Silent “Hush” Will Fray Your Nerves
The new horror film, Hush, having had a short festival run this past March, is going straight to streaming on Netflix. The release platform, while understandable, is a bit of shame, as the film is...
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10 Cloverfield Lane A Great Place to Visit
by Dezbot
10 Cloverfield Lane, the second entry in what appears to be a planned “Cloververse,” is not a sequel to 2008’s found-footage monster movie, Cloverfield, but it shares some commonalities—apart from being produced by J. J....
Coming Out Party in Campy, Bloody “You’re Killing Me”
by Dezbot
You’re Killing Me, a comedy-horror hybrid from director/writer Jim Hansen, takes the coming-out process and grafts it onto the tale of an affectless young man named Joe (Matthew McKelligon), who really, really wants to kill...
Tarantino Returns to Westerns with The Hateful Eight
by Dezbot
Note: This review refers to the “Roadshow” version of the film Long before writer/director Quentin Tarantino’s eighth film, aptly titled The Hateful Eight, debuted on the big screen, much was made of its production, from...
Krampus a Jolly, Monstrous Time At the Movies
by Dezbot
The new holiday-themed horror-comedy, Krampus, is a fun romp bridging the horrors of Halloween with the enchantments of Christmas. It’s similar in spirit to The Nightmare Before Christmas, except much, much darker. The film starts...
Ridiculous Massacre Provides Occasional Laughs
by Dezbot
The Funhouse Massacre, from director Andy Palmer and writer Ben Begley (based on a story by Begley and his wife, Renee Dorian), is an homage to the slashers of the ’80s and ‘90s, writ larger...
Nasty Baby’s Unpleasant Surprise Sours A Mostly Amiable Film
by Dezbot
The new feature, Nasty Baby, is a curiosity. It starts off in an amiable, if meandering, direction, then takes a seriously wrong-headed turn in the final act. It’s so wrong-headed that it completely derails the...
Victoria – An Opportunity For Freedom (Part One)
by Dezbot
The new film, Victoria, has a simple premise: Girl meets Boy; Girl hangs out with Boy and his friends; Trouble ensues. To complicate it, the Girl is a young Spanish woman named Victoria who moves...
Nightmare Code Takes On Contemporary Paranoia About Surveillance
by Dezbot
Nightmare Code (2014) Fresh off the festival circuit, Nightmare Code is an inventive exercise in paranoia that’s worth seeing despite some faltering in the third act. Nightmare Code stars Andrew J. West (Gareth from Season...
“Time Out of Mind” A Meandering Look at Homelessness
by Dezbot
Time Out of Mind (2015) Time Out of Mind contains one of actor Richard Gere’s finest performances to date. Unfortunately, the film surrounding that performance isn’t very good. Gere plays George Hammond, a homeless man...