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Movie Review: Fathers (2026)

Peep this one cats n’ creeps… our heroine for Fathers, Natalie (Kaiti Wallen/Emilia Wallen in flashbacks) is found wandering ‘round the wicked woods with little memory of where she’s been since being snatched from outside her parent’s pad a decade and a half prior. With the dodgy details Natalie can provide we begin to learn, via that above mentioned flashback action, that she has been held by a man named Bobby (Harley Wallen, who also wrote and directed the picture at hand), who has convinced Nat that he is indeed her actual father and not ol’ Calvin (Jerry Hayes)… the dude she always believed to be her pappy… and worse than that, that he’s dispatched a squad of folks to steal her back! Can Natalie be able to discern what is truth and what is bullshit and get her life in order before something dire transpires? Wallen… Harley that is… weaves a complex and (obviously) non-linear narrative with Fathers. The

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DanXIII
Jul 11, 2026

Unwrapping the Hype: A Spoiler Free Review of Lee Cronin’s ‘The Mummy’

Anytime a studio aggressively slaps the “Best Horror Movie of the Year” label on a film right out of the gate, my default setting is heavy skepticism. But I will happily eat my words—and maybe a little tomb dust—because when I finally sat down to watch Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, I was genuinely blown away. Let’s get one thing straight: this is not your swashbuckling, 90s action-adventure. Instead, Cronin strips away the camp and drags us violently back to the suffocating, terrifying roots of the original Universal Monsters. It’s less of a tomb-raiding thrill ride and more of a visceral nightmare fueled by every parent’s absolute worst fears. The Breakout Star While Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, Shylo Molina, and Billie Roy all deliver gripping, panicked performances as a family in way over their heads, the absolute breakout superstar of the film is young Natalie Grace as the missing daughter, Katie. The sheer, unnerving way she twists and contorts her body

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 4, 2026

Spoiler-Free Reviews: AnyMart and A Weapon in My Heart (Jeonju International Film Festival 2026)

AnyMart (Japan, 2026) Official Synopsis Sakai, the protagonist, works as an assistant manager at a local convenience store. Outside of work, he lives a quiet, routine life — playing online games and using dating apps — having spent most of his twenties tied to the store. The store is his entire world. And yet, beyond its doors, the world itself seems to be coming to an end. Review Shõta Sometani as Sakai, a clerk at the convenience store owned by his gruff, stick-to-corporate-rules father, gives a fine performance. His character is all but dead on the inside at work, and not much motivated socially or otherwise outside of his job, although he attempts romantic connections, awkward though they may be. Sometani nails this everyman character as writer/director Yusuke Iwasaki uses the konbini and his protagonist as a representation of the frustrations of twentysomething life in modern Japan. The kills are sudden and often shocking, the gore is impressive, and the

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Joseph Perry
Jul 3, 2026

Spoiler-Free Review: Oscillation (Jeonju International Film Festival 2026)

Official Synopsis In the house where a father and daughter live together, a heavy silence lingers, and an unbridgeable distance remains. The father toils at an inexplicable task, while the daughter goes through her days in a quiet routine. But soon, a strange change overtakes his body. Review Kenichi Ugana has earned the title of auteur. He has been crafting independent genre features and shorts since 2010 that range from bizarre shockers (Visitors; Extraneous Matter: Complete Edition; Love Will Tear Us Apart) to a heartwarming rom-com ode to filmmaking (I Fell In Love With A Z-Grade Director In Brooklyn), some decidedly more accessible than others. His latest film Oscillation looks at the strained relationship between a man (Haruki Itabashi) and his adult daughter (Reika Matsubara) and treads in both existential and body horror. The theme of distance and lack of connection runs throughout Oscillation. Not only do the father and daughter rarely speak, communicating through notes to each other almost

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Joseph Perry
Jul 3, 2026

Movie Review: Undertone is a Masterclass in Cinematic Blue Balls

For months, the hype train for Undertone has been roaring down the tracks, fueled by a chorus of critics and viewers showering it with unconditional praise. Now that it’s finally landed on Max, I figured it was time to punch my ticket. Look, I know the horror fandom is intense, and I’m fully prepared for a pitchfork-wielding mob to assemble in my comments. But everyone is entitled to their opinion—including me. So, without further ado, let’s talk about why Undertone left me disappointed. The Good, The Bad, and The Boring Before I completely tear into it, let’s be fair: the cast did a fine job, including leading lady Nina Kiri. My issues don’t lie with the performances. My dismay began with the cinematography. The movie is absolutely obsessed with wide, panning shots. Over and over again, I found myself squinting at the screen, desperately trying to spot a ghost, a monster, or anything lurking in the shadows. Spoiler alert: there

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 30, 2026

Movie Review: Obsession is a Movie We’re Obsessed With

As horror fans, we spend our lives chasing a very specific dragon. We scour endless rows of streaming titles and theater marquee lists, hunting for that elusive, traumatic thrill that made us fall in love with the genre in the first place. More often than not, it’s a disappointing cycle that leaves us craving a spark we can rarely recapture. But last night, I finally felt that old chill again. I sat down to watch Curry Barker’s independent phenomenon, Obsession. I’ll admit I was actively dreading it, terrified that the staggering online hype wouldn’t hold up. Thankfully, I can look you dead in the eye and tell you it made me feel like a terrified nine-year-old peeking through my fingers at Friday the 13th all over again. Obsession goes vastly beyond cheap gore and goo; it is an emotional, heartbreaking, and deeply disturbing descent into psychological ruin. And if you’re a cat parent, brace yourself. WARNING: Mild Spoilers! A Wish

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 29, 2026

Kink and Corruption: A Review of Tyler Perry and Jason Blum’s ‘Strung’

Two names you likely never expected to see sharing a production credit—melodrama mogul Tyler Perry and horror kingpin Jason Blum—have joined forces for Strung. It’s a twisted psychological thriller now streaming on Peacock. I braved the madness so you don’t have to. And the verdict is in: this movie is an absolute orchestra of chaos. Classic Thriller Fodder The setup is classic thriller fodder. Chloe Bailey stars as a talented violinist hired by a formidable grandmother (Lynn Whitfield) to be the live-in tutor for a young girl (Romy Woods). The red flags start waving the second Chloe unpacks her bags at the family mansion. She realizes she’s already had a one-night stand with the girl’s stepfather (Lucien Laviscount). Add in a heavily pregnant mother (Coco Jones) radiating pure, unhinged energy right off the bat, and you have a recipe for disaster. Naturally, it doesn’t take long for Chloe and the dad to rekindle their illicit flame. But wait—it’s a trap!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 28, 2026

Movie Review: Creepy-Creatures Double-Feature – V.C.I. Blu-ray

V.CI. have gone creature crazy and have slapped two spine-tinglers from the golden age of Drive-in madness together on one Blu-ray disc titled (appropriately enough) Creepy-Creatures Double-Feature! This monster mash gets underway with The Crawling Hand from 1963… A manned space mission goes tits-up in the worst possible way resulting in a self-destruct request from an astronaut that’s miraculously lived without oxygen for over twenty minutes. The cosmic wreckage from said blast rains down over a small California beach town where it’s discovered by young science student Paul (Rod Lauren) and his Nordic gal pal, Marta (Sirry Steffen). Among the debris is one of our bomb-shattered astronauts arms with hand still attached (which is solid for title accuracy’s sake), and soon that arcane appendage is up and about causing that patented monster mayhem died-in-the-wicked-wool Monsterkids like us love six ways to Sunday… but, that horrid hand doesn’t stop there as it possesses Paul for a lil’ Jekyll n’ Hyde riffage!

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DanXIII
Jun 27, 2026

Spoiler-Free Review: Rose of Nevada (2025)

Official synopsis Three decades ago, the Rose of Nevada vanished at sea, along with its crew. Now, it has returned. In a remote fishing village, its reappearance is embraced as an auspicious sign, with the local citizens convinced the luck of their economically devastated community may turn, if only the ship sails again. Joining the crew is Nick (George MacKay), desperate to provide for his young family, and Liam (Callum Turner), a mysterious drifter eager to escape his past. After a successful voyage, they return to harbor, only to find that nothing is as they remember it. Review Filmmaker Mark Jenkin is masterful at crafting haunting dramas with eerie genre-film elements shot and set in and around England’s coastal Cornwall area. He follows up his 2022 psychological horror Enys Men (reviewed here) with the gripping time-slip mindbender Rose of Nevada. As mentioned in the official synopsis above, the unexplained sudden reappearance of a fishing boat that was presumed lost in

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Joseph Perry
Jun 23, 2026

Checking out Gunnar’s latest collab with ‘Fallout’

Calling fans of Fallout: New Vegas! Gunnar has once again teamed up with Fallout to make you feel like a high roller in New Vegas with the new Fallout Lucky 38 gaming glasses! For those not familiar with our friends at Gunnar, they specialize in making glasses that have anti-blue light tech. Screens give off blue light that’s invisible to the eyes but can cause strain and fatigue for them. Gunnar’s glasses help block this light to allow those who look at screens all day to work in comfort. Gunnar’s glasses are used by pro e-sport players, gamers, the military, and even animators at Dreamworks. The Lucky 38 is a round metal frame that sports the logo of the towering mysterious casino, with flexible hinges that will allow comfort for hours of wear, and leather side shields that can be removed. The glasses come with a microfiber cleaning cloth, a microfiber pouch, and a leather carrying case that proudly displays

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jun 22, 2026

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Movie Review: Fathers (2026)

Peep this one cats n’ creeps… our heroine for Fathers, Natalie (Kaiti Wallen/Emilia Wallen in flashbacks) is found wandering ‘round the wicked woods with little memory of where she’s been since being snatched from outside her parent’s pad a decade and a half prior. With the dodgy details Natalie can provide we begin to learn, via that above mentioned flashback action, that she has been held by a man named Bobby (Harley Wallen, who also wrote and directed the picture at hand), who has convinced Nat that he is indeed her actual father and not ol’ Calvin (Jerry Hayes)… the dude she always believed to be her pappy… and worse than that, that he’s dispatched a squad of folks to steal her back! Can Natalie be able to discern what is truth and what is bullshit and get her life in order before something dire transpires? Wallen… Harley that is… weaves a complex and (obviously) non-linear narrative with Fathers. The

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jul 11, 2026

Unwrapping the Hype: A Spoiler Free Review of Lee Cronin’s ‘The Mummy’

Anytime a studio aggressively slaps the “Best Horror Movie of the Year” label on a film right out of the gate, my default setting is heavy skepticism. But I will happily eat my words—and maybe a little tomb dust—because when I finally sat down to watch Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, I was genuinely blown away. Let’s get one thing straight: this is not your swashbuckling, 90s action-adventure. Instead, Cronin strips away the camp and drags us violently back to the suffocating, terrifying roots of the original Universal Monsters. It’s less of a tomb-raiding thrill ride and more of a visceral nightmare fueled by every parent’s absolute worst fears. The Breakout Star While Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, Shylo Molina, and Billie Roy all deliver gripping, panicked performances as a family in way over their heads, the absolute breakout superstar of the film is young Natalie Grace as the missing daughter, Katie. The sheer, unnerving way she twists and contorts her body

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 4, 2026

Spoiler-Free Reviews: AnyMart and A Weapon in My Heart (Jeonju International Film Festival 2026)

AnyMart (Japan, 2026) Official Synopsis Sakai, the protagonist, works as an assistant manager at a local convenience store. Outside of work, he lives a quiet, routine life — playing online games and using dating apps — having spent most of his twenties tied to the store. The store is his entire world. And yet, beyond its doors, the world itself seems to be coming to an end. Review Shõta Sometani as Sakai, a clerk at the convenience store owned by his gruff, stick-to-corporate-rules father, gives a fine performance. His character is all but dead on the inside at work, and not much motivated socially or otherwise outside of his job, although he attempts romantic connections, awkward though they may be. Sometani nails this everyman character as writer/director Yusuke Iwasaki uses the konbini and his protagonist as a representation of the frustrations of twentysomething life in modern Japan. The kills are sudden and often shocking, the gore is impressive, and the

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Jul 3, 2026

Spoiler-Free Review: Oscillation (Jeonju International Film Festival 2026)

Official Synopsis In the house where a father and daughter live together, a heavy silence lingers, and an unbridgeable distance remains. The father toils at an inexplicable task, while the daughter goes through her days in a quiet routine. But soon, a strange change overtakes his body. Review Kenichi Ugana has earned the title of auteur. He has been crafting independent genre features and shorts since 2010 that range from bizarre shockers (Visitors; Extraneous Matter: Complete Edition; Love Will Tear Us Apart) to a heartwarming rom-com ode to filmmaking (I Fell In Love With A Z-Grade Director In Brooklyn), some decidedly more accessible than others. His latest film Oscillation looks at the strained relationship between a man (Haruki Itabashi) and his adult daughter (Reika Matsubara) and treads in both existential and body horror. The theme of distance and lack of connection runs throughout Oscillation. Not only do the father and daughter rarely speak, communicating through notes to each other almost

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Jul 3, 2026

Movie Review: Undertone is a Masterclass in Cinematic Blue Balls

For months, the hype train for Undertone has been roaring down the tracks, fueled by a chorus of critics and viewers showering it with unconditional praise. Now that it’s finally landed on Max, I figured it was time to punch my ticket. Look, I know the horror fandom is intense, and I’m fully prepared for a pitchfork-wielding mob to assemble in my comments. But everyone is entitled to their opinion—including me. So, without further ado, let’s talk about why Undertone left me disappointed. The Good, The Bad, and The Boring Before I completely tear into it, let’s be fair: the cast did a fine job, including leading lady Nina Kiri. My issues don’t lie with the performances. My dismay began with the cinematography. The movie is absolutely obsessed with wide, panning shots. Over and over again, I found myself squinting at the screen, desperately trying to spot a ghost, a monster, or anything lurking in the shadows. Spoiler alert: there

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 30, 2026

Movie Review: Obsession is a Movie We’re Obsessed With

As horror fans, we spend our lives chasing a very specific dragon. We scour endless rows of streaming titles and theater marquee lists, hunting for that elusive, traumatic thrill that made us fall in love with the genre in the first place. More often than not, it’s a disappointing cycle that leaves us craving a spark we can rarely recapture. But last night, I finally felt that old chill again. I sat down to watch Curry Barker’s independent phenomenon, Obsession. I’ll admit I was actively dreading it, terrified that the staggering online hype wouldn’t hold up. Thankfully, I can look you dead in the eye and tell you it made me feel like a terrified nine-year-old peeking through my fingers at Friday the 13th all over again. Obsession goes vastly beyond cheap gore and goo; it is an emotional, heartbreaking, and deeply disturbing descent into psychological ruin. And if you’re a cat parent, brace yourself. WARNING: Mild Spoilers! A Wish

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 29, 2026

Kink and Corruption: A Review of Tyler Perry and Jason Blum’s ‘Strung’

Two names you likely never expected to see sharing a production credit—melodrama mogul Tyler Perry and horror kingpin Jason Blum—have joined forces for Strung. It’s a twisted psychological thriller now streaming on Peacock. I braved the madness so you don’t have to. And the verdict is in: this movie is an absolute orchestra of chaos. Classic Thriller Fodder The setup is classic thriller fodder. Chloe Bailey stars as a talented violinist hired by a formidable grandmother (Lynn Whitfield) to be the live-in tutor for a young girl (Romy Woods). The red flags start waving the second Chloe unpacks her bags at the family mansion. She realizes she’s already had a one-night stand with the girl’s stepfather (Lucien Laviscount). Add in a heavily pregnant mother (Coco Jones) radiating pure, unhinged energy right off the bat, and you have a recipe for disaster. Naturally, it doesn’t take long for Chloe and the dad to rekindle their illicit flame. But wait—it’s a trap!

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 28, 2026

Movie Review: Creepy-Creatures Double-Feature – V.C.I. Blu-ray

V.CI. have gone creature crazy and have slapped two spine-tinglers from the golden age of Drive-in madness together on one Blu-ray disc titled (appropriately enough) Creepy-Creatures Double-Feature! This monster mash gets underway with The Crawling Hand from 1963… A manned space mission goes tits-up in the worst possible way resulting in a self-destruct request from an astronaut that’s miraculously lived without oxygen for over twenty minutes. The cosmic wreckage from said blast rains down over a small California beach town where it’s discovered by young science student Paul (Rod Lauren) and his Nordic gal pal, Marta (Sirry Steffen). Among the debris is one of our bomb-shattered astronauts arms with hand still attached (which is solid for title accuracy’s sake), and soon that arcane appendage is up and about causing that patented monster mayhem died-in-the-wicked-wool Monsterkids like us love six ways to Sunday… but, that horrid hand doesn’t stop there as it possesses Paul for a lil’ Jekyll n’ Hyde riffage!

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jun 27, 2026

Spoiler-Free Review: Rose of Nevada (2025)

Official synopsis Three decades ago, the Rose of Nevada vanished at sea, along with its crew. Now, it has returned. In a remote fishing village, its reappearance is embraced as an auspicious sign, with the local citizens convinced the luck of their economically devastated community may turn, if only the ship sails again. Joining the crew is Nick (George MacKay), desperate to provide for his young family, and Liam (Callum Turner), a mysterious drifter eager to escape his past. After a successful voyage, they return to harbor, only to find that nothing is as they remember it. Review Filmmaker Mark Jenkin is masterful at crafting haunting dramas with eerie genre-film elements shot and set in and around England’s coastal Cornwall area. He follows up his 2022 psychological horror Enys Men (reviewed here) with the gripping time-slip mindbender Rose of Nevada. As mentioned in the official synopsis above, the unexplained sudden reappearance of a fishing boat that was presumed lost in

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Jun 23, 2026

Checking out Gunnar’s latest collab with ‘Fallout’

Calling fans of Fallout: New Vegas! Gunnar has once again teamed up with Fallout to make you feel like a high roller in New Vegas with the new Fallout Lucky 38 gaming glasses! For those not familiar with our friends at Gunnar, they specialize in making glasses that have anti-blue light tech. Screens give off blue light that’s invisible to the eyes but can cause strain and fatigue for them. Gunnar’s glasses help block this light to allow those who look at screens all day to work in comfort. Gunnar’s glasses are used by pro e-sport players, gamers, the military, and even animators at Dreamworks. The Lucky 38 is a round metal frame that sports the logo of the towering mysterious casino, with flexible hinges that will allow comfort for hours of wear, and leather side shields that can be removed. The glasses come with a microfiber cleaning cloth, a microfiber pouch, and a leather carrying case that proudly displays

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jun 22, 2026
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