Loron Hays

Science Fiction has a long history of being morality tales. These far-fetched stories have a lot to say and they carry conscious weight to them, no matter their medium. From the minutes ticking by in...
Think you know street racing, son? If you haven’t seen Harry Hamlin ( Clash of the Titans ), Dennis Hopper ( Blue Velvet ), and Dan Haggerty ( Grizzly Adams ) go at it beneath the twinkling stars of L...
And on the Twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me . . . a slasher for the #MeToo era! Backwoods begins by traveling along a winding and lonely dirt road. This eerie opening scene is reminis...
Sometimes future cult classics aren’t easy to spot. This is the case with Beast Mode , a film that is so on-the-nose when it comes to lampooning Hollyweird that its inspired cast, featuring C. Thomas...
Werewolf is not the movie you think it is. It's terror; however, is traumatic and unending and that makes for a very REAL theatrical experience. Opening with a tracking shot of a concentration camp wh...
“This . . . is the Inner Sanctum.” With that opening statement as a guiding force, Universal Pictures launched what would be an interesting venture alongside Simon & Schuster as they produced a series...
“Did you bring me here by force?” And INTRODUCING Audrey Hepburn . That’s right, the screen legend begins here with Roman Holiday , a quintessential romantic comedy, which was shot on location in Rome...
Think vampire films have run their course thanks to the ruining of Twilight ? Think again. In just about two minutes time, your fascination with all those magnificent blood-sucking beasts will be reig...
When the “Yes” men start telling you “NO”, you are probably approaching the trash-lined gutters along Sunset Boulevard. Hollywood is clearly sending you a message. You are no longer needed . . . or ar...
From identical dresses to the fire which ravishes Manderley, the second Mrs. de Winter ( Joan Fontaine ) can never, ever take the place of Rebecca . Cue the romance, the heartbreak, the haunted tensio...
Legends live again! With a focus on unsettling locations and strong production values, Playhouse arrives to do all sorts of unspeakable horror upon its audience. It is primarily concerned with an auth...
Griffith Park. 2001. That’s when and where Cicada , the new horror/comedy from writer/director David Willis , takes place. What follows is yet another win for Wild Eye Releasing and horror/comedy hybr...
It was only a matter of time before Thanksgiving got ruined, too, by the Horrid Hounds of Horror who put films together. This time, though, it isn’t by a random knifing. Nor is it from some shady stal...
We aren’t in Las Vegas anymore, baby! Written, produced, and directed by Mr. Rear-Projection himself, Bert Gordon ( King Dinosaur, Earth vs. the Spider, The Amazing Colossal Man , and Empire of the An...
Fans of Paul Blaisdell ’s creature work for films like The She-Creature , It Conquered The World , and Invasion of the Saucer Men are going to dig How to Make a Monster as his monster designs get some...
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