Review: Evil Dead Burn (2026)

Evil Dead Burn (2026)

Rated R for strong bloody horror violence and gore, and language

Review: Obsession (2026)

Obsession (2026)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, grisly imagery, sexual content, pervasive language, and brief graphic nudity

Review: Faces of Death (2026)

Faces of Death (2026)

Rated R for strong bloody violence and gore, sexual content, nudity, language and drug use

Review Double Feature: Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Night of the Living Dead (1990)

It's zombie time! Another double feature, this time original vs. remake. In advance of the Spooky Picture Show's screening of the director's cut of the 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead at Cinema Salem this past Saturday night, I went back and watched the 1968 original to both see how it holds up and have something to compare the remake to. Given that the original is a stone-cold classic, I think this competition is a foregone conclusion... or is it?

First, the original...

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Rated R

Review: Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026)

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, gore, pervasive language and brief drug use

Review: Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood (1996)

Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood (1996)

Rated R for horror violence and gore, sexuality, nudity and strong language

Review: Send Help (2026)

Send Help (2026)

Rated R for strong/bloody violence and language

Review: [REC] 4: Apocalypse (2014)

[REC] 4: Apocalypse ([REC] 4: Apocalipsis) (2014)

Rated R for strong horror violence/gore, and language

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

Review: Until Dawn (2025)

Until Dawn (2025)

Rated R for strong bloody horror violence, gore and language throughout

Review: Weapons (2025)

Weapons (2025)

Rated R for strong bloody violence and grisly images, language throughout, some sexual content and drug use

Review: I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)

I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)

Rated R for bloody horror violence, language throughout, some sexual content and brief drug use

Review: Clown in a Cornfield (2025)

Clown in a Cornfield (2025)

Rated R for bloody horror violence, language throughout and teen drinking

Salem Horror Fest 2025, Saturday: House of Ashes (2024) and Troll 2 (1990)

Third day of the Salem Horror Fest, and my second day there. It started with a screening of The Substance followed by a live episode of the Faculty of Horror podcast discussing the film, and ended with a horror trivia contest at the Bit Bar, Salem's retro barcade. (I had fun, let's just say.) In between, I checked out two additional films, the first of which wasn't nearly as good as I hoped it would be and the second of which was exactly as bad as its reputation suggested -- and I wouldn't have had it any other way.

First up...

House of Ashes (2024)

Not rated

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)

Not rated

Review: Death of a Unicorn (2025)

Death of a Unicorn (2025)

Rated R for strong violent content, gore, language and some drug use

Review: Sinners (2025)

Sinners (2025)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, sexual content and language

Review: The Monkey (2025)

The Monkey (2025)

Rated R for strong bloody violent content, gore, language throughout and some sexual references

Review: Heart Eyes (2025)

Heart Eyes (2025)

Rated R for strong violence and gore, language and some sexual content