Review: [REC] 3: Génesis (2011)

[REC] 3: Génesis (2011)

Rated R for strong bloody horror violence and some language

Review Double Feature: [REC] (2007) and [REC] 2 (2009)

For the first "real" horror movies of this spooky season, I decided to dig back a bit to my teenage years for a film that I'd seen hyped up but which I never got a chance to see until now... and then, its sequel, because a) the first movie turned out to be awesome, and b) the second film is about as clear-cut a "Part 2" as you can get.

So let's kick off with...

[REC] (2007)

Rated R for bloody horror violence and language

Salem Horror Fest 2025, Friday: The Rebrand (2024) and Pater Noster and the Mission of Light (2025)

Now that I live in Massachusetts, the Salem Horror Fest has become my new go-to horror film festival. Work meant that I had to miss the opening night festivities on Thursday, but I was damn sure able to make it to Friday night and check out a pair of indie horror flicks. While the first one was a disappointment, the second one blew my damn socks off.

To start...

The Rebrand (2025)

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Review: Deadstream (2022)

Deadstream (2022)

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Review: Chronicle (2012)

Chronicle (2012)

Rated PG-13 for intense action and violence, thematic material, some language, sexual content and teen drinking

Salem Horror Fest 2024 Week 1, Day 2: It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This (2023) and Livescreamers (2023)

The second night of the Salem Horror Fest was where the real horror movies came out, and they had a theme: found footage. The similarities ended there, though. The first film of the night was a lo-fi, no-budget film that felt evocative of The Blair Witch Project with its distinctly freeform style, while the second one was a hyper-modern one set in a Twitch stream gone horribly wrong. How were they? Read on...

It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This (2023)

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Review: Cloverfield (2008)

Cloverfield (2008)

Rated PG-13 for violence, terror and disturbing images

Review: The Outwaters (2022)

The Outwaters (2022)

Not rated

Telluride Horror Show 2022: The Offering (2022), V/H/S/99 (2022), and Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022)

Some Halloween leftovers: a couple of weeks ago, I got the opportunity to travel to Telluride, Colorado and take in the last day of the Telluride Horror Show, a horror film festival held every year in October. What, just because I couldn't make Popcorn Frights doesn't mean I'm totally bereft of local horror festivals!

First up, a movie that grabbed my attention from the premise alone...

The Offering (2022)

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Review: Grave Encounters (2011)

Grave Encounters (2011)

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Review: V/H/S/94 (2021)

V/H/S/94 (2021)

Not rated

Review: V/H/S/2 (2013)

 V/H/S/2 (2013)

Rated R for graphic and bloody violence, grisly images, sexual material, nudity and language

Review: V/H/S (2012)

V/H/S (2012)

Rated R for bloody violence, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, pervasive language and some drug use

Review: Searching (2018)

Searching (2018)

Rated PG-13 for thematic content, some drug and sexual references, and for language

Review: Unfriended: Dark Web (2018)

Unfriended: Dark Web (2018)

Rated for some disturbing violence, language and sexual references

Review: Phoenix Forgotten (2017)

Phoenix Forgotten (2017)

Rated PG-13 for terror, peril and some language

Review: Found Footage 3D (2016)

Found Footage 3D (2016)

Not rated

Review: Blair Witch (2016)

Blair Witch (2016)

Rated R for language, terror and some disturbing images

Review: The Last Broadcast (1998)

The Last Broadcast (1998)

Not rated

Review: Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)

Rated R for language and some horror violence