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I'm not usually a fan of the "found footage" genre but I really enjoyed "Char Man" playing on Amazon Prime. Some guys making a documentary stumble on the legend. A bit Paranormal Activity meets The...

Just watched Tales of Halloween a new horror anthology. It's not bad if you like campy short films. Along the same lines as Trick r Treat but on a lower budget.

"Afterschool" is a slow burn study of youth in the Internet age. An excellent film about a kid in prep school who captures the drug related deaths of two classmates. Explores a lot of themes...

"Devil's Due" - not great, but not awful. A found footage plot along the lines of Rosemary's Baby with a dash Paranormal Activity. Give it a C+.

"Silent Night, Deadly Night." The original and not the terrible remake. 80s style perfection. Bad acting, bizarre storyline but still very entertaining. They sure don't make them like this...

Babadook was good mostly in avoiding the current movie formula which goes: something odd begins to happen (usually involving a child), the parent investigates (usually via the computer) and discovers...

Dead Snow 2! This is more like it. A fun, gory horror film that doesn't take itself too seriously or try to rip off every zombie plot ever made. Picks up right where the first ended with Nazi...

"Under the Skin" was getting a lot of favorable reviews. Scarlett Johansson as the alien in some alternate version of "The Man Who Fell to Earth." Hard to go wrong - right? Turns out to be a real...

I had zero expectations for "Excision" but it is surprisingly good. Dark, funny, sad and well acted. A strange cast with the likes of Traci Lords, John Waters and Ray Wise. The plot involves a...

I recently watched the remake of "Maniac" with Elijah Woods. My expectations were low, but this wasn't bad. It's not for the squeamish or people who realize you probably don't escape from too many...

Watched "Butcher Boys" and "Byzantium" this weekend. Butcher Boys is Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets the Warriors. That sounds better than it really is. Mostly a lot of running through dark urban...

After reading a lot of good buzz about "You're Next" I finally got around to watching it. I found it a mostly disappointing. At best, it had some funny moments but was generally an implausible and...

Time Magazine posted a list of the best lesser viewed horror films. A couple are well known to horror fans. Others maybe less so:

The Vanishing (1988 Dutch version)
The Orphanage
Inside...

Anyone seen the German film "The White Ribbon"? It's not exactly a horror film, but it certainly has a creepy undertone. Likely a love it or hate it type of artsy film.

"Strange events happen in...

I watched Rob Zombie's "Lords of Salem." I'm not a huge RZ fan, but this is at least an effort to hark back to those entertaining 1960's & 70's satanist movies. It's not awful and not great...

I watched "Black Rock" and "Hatchet III" over the weekend. Yes, I'm not proud. BR is not too awful though. If you can buy that three women go to a deserted island to camp overnight instead of a...

"Dale & Tucker vs Evil" and the unfortunately named "Juan of the Dead" were surprisingly good. I particularly liked the political humor in Juan.

Have you seen the original A Haunting episode of it? That was a hundred times better. It's probably one of my favorites. That one and the original A Haunting in Georgia. They turned that one into...

I also had the misfortune to see the Silent Hill sequel. My expectations were very low, but it was still awful. The original was much better. If nothing else for the policewoman on the motorcycle....

"Satan's Little Helper". This one makes me laugh every time I see it. A minor classic. The kid may be the most annoying child in the history of movies, but it's still fun.