Reviewed by Melissa Antoinette Garza In 1902, W.W. Jacobs wrote one of the greatest and most well-known horror short stories of all time. The Monkey’s Paw is a tale about a man named Mr. White who despite a strong warning from his friend takes a magical Monkey’s Paw that grants […]
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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE – Horror Movie Review
By Geno McGahee The horror world has lost an icon. Marilyn Burns, the actress that brought the true look of terror to the screen has passed away. She is gone, but her legacy lives on and her role in one of the best movies of all time, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, […]
The Sacrament (2013) – A Retelling of Jonestown without a single mention of Jonestown
By Melissa Antoinette Garza Prior to renting the film for $6.95 off Amazon, I did a little research as I didn’t want to waste the cash if it was going to be awful. I found out Eli Roth produced it and overall I think he’s a talented guy. I’m […]
Devil’s Knot (2013) – The West Memphis Three Story – Netflix/Redbox Instant Watch
By Melissa Antoinette Garza For the past thirteen years, I have been somewhat obsessed with the way fear, deceptive police practices, and a shoddy investigation resulted in three teenage outcasts being found guilty of murders they did not commit. The cases against Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley Jr. […]
Haunter (2013) – Redbox Find – Horror Film
By Melissa Antoinette Garza I had never heard of this flick before but the synopsis sounded a bit like Oculus so I thought it may be a low-budget Asylum-style rip-off. I liked Oculus so much that I was curious whether one that was similar but didn’t have a theatrical […]
Abandoned Mine (2013) – Netflix Instant Watch Horror Movie
By Melissa Antoinette Garza When I first started watching Abandoned Mine, I was pleasantly surprised. The characters were different from one another, the dialogue was witty, the setting was decent and there was a quick urgent pace from the start. The story surrounds a jerk quarterback named Brad (Reilly […]
There Was a Little Girl (aka Madhouse 1981) – Horror Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza While searching for a comedy I had loved as a child entitled Madhouse (1990), I came across the trailer for a horror film by the same name. It looked quite frightening and unfamiliar, so of course it was a must find. I was not disappointed. […]
Afterlife (2014) First Season – Paranormal Horror/Thriller DVD REVIEW
By Geno McGahee BBC Home Entertainment has just released the DVD 2-disc set of the first season of AFTERLIFE. I was relatively unaware of this show, but I had the opportunity to watch the first season and it proved to be a great mixture of drama and horror. Psychology professor, […]
Shadows Run Black (1986) – Kevin Costner, Racism, and Murder…….Troma Film
By Melissa Antoinette Garza Shadows Run Black is a mostly forgotten about 1980s slasher, released by Troma, that is much better than IMDB would have the average horror buff think. I had the pleasure of watching it with my brother Geno and my husband Stephen, both of which insisted on saying, […]
Oculus (2014) – Horror Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza Sunday night as everyone at the theater was rushing to the sequel of The Amazing Spiderman, my best friend Meghan Winkler and I went to see the less publicized Oculus. Including us, there were only 6 people at the viewing. From what I hear, the […]
Meet Me There (2014) – Horror Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza Ada (Lisa Friedrich) and Calvin (Micheal Foulk) are a couple with problems as their sex life has deteriorated. Ada became resistant due to an unknown psychological problem stemming from her childhood that she can’t quite remember. Her therapist believes she may have been molested, but […]
Junction (2012) – Thriller/Suspense Movie Review
By Geno McGahee I love when a film takes an unexpected turn and it doesn’t take long to go in that direction with the 2012 film JUNCTION. Released by Grand Entertainment Group, JUNCTION concerns a group of junkies looking for their next fix. David (Tom Pelphrey) makes a deal with […]