L.A. Comic Con 2023

L.A. Comic Con 2023

By Mike Lera First introduced to us as “Comikaze Expo” in 2011 (then later “Stan Lee’s Comikaze”), L.A. Comic Con had entered its 12th year at the illustrious L.A. Convention Center Dec. 1-3, a buffet of assorted genres, comic book icons and cosplay that...
DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT: DEAN MIDAS

DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT: DEAN MIDAS

     Some of the best directors in the genre have called England their home. Icons such as Neil Marshall and Clive Barker have entertained fear fans for decades. Hoping to follow in his countrymen’s footsteps is award winning director, Dean...
Thanksgiving 2023 Film Review

Thanksgiving 2023 Film Review

     Eli Roth burst onto the horror scene with his debut film, Cabin Fever. The no holds barred romp in the woods was a refreshing return to old school horror. Hostel, Roth’s second feature, grossed out audiences while grossing over eighty...
Split Review

Split Review

Written by: Ryan Dailey Split is a collaboration from White Gardenia and Jack Mulvanerty that can not be categorized, nor can it be reviewed as a traditional film. This is not a traditional film. It is an experience. Focusing on Gardenia’s contribution, Torture...
I Slay On Christmas Review

I Slay On Christmas Review

By: Ryan Dailey I Slay On Christmas is a holiday anthology film that is the most Troma-esque film to not be released by Troma. A man escapes into the forest to escape the less than savory life he has at home. The protagonist stumbles across four pine cones, each...
Locked In Review

Locked In Review

By: Ryan Dailey Locked In, directed by Chase Dudley, is a film that would have fit in perfectly during the torture porn phase of the early 2000’s brought on by films like Hostel. The content was standard for movies of that type at that time.  The plot centers...
Return to the Theatre of Terror Review

Return to the Theatre of Terror Review

By: Ryan Dailey  Film is a medium that can take the audience to another time and place. That is what good escapism entertainment does. It does not push agendas, it does not pander and it does not worry about box office returns. Return to the Theatre of Terror is...
The TRIP Film Review

The TRIP Film Review

 George A. Romero set the standard for independent horror with his immortal classic, Night Of The Living Dead. Shot in rural Pennsylvania on a small budget, Night Of The Living Dead became an instant financial and critical success and gave hope to artists working...
Son of Monsterpalooza 2023 

Son of Monsterpalooza 2023 

By: Mike Lera Son of Frankenstein. Son of Kong. Daughter of Dracula. Nostalgic sequels to classic horror flicks. And what can possibly be as fun and exciting as a movie monster’s offspring?  How ’bout a child of one of the biggest, most popular...