Review: Dog Soldiers (2002)

October has begun, and you know what that means... bring out yer dead! And to start, we're traveling to Scotland to watch The Troops fight the Wolf Man.

Dog Soldiers (2002)

Rated R for strong violence/gore and language

Review: And Soon the Darkness (1970)

And Soon the Darkness (1970)

Rated GP (now PG)

Review: Hellraiser (1987)

Hellraiser (1987)

Rated R

Review: Vampire Circus (1972)

Vampire Circus (1972)

Rated PG

Popcorn Frights Wicked Weekend 2020, Day 2: The Oak Room (2020), Benny Loves You (2019), A Ghost Waits (2020), Spell (2020), Butchers (2020)

Day 2 of Popcorn Frights' "Wicked Weekend" brings a gritty crime thriller, followed by a bloody and violent horror-comedy, followed by a supernatural romantic comedy that's only tangentially connected to the horror genre, followed by a voodoo flick that's clearly more than a little inspired by Jordan Peele, and finally, a backwoods slasher. How's that for mood whiplash?

To start...

The Oak Room (2020)

Not rated

Review: The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)

The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)

Rated R for disturbing violence/bloody images, and for language

Popcorn Frights 2019, Day 8: In Fabric (2019) and The Gravedigger (2019)

The penultimate night of Popcorn Frights went back in time with two movies set in the past, one filled with Argento-esque retro '70s glamour and the other a micro-budget throwback to classic Universal monsters by a local theater troupe.

Up first, proof that A24 knows damn well at this point what its brand is among horror fans...

In Fabric (2019)

Rated R for strong sexual content including a scene of aberrant behavior, and some bloody images

Popcorn Frights 2019, Day 6: Queen of Spades: The Looking Glass (2019) and The Sonata (2018)

The torrential downpour that greeted me at the theater for the sixth day of Popcorn Frights turned out to be a good omen for a pair of very good gothic horror movies, one of the campier teen variety and one a bit more serious.

First up, we get the return of a genre that provided some campy thrills last year: Russian teen horror.

Queen of Spades: The Looking Glass (Pikovaya dama. Zazerkalye) (2019)

Not rated

Popcorn Frights, Night 1: Havana Darkness (2018), Anna and the Apocalypse (2018), and Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018)

Oh, we're going hard tonight. The Popcorn Frights Film Festival started on August 10, 2018, and they had three films all lined up.

For the first film of the night...

Havana Darkness (2018)

Not rated

Review: The Dead (2010)

The Dead (2010)

Rated R for bloody zombie violence and gore

Review: Attack the Block (2011)

Attack the Block (2011)

Rated R for creature violence, drug content and pervasive language

Review: The Children (2008)

The Children (2008)

Rated R for disturbing bloody violent content, terror, language, and brief drug use

Review: Ex Machina (2015)

Ex Machina (2015)

Rated R for graphic nudity, language, sexual references and some violence

Review: '71 (2015)

'71 (2015)

Rated R for strong violence, disturbing images, and language throughout

Review: The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2015)

And now, for the first new release of 2015. In what's become a tradition, it's something that wants to scare our pants off. And in keeping with the tradition of January horror movies, it's not all that great at doing so.

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2015)

Rated PG-13 for some disturbing and frightening images, and for thematic elements

Review: How I Live Now (2013)

How I Live Now (2013)

Review: A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Happy Thanksgiving! In honor of the day, I've picked out a great movie to watch if you don't want to fight the Black Friday crowds tomorrow.

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Review: The World's End (2013)

The World's End (2013)