James Whale. Boris Karloff . The year after Frankenstein was released. Need I say anything more about why, even today, The Old Dark House absolutely slaughters its audience? The tension and the creep...

I first saw Dario Argento's Phenomena when it was released here in the United States as Creepers . That version—heavily edited by nearly 30 minutes (for no other reason than to save Americans from act...

There is nothing predictable about Brandon Sanders , and Lasting Impression follows suit. Long before he found his calling behind a drum kit, Sanders was crashing the boards as a basketball player at...

Synapse Films ' 4K UHD release of Suspiria is a work of pure art. It is also important and impactful, belonging in a time capsule and in every serious horror collection. Years after its original relea...

Because fear doesn't always come from the sky. Science fiction often promises spectacle. The Outer Threat goes the opposite direction, shrinking its scope until the greatest mystery isn't what's happe...

By the time The Night Album reached its final notes, I'd forgotten I was supposed to be reviewing it. My notebook had gone untouched, the wine glass was nearly empty, and somewhere along the way Andre...

Fatal ’s Return From Exile doesn’t waste time dressing itself up as something grander than it is. This is death/thrash with dirt under its nails, built on speed, bite, and the kind of riff-first aggre...

"The Evil Dead is the most ferociously original horror film of the year." — Stephen King, 1981 Opening with the swirl of century-old fog creeping across a lonely Tennessee lake, The Evil Dead announce...

There are horror films that invite you to solve the mystery. Then there are horror films that dare you to survive the style. Tenebrae is unapologetically the latter. Released in 1982...

1990’s Misery is one of the finest book to screen King adaptations of all time, in my humble opinion. While this new dearth of King adaptions continues unabated with varying degrees of success or abje...

Some comedies fade with time. The Money Pit isn't one of them. Four decades after its theatrical debut, this 1986 classic is still one of the funniest movies ever made about the dream of homeownership...

I was barely a year out of high school when Species first slithered into theaters in 1995. For years afterward, all I really remembered was Natasha Henstridge making one hell of an entrance. Model-tur...

Most brutal death metal albums are built for impact. They hit hard, keep hitting harder, and dare you to survive the ride. The Dark Ascension Of The Supreme Prometheus Gods has all of that, but Drain...

AGFA 's latest Blu-ray pairs two forgotten exploitation oddities—1969's Fly Now, Pay Later and 1972's Voices of Desire —into one gloriously disreputable double feature that feels like it was rescued f...

Long before cult classics were manufactured by social media, Troll earned its reputation the old-fashioned way—through late-night cable, worn-out VHS tapes, and word of mouth. Decades later, its stran...