Leaving D.C., Plus an Interview with Director Joshua Criss
LEAVING D.C. (2012) Desperate to leave city life behind him, Mark Klein (writer/director Josh Criss) takes the plunge and moves from hectic Washington D.C. to serene Anole, West Virginia. Isolated country life agrees with Mark as he shares a semi-daily…
The Andy Baker Tape, Horror in the High Desert 2, and Tahoe Joe
The Andy Baker Tape – 2021, US, 70m. Director: Bret Lada. Horror in the High Desert 2: Minerva – 2023, US, 74m. Director: Dutch Marich. Tahoe Joe – 2022, US, 88m. Director: Dillon Brown, Michael Rock. THE ANDY BAKER TAPE…
Found Footage: Char Man, Home Movie, and The Pyramid
Char Man – 2019, US, 85m. Director: Kurt Ela, Kip Tribble. Streaming: Tubi Home Movie – 2008, US, 77m. Director: Christopher Denham. Streaming: Tubi The Pyramid – 2014, Morocco/US, 88m. Director: Grégory Levasseur. Streaming: Max CHAR MAN (2019) Looking to…
Why “Bog” is the Best Worst Movie You’ve Never Seen
1979’s BOG is the type of movie Ed Wood would have made in the ’50s: a cheerfully inept little monster flick that’s so bad it’s heartwarmingly charming. While on a fishing excursion in the woods of rural Wisconsin, friends Chuck…
SCI-FI/FANTASY MONTH: Altered States, Blade, Lord of Illusions, and The McPherson Tape
ALTERED STATES (1980) d: Ken Russell. c: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid. A brilliant scientist (Hurt), obsessed with accessing the brain’s unexplored subconscious, experiments with hallucinogens and taps into a metaphysical reality, eventually physically devolving back to…
REVIEWS: Gags the Clown, Jade, The Most Dangerous Game, and Repossessed
GAGS THE CLOWN (2018) d: Adam Krause. c: Lauren Ashley Carter, Aaron Christensen, Evan Gamble, Tracy Perez. A horror-comedy that’s neither scary nor funny, this desperately wants to be both a parody of fake news and the found footage subgenre…
Mini-Reviews: ARE YOU IN THE HOUSE ALONE, DARK MOUNTAIN, and THE EMPTY MAN
Are You in the House Alone? (1978) A teenage girl (Kathleen Beller) begins receiving threatening notes and phone calls from a stalker after she starts dating the popular guy in school. When her concerns are dismissed by friends and teachers…
VERSUS – Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin
Welcome to a new feature on Matt’s Horror Addiction: Versus. Versus takes one film and presents two opposing opinions in head-to-head reviews with my friend and horror movie aficionado, Frank Pittarese. We’ll explain why we loved and hated the same…
Mini-Reviews: The PARANORMAL ACTIVITY Series
Paranormal Activity (2009) A young couple, Katie and Micah (Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat), come to believe their home is haunted and set up video cameras to capture evidence. Things get progressively worse and they call on the help of…