TV show or Movie: Movie Where to watch: Shudder, Prime Genre: Live-action/adult animated psychological horror-thriller film What It Reminds Me Of: Writer: Robert Morgan, Robin King Director: Robert Morgan Premise: A stop-motion animator struggles to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother. My Premise: An artist’s work starts to come to life. Is it to help cope…
Tag: Horror
Mr. Crocket
TV show or Movie: Movie Where to watch: Hulu Writer: Brandon Espy, Carl Reid Director: Brandon Espy Premise: In 1993, a mysterious children’s show host, Mr. Crocket, magically emerges from television sets to kidnap young children, brutally slaying their parents in the process. After Mr. Crocket snatches her son, one determined mother embarks on a perilous quest to track…
V/H/S/Beyond
TV show or Movie: Movie Where to watch: Shudder/AMC/Prime Writer: Director: Premise: Six bloodcurdling tapes unleash horror in a sci-fi-inspired hellscape, pushing the boundaries of fear and suspense. Cast: Review: These movies play a big part in my love for horror. I saw the first one when it premiered at the Independent Film Festival Boston in 2012….
The Substance
TV show or Movie: Movie Where to watch: Theaters Writer: Coralie Fargeat Director: Coralie Fargeat Premise: A fading celebrity decides to use a black-market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself. Cast: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid. Review: Holy crap! This movie was such a ride. I feel like it was this year’s…
Longlegs
TV show or Movie: Movie Where to watch: Theaters Writer: Oz Perkins Director: Oz Perkins Premise: In pursuit of a serial killer, an FBI agent uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to end his terrifying killing spree. Cast: Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Nicolas Cage. Review: Well, I was super disappointed in this movie. I…
Maxxxine
Rating: TV show or Movie: Movie Where to watch: Theaters Writer: Ti West Director: Ti West Premise: In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past. Cast: Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney,…
The Watchers
Rating: TV show or Movie: Movie Where to watch: Theaters Writer: Ishana Night Shyamalan Director: Ishana Night Shyamalan Premise: A young artist gets stranded in an extensive, immaculate forest in western Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night. Cast: Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fouéré, Oliver Finnegan. Review:…
Late Night with the Devil
Rating: 4/14 Lay Riottas TV show or Movie: Movie Where to watch: Theaters, soon to be on Shudder Premise: In 1977 a live television broadcast goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation’s living rooms. Cast: David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Rhys Auteri, Georgina Haig, Josh Quong Tart. Review: A few weeks ago,…
Holiday Season Advent Calendar
I am part of a Facebook group of (mostly retired) comedians who like to nerd out about video games, television shows, and movies. One of them, Roxanne Celeste, put together this advent style list of horror movies to watch throughout December. Because who says we have to stop watching horror after October 31st? Here is…