Loron Hays

The man with the straw hat is back! And so are his ghoulish finds in the windy city of Chicago. Watergate era television doesn’t get much better than with Kolchak: The Night Stalker . And that, my fri...
Because no one would suspect a stubborn blind girl, right? A blind woman in a big house, all alone. Stop me if you've heard this premise before. Of course, you have! Audery Hepburn , 1967, right? The...
“Can you still do the things with your eyes? You’re not crazy if you can still do the thing with your eyes.” I will NEVER forget the first time I saw Philip Kaufman ’s Invasion of the Body Snatcher s....
Imagine it. A zombie staring at itself in the mirror. Mentally aware, but trapped in the body of a zombie. It is desperately trying to put a bandage on its wounds, trying to keep its new zombie identi...
Folk Horror. The very combination of the words suggest a clash of ideologies and, true to its nature, this seems to be its roots. It is a concept of evil so entwined with the land that it is damn near...
Deck the halls with parts of Charlie! Tired of all the MERRY CHRISTMAS cheer? Ready to get your head rotated by something more than spiked eggnog? f so, then the darkly subversive satirical recipe tha...
Opening with a classic song from a bygone era is a bold move for this supernatural coming-of-age story about a bullied teen who takes matters into his own hands. Especially when that familiar chorus -...
It seems that crazy bouts of rough and ready masturbation in front of churches (while sucking its doorknob) and conspiracy theories about the elite DO mix! Wait. Huh? Exactly...
Originally shot in 2018 over a brief period of 19 days, Repossession definitely has a sense of urgency about it. The genre-bending horror movie is stylistically void of much color - other than blues a...
The Darkness of the Road is legit horror. End of story. With a small cast and an isolated location, this horror story is one built on uniqueness. And it is damned unforgettable, too. I am not going to...
And just like that . . . a future cult classic has arrived! Based on a Ubisoft game and featuring a wonderful cast and of solidly realized characters, Werewolves Within is the whodunnit horror/comedy...
Your savior has arrived! There’s something wrong with Maud ( Morfydd Clark, Crawl ) . This is important to identify correctly as we are with the poor girl for the entire movie. In fact, we never leave...
Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan was, at one time, a place of filth and absolute poverty. Back then, it was known as one of the roughest neighborhoods in Manhattan; a better place to be from than to be in....
“Are you gonna bark all day, little doggie? Or are you gonna bite?” If one needed to sum up who Quentin Tarantino was in one word, I think the best one would be “pioneer.” He ushered in a new wave of...
Would you believe me if I told you that mirrors were doors to other worlds? No. But, I got your attention, didn’t I? And therein lies the charm and the magic of this fun-filled feature. Portal Runner...