Loron Hays

The slums never appeared so expressive and atmospheric than they do in this flick. The 1940s absolutely come alive thanks to an eloquent expression of nightmarish entrapment that hugs the atmosphere a...
For a very long time, I wished that First Blood had been a one and done deal. But it arrived in the 1982, and anything from the 80s onward that made the studios money would like get a sequel with a ro...
The horror of that fateful day in 1978’s I Spit on Your Grave returns thanks to writer/director Meir Zarchi , He did the first film, remember? In fact, the one and only Camille Keaton as Jennifer Hill...
Indie horror films are, thankfully, on the rise and when they are of this quality, well, they can be damn remarkable with both their chills and spills. Room for Rent is a thriller from Arizona-based f...
Deception! Trickery! And really bad wigs! There are two reasons why one steps foot through The Strange Door. They are two BIG reasons, mind you, being the over-the-top performances from Charles Laught...
Fun with helicopter models and CinemaScope exploits! The Land Unknown arrives on blu-ray thanks to Kino Lorber Studio Classics and while it is definitely C-grade 1950s entertainment – happiest when kn...
Face it, you didn’t go see this film when it was released. The advertisements didn’t sell it well enough, did they? Well, this box office bomb is actually pretty damn good. It might be, for a kid’s mo...
The blood! The guts! The wiggling limbs! I bet Artie ( Bennett Liss ) and Charlie ( Johnny Doran ), those poor souls, never expected to lose their heads and their legs when they decided to pull a pran...
To this day, there remains something insanely special about director Brian De Palma’s Carrie . It is based on the once-discarded novel by Stephen King, but was painstakingly adapted for the screen by...
Completely mad. Absolutely bonkers. Those are some descriptions that are often used to describe this New Age-inspired flick of voodoo hoodoo transmissions. The Manitou is EXACTLY the pile of rock and...
“Isn’t it gorgeous, babe?!” That’s the pervading sentiment in Hard Ticket to Hawaii , a bleach-blonde action flick in which hot babes do their best thinking in Jacuzzis and, after insulting a bunch of...
Clash, Killer Fist! A legend has returned. If you are not yet one with the madness that is the martial arts film, then let this release be your starting point. Why? Because from the years of 1973 to 1...
Being the ninth and final film in Hammer ’s Dracula series, The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires definitely holds a special place in horror history. That’s not the limit of its legacy, though. Not by a...
"I got my beer, I got my sex partner, what else do I need?” Blood Lake continues to exist because we all want to be like Little Tony. Fight me if you disagree. Having a camcorder doesn’t necessarily m...
Before Resident Evil , there was Warning Sign . Complete with an impressive synth score from Craig Safan , this thriller absolutely rocks and serves as the precursor to what would come in a lot of bio...