.” With so many horror films in recent years failing to deliver the sort of […]

There’s an old song by Crosby, Stills & Nash which sagely urges that “if you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.” With so many horror films in recent years failing to deliver the sort of […]

There’s an old song by Crosby, Stills & Nash which sagely urges that “if you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.” With so many horror films in recent years failing to deliver the sort of […]

There’s an old song by Crosby, Stills & Nash which sagely urges that “if you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.” With so many horror films in recent years failing to deliver the sort of […]

Wolf Frankenstein, son of the infamous scientist, moves into his ancestral home along with his wife and child, hoping to redeem his family name. Unfortunately, soon after arriving to a chilly reception from the […]

“Welcome to Potter’s Bluff!”

Visitors to the coastal town of Potter’s Bluff are being slaughtered in the most brutal and violent ways imaginable, by a group of ordinary-looking people who snap dozens of […]

Film students really should spend less time studying CITIZEN KANE and PSYCHO and more time perusing the new release shelves of their local video store for the latest direct-to-video horror epics. While examining […]

The last four decades of cinema have been, in many ways, an exercise in imitation. No summer fantasy blockbuster since 1977 has failed to borrow liberally from the STAR WARS formula. Since 1979, every mutant or […]

As a film critic, I’m called upon to take a firm stance on matters of opinion on almost a daily basis. Who was the most gifted director of all time, and which beloved filmmakers are actually not as talented as […]

In THE LAST BROADCAST, fictional filmmaker David Leigh takes an in-depth look at the brutal slaying of three members of the crew of a New Jersey cable access TV show called FACT OR FICTION, and exams the murder […]

In THE LAST BROADCAST, rookie filmmaker Lance Weiler pointed out how sensationalism and public perception can get in the way of the truth. In his sophomore effort, HEAD TRAUMA, Weiler explores how far the human […]

Having made a few myself, I have a bit of a soft spot for no-budget video films with that “cable access TV” look. There’s something endearing about a truly ambitious movie shot in a weekend with a group of friends […]

By the mid-1980s, the slasher craze was losing momentum, a flood of HALLOWEEN imitators and FRIDAY THE 13TH sequels having taken cinematic bloodletting about as far as it could go, and beaten the formulaic plots […]

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER was a fun, spirited combination of 80s slasher film clichés and 90s youth culture – like SCREAM, without the tongue-in-cheek, self-referential satire, if you will. I STILL KNOW WHAT […]

One year after Dracula was destroyed, the villagers living in the shadow of his castle are still haunted by his memory. To allay their fears, a visiting Monsignor performs an exorcism over the castle, barring its […]