Paranormal Farm director Carl Medland returns with AIDEN, a sci-fi mystery that addresses real-life topics
Carl Medland is no stranger to surreal cinema. The British filmmaker and actor has made a career out of creating psychologically unnerving films aimed at pushing boundaries. 2017’s Paranormal Farm featured Medland as a documentarian exploring the disappearance of a…
Confessions of a Serial Killer, Dawn of the Dead, and Late Night with the Devil
Confessions of a Serial Killer – 1985, US, 89m. Director: Mark Blair. Dawn of the Dead – 1978, Italy/US, 127m, 156m (extended cut). Director: George A. Romero. Late Night with the Devil – 2024, US, 93m. Director: Cameron Cairnes, Colin…
End of the Year
SAW X Halloween III. Friday the 13th Part 5. Spiral. What those three sequels have in common is the absence of their franchise’s key players: the killers fans have come to love watching butcher innocent victims. Halloween had Michael Myers;…
Prince of Darkness, Shadowzone, and Talk to Me
Prince of Darkness – 1987, US, 101m. Director: John Carpenter. Streaming: Peacock Shadowzone – 1990, US, 89m. Director: J.S. Cardone. Streaming: Tubi Talk to Me – 2023, Australia, 95m. Director: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou. Streaming: N/A PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1987)…
Last Voyage of the Demeter, Meatcleaver Massacre, and Prom Night III
The Last Voyage of the Demeter – 2023, US, 118m. Director: André Øvredal. Streaming: N/A Meatcleaver Massacre – 1976, US, 75m. Director: Evan Lee (Ed Wood). Streaming: Tubi Prom Night III: The Last Kiss – 1990, US, 97m. Director: Ron…
Evil Dead Rise, First Man into Space, and Uncle Sam
EVIL DEAD RISE (2023) Another Evil Dead reboot to emerge after the 2013 remake failed to reignite the franchise, this appropriately gnarly reimagining of the original 1981 horror classic moves the action to Los Angeles, where the teens of a…
The Pope’s Exorcist, Scream VI, and Son of Frankenstein
THE POPE’S EXORCIST (2023) Taking a stab at the “based on real case files” scenario The Conjuring made popular ten years earlier, The Pope’s Exorcist delivers a “true” chapter out of Father Gabriel Amorth’s (Russell Crowe) book of paranormal activity.…
End of the Year Wrap-Up
It was an interesting year for horror films in 2022. We got a few new classics, a few surprises, and two of the biggest franchise disappointments in recent years. We also got a glut of high-profile but incredibly mediocre films…
Halloween Ends (Badly)
By Frank Pittarese Here’s what happens: Completely disregarding her emotional and mental state of the previous films — and despite the brutal murder of her daughter — Laurie Strode is living a happy, pie-making suburban life in Haddonfield, with her…