Dark Christmas: Don’t Open Till Christmas (1984) horror movie review
With a spooky synth score, some fine performances, a swinging early ’80s London setting, and a recent restoration, Don’t Open Till Christmas is better than it has any business being. … Continue reading
Dark Christmas: Hark! The Herald Angels Scream edited by Christopher Golden horror anthology review
These 18 stories, edited by New York Times bestseller/Bram Stoker award winner Christopher Golden, illustrate just how dark Christmas can get. Beneath the tinsel and the colorful lights, Christmas is … Continue reading
Dark Christmas: Secret Santa by Andrew Shaffer horror novel review
Gremlins meets Trilogy Of Terror in this short, sharp fun Christmas horror novella from New York Times best-seller Andrew Shaffer. Lussi Meyer would give anything to work in publishing. Her … Continue reading
Dark Christmas: R. L. Stine’s Stuff Of Nightmares – Slay Ride #1 Comic Book Review
A little bit Willard, a little bit Silent Night, Deadly Night, Slay Ride #1 from R. L. Stine’s Stuff of Nightmares is surprisingly strong, grim stuff. Heinrick Fiddler loves Christmas. … Continue reading
Frogman (2023) horror movie review
Anthony Cousins’ feature-length directorial debut is found footage horror done right – a deliciously, disgustingly faux documentary about a cryptid that delivers real fear along with plenty of laughs and … Continue reading
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter horror movie review
With its iconic kung fu dance sequence from Crispin Glover and starring a young bespectacled Corey Feldman, and his monster mask fetish; its doublemint twins and its machete face slide, … Continue reading
The Veil (2023) horror movie review
Cameron Beyl’s eerie, atmospheric The Veil blends classic sci-fi, speculative fiction, and traditional American ghost stories to tell a poetic, haunting story of abuse, guilt, and regret. Ghost stories are … Continue reading
Briardark – S. A. Harian book review
Blair Witch Project meets Lost meets Annihilation meets Stranger Things in Briardark, thw otherworldly debut horror novel from Portland’s S. A. Harian. Field researcher Dr. Siena DuPont is obsessed. After … Continue reading
Horrorscores: Harry Manfredini – Friday the 13th Part 2 soundtrack review
Harry Manfredini’s synth + string orchestral score is probably too classy for its subject matter, but it elevates Paramount Picture’s bloody campy summer camp slashers beyond mere schlock to something … Continue reading
Portland Horror Film Festival: The Creeping movie review
Jamie Hooper’s directorial debut overcomes its technical shortcomings with heart, outstanding performances, and an elemental understanding of the ghost genre. Ghost stories are some of humanity’s oldest and most familiar. … Continue reading
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