By Melissa Antoinette Garza THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW isn’t just a movie. It’s not just a musical or a play. It’s an experience of a lifetime. There is nothing quite like it. It’s perfection. I remember the first time I watched it, I was 12 years old. It […]
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Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988)
By Melissa Antoinette Garza “There‘s nothing wrong with G rated movies as long as there‘s lots of sex and violence.” – Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) When I was in elementary school, some girls idolized She-Ra, some lived for Rainbow Brite. The young intellectuals of the bunch may have even thrown Nancy […]
Five Reasons Why Annabelle: Creation Failed to Scare Audiences
By Melissa Antoinette Garza I went to the cinemas yesterday to see ANNABELLE: CREATION (2017) with the hubby and sadly, both of us were quite disappointed. I didn’t have great expectations for it, but still I left the theater feeling ripped off. Now, it wasn’t as bad as […]
The Eternal Jew (1940) – A Nazi Propaganda Film (Subtitled)
By Melissa Antoinette Garza Other than seeing clips of TRIUMPH OF THE WILL (1934) in documentaries, I never watched a Nazi propaganda film. I knew Nazis were horrible, I knew Hitler was the devil incarnate and I knew about the horrors of the Holocaust. So, I never saw […]
Ritual (2013) – Horror Movie Review (AFTER DARK FEATURE PRESENTATION)
By Melissa Antoinette Garza First and foremost, can we please stop calling movies, books and episodes of TV shows any of the above; RITUAL, A RITUAL or THE RITUAL. There’s like a billion of them! The one that I’m reviewing was distributed and produced by AFTER DARK in 2013. […]
Sinister 2 (2015) – Horror Film Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza I wanted to see SINISTER 2 (2015) for quite a while. Unfortunately, neither my brother Geno nor my husband Steve were fans of the original. Since I watch so many horror movies with them, I try to watch films of a different genre when […]
The Legend of Hell House (1973) – Horror Movie Review
Reviewed by Melissa Antoinette Garza “I was the only one to make it out of here alive and sane in 1953, and I will be the only one to make it out of here alive and sane this time.” – Benjamin (Roddy McDowall) Lionel Barrett (Clive Revill), […]
Get Out (2017) – Horror Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza One of my favorite films of all time is THE STEPFORD WIVES (1975). I adored the film since childhood. It outlined the fear of turning the clock back to when women were subservient to men. Katharine Ross brilliantly portrayed the lead and regardless of […]
Necromancy (1972) – FREE SPECIAL EDITION FULL FILM INCLUDED IN REVIEW
By Melissa Antoinette Garza I love 1970s horror movies. They have a certain look, feel, tone and rawness to it that modern movies rarely capture. As I was perusing the new Amazon Prime films, I came across NECROMANCY (1972). It was a movie I had never seen and it […]
The Hills Have Eyes (1977) – Horror Movie Review
Reviewed by Melissa Antoinette Garza I hadn’t seen the original THE HILLS HAVE EYES since I was a child. Even then, it was most likely an edited version on regular TV. Back in the 80s, Saturday afternoons were filled with scary shows like TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE and THE […]
The Darkness (2016) Kevin Bacon Supernatural Thriller – Film Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza Kevin Bacon is one of the most versatile actors out there. He gave an overall run-of-the-mill mystery STIR OF ECHOES (1999) credibility and entertainment value, he made one cringe in disgust at his character in SLEEPERS (1996), he showed us the mind of one […]
SATANIC (2016) – IN THEATERS AND AVAILABLE FOR RENT ON AMAZON
By Melissa Antoinette Garza I like Sarah Hyland. I’m a fan of the sitcom MODERN FAMILY and her contributions to the show are endless. I’m also one who has read the works of Anton Szandor LaVey in depth. When I was much younger, my mother repeatedly threw out the […]