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“Yellowjackets” Season 2 Review – Season Finale Closes This Chapter in a Blaze of Devastation

Meagan Navarro Reviews, Showtime, TV, Yellowjackets

This is it. The season finale of “Yellowjackets” Season 2, “Storytelling,” closes the loop on this chapter and overarching plot threads with fiery devastation. Karyn Kusama (Jennifer’s Body, The Invitation) returns to direct for the first time since the premiere, bringing some of the show’s themes full circle. While “Storytelling” may not bring the intense thrills of the last episode’s wilderness hunt, […]

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‘The Boogeyman’ Review – A Familiar Grief Metaphor Delivers on Potent Scares

Meagan Navarro Reviews, Rob Savage, Sophie Thatcher, Stephen King, The Boogeyman

The Boogeyman, directed by Rob Savage (Host) with a screenplay by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place, 65) and Mark Heyman (Black Swan), draws from Stephen King‘s 1973 short story of the same title. Rather than presenting a straightforward adaptation of King’s text, however, The Boogeyman uses its narrative as the film’s inciting event, acting as a spiritual […]

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‘Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun’ Review – Retro Shooter Proves This Franchise Is Still Badass

Aaron Boehm Auroch Digital, Reviews, Video Games, Warhammer, Warhammer 40k: Boltgun

There’s nothing quite as satisfying as being a big, badass space marine. The huge armor, the massive guns, it all makes for perfect video game material. Few space marines are bigger or more badass than those in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, and Boltgun, a new retro first person shooter from Auroch Digital, absolutely knows it. […]

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‘Darkest Dungeon II’ Review – How the New Sequel Improves Upon an Already Great Game

Aaron Boehm Darkest Dungeon II, Reviews, Video Games

I’ve scraped through two fights in the Great Library, destroying mad cultists and immolators, and now am faced with the sinister Librarian. The Plague Doctor, my only character with healing skills, is low on health and high on stress, a bad combination for a challenging encounter. The Librarian hurls a flaming book at her, putting […]

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‘Bloody Bridget’ Review – A Delightfully Campy DIY Horror Film from Richard Elfman

Paul Lê Bloody Bridget, Movies, Reviews, Richard Elfman

As horror becomes more and more popular, venturing well into mainstream spaces, it’s easy to forget the genre’s underground network of films. They are far less polished, they feature no household name actors and, for the most part, they are deemed too unsavory for the general public. If that description hasn’t scared you off yet, […]

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‘No One Lives Under the Lighthouse’ Review – A Well-Crafted, 2-Hour Horror Experience

Reyna Cervantes No One Lives Under The Lighthouse, Reviews, Video Games

I love games as a medium. Especially horror games. Horror is usually the genre where developers have the most freedom to go buckwild with ideas even if they don’t always pan out as well as you hope. That’s what intrigues me most about No One Lives Under the Lighthouse. On the surface level, it’s a […]

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“Yellowjackets” Season 2 Review – The Wild Rumpus Begins in the Penultimate Episode

Meagan Navarro Reviews, Showtime, TV, Yellowjackets

The penultimate episode of “Yellowjackets” Season 2, “It Chooses” bides its time laying out all cards on the table before taking giant strides toward the wild hunt teased in the series’ opening. Things look dire for the group, both in the past and present. The careful plotting this week builds to a soul-shaking conclusion that […]

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‘Motion Detected’ Review – Tech Horror Movie Can’t Overcome a Buggy Script

Paul Lê Motion Detected, Movies, Reviews

When it comes to technological horror, it doesn’t take long for stories to become outdated. Something that never changes about the subgenre, however, is the overwhelming fear of daunting and suspicious new tech. With concerns about A.I. and smart devices being so prevalent these days, Justin Gallaher and Sam Roseme understandably tap into that specific […]

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“Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai” Review – Enchanting Expansion Captures the Spirit of the Original Films

Meagan Navarro Gremlins, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, Reviews

Almost forty years ago, Joe Dante introduced the eternally adorable Gizmo, a strange furry mogwai, in Gremlins. The Mogwai comes with strict rules that, when broken, invite terror in the form of monstrous green offspring, unleashing gateway Amblin horror with a dark edge. Its animated prequel series, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, could’ve easily coasted on an origin […]

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“Yellowjackets” Season 2 Review – Episode Seven Forces Its Characters to Face Harrowing Truths

Meagan Navarro Reviews, Showtime, TV, Yellowjackets

Episode seven of “Yellowjackets” Season 2, “Burial,” offers a temporary calm after episode six’s tempestuous storm. As the season faces its final few episodes, “Burial” dials back the turbulent intensity just enough to develop individual character arcs further as the Yellowjackets finally reunite. Episode seven explores the fallout of “Qui,” forcing its characters to confront truths, grapple with […]

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‘Sadako DX’ Review – The Latest ‘Ring’ Installment Attempts a Horror-Comedy Reinvention

Luiz H. C. J-horror, Movies, review, Reviews, Ringu, Sadako, Sadako DX, The Ring

The Ringu franchise has a much more convoluted history than most people realize, with Koji Suzuki’s original novel actually being part of a genre-bending trilogy that differs greatly from the established mythology of the films. In fact, before Sadako ever made the leap to the big screen (and consequently overseas), her first live-action appearance was […]

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‘Hypnotic’ Review – Robert Rodriguez’s Convoluted Mind-Bender Is Devoid of Thrills

Meagan Navarro Ben Affleck, Hypnotic, Reviews, Robert Rodriguez

Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez broke out in the ‘90s with pulpy action thrillers and horror hits Desperado and From Dusk Till Dawn. The premise for his latest, Hypnotic, suggests a return to his early works in attitude and scale. Instead, Rodriguez forgoes his usual playfulness and sense of rebellious fun in favor of a Christopher Nolan-like mind-bender, complete with an overly serious […]

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‘House of 1000 Corpses’ 20th Anniversary Blu-ray Review – Rob Zombie’s Debut Still Tastes So Damn Good

Alex DiVincenzo Home Video, House of 1000 Corpses, Movies, Reviews, Rob ZOmbie

Before becoming one of the most divisive filmmakers in horror with the likes of Halloween and The Munsters, Rob Zombie was just a musician trying his hand at the film industry. House of 1000 Corpses came together fairly quickly following a failed attempt to reboot The Crow, but the rock star’s Hollywood career almost never […]

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“Yellowjackets” Season 2 Review – Must-See Episode 6 Packs a Devastating Emotional Wallop

Meagan Navarro Reviews, Showtime, TV, Yellowjackets

Episode six of “Yellowjackets” Season 2, “Qui,” makes for one of the most significant “do not miss” episodes of television this year. Now firmly into the back half of the second season, “Qui” takes massive strides in converging plotlines in the present while wreaking utter emotional devastation in the past. More impressive is the way this episode serves […]

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‘Saint Drogo’ Review – ‘Death Drop Gorgeous’ Filmmakers Elevate Their Game with New Horror Movie

Alex DiVincenzo Monster Makeup Productions, Movies, Reviews, Saint Drogo, Salem Horror Fest, Salem Horror Fest 2023

Saint Drogo is the sophomore effort from Monster Makeup Productions, a filmmaking collective headed by co-director/co-writer/actor Michael J. Ahern, co-director/cinematographer/editor Ryan Miller, and co-director/co-writer/actor Brandon Perras-Sanchez. Having found an audience with 2020’s Death Drop Gorgeous between the festival circuit, distribution via Dark Star Pictures, and streaming on Shudder and Tubi, it would have been easy […]

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