Review: Weapons (2025)

Weapons (2025)

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

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: 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: Nosferatu (2024)

Nosferatu (2024)

Rated R for bloody violent content, graphic nudity and some sexual content

Review: It's a Wonderful Knife (2023)

It's a Wonderful Knife (2023)

Rated R for bloody violence, drug use and language

Review: The House of the Devil (2009)

 The House of the Devil (2009)

Rated R for some bloody violence

Review Double Feature: Smile (2022) and Smile 2 (2024)

Another day, another double feature, this time of a movie that came out a couple of years ago but which I'm just now getting around to seeing and its newly-released sequel. How were they? Read on...

Smile (2022)

Rated R for strong violent content and grisly images, and language

Review: Deadstream (2022)

Deadstream (2022)

Not rated

Review: Terrifier 3 (2024)

Terrifier 3 (2024)

Not rated

Review: Hellraiser (1987)

Hellraiser (1987)

Rated R

Review: Terrifier 2 (2022)

Terrifier 2 (2022)

Not rated

Review: All Hallows' Eve (2013)

All Hallows' Eve (2013)

Not rated

Review Double Feature: Beetlejuice (1988) and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

Another double feature, and once again, it's a classic movie and its nostalgic, decades-later sequel. How do they fare?

Beetlejuice (1988)

Rated PG

Review: The Crow (1994)

A remake of The Crow just came out last weekend. I heard it sucked, so I decided to go back and watch the original instead.

The Crow (1994)

Rated R for a great amount of strong violence and language, and for drug use and some sexuality

Review: Longlegs (2024)

Longlegs (2024)

Rated R for bloody violence, disturbing images and some language

Review: In a Violent Nature (2024)

In a Violent Nature (2024)

Not rated

Review: I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

Rated PG-13 for violent content, some sexual material, thematic elements and teen smoking

Salem Horror Fest 2024 Week 1, Day 4: Welcome Week: A College Horror Anthology (2024)

The last day of the Salem Horror Fest's first weekend had two movies. The second one is one that I really want to talk about... but I can't, because not only was it a secret screening, they also told us not to tell anyone that it was shown at the festival because they didn't want to put a potential distribution deal into jeopardy. This unfortunately leaves me with the first movie I saw that day...

Welcome Week: A College Horror Anthology (2024)

Not rated