Loron Hays

With Tobe Hooper ’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre as its reference point, Motel Hell is a seriously delicious horror film that exploits all the typical genre markers for the sake of comedy. And it’s all bec...
A new Christmas classic has arrived. Honestly, you had me hooked with the idea of Danny Devito operating a hotel in the Italian countryside. I didn’t expect this Christmas comedy - which also happens...
While dark in humor, Listen Carefully remains a character study as one man finds that his baby has been kidnapped and only a baby monitor remains in her crib. Eerie, right? Yes, it is downright distur...
Pumpkinhead returns with a new 4K scan from the original camera negative! What a sad, sad story of one man’s tragic revenge. Another viewing of Stan Winston ’s Pumpkinhead , newly remastered and relea...
Svälta is not a place you want to be stuck in for very long. This is according to Steffen Haars ’s Get Away , which stars Nick Frost as the father of The Smith Family, who really, really, really needs...
When is a 4K upgrade worth the double-dipping? When it’s from Shout! Factory , of course! Silent Night, Deadly Night , complete with a brand-new 4K transfer from the original 35mm negative, has return...
“Are you sure we followed the coordinates exactly?” It’s a question you don't really want to hear when on a journey through the foreboding wilderness. Yet, in The North Witch , directed by Bruce Wempl...
The comets are coming!! The comets are coming!! Science fiction gets satirized in writer/director Thom Eberhardt ’s fantastic Night of the Comet . Released the same year as David Lynch ’s Dune and 201...
“Do it first. Do it yourself. And keep doing it.” When it comes to gangster pictures, there is no better film than Howard Hawks’ Scarface . From the single shot opening in which Italian immigrant gang...
“My husband is not my husband.” Do not trust anyone. There’s something to say about an idea which gets recycled every 20 years or so. Such is the case with Jack Finney ’s classic The Body Snatcher s....
The toxins are here to cleanse the earth! And only the chosen will breathe. With plenty of relatable ideas, The Fix , starring Grace Van Dien ( Stranger Things ), is a wild premise which promises a lo...
“Go home or go to the hospital.” Let me make this clear: John Ozuna ( The Infinity Project , Cabal , and Blood Relative , who stars and provides the fight choreography in The Bouncer , is a total bada...
“I’ve got some news which is going to blow your cocks off.” Members Only is a solid gold nugget of pure horror comedy. Need I say more? Opening with a hysterical gaffe when Wet Dreams, a middle-aged m...
This is a movie about ghosts. It’s a movie about not saving lives. It’s also a beautiful film about the preservation of life . . . even when it becomes a question of exactly whose life you are saving....
When is a monster not a monster? When it is a Universal monster. Every single one of Universal ’s famed horror output posits would-be monsters as misunderstood creations whose intentions are . . . inn...