By Geno McGahee What makes a horror film effective is the helplessness of the characters. You put yourself in their situation and it becomes terrifying as you realize that there is no way out. That is where the drama is and the greatest films of all time feature the characters […]
Shakma (1990) – Crazy Baboon HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee I enjoy movies about animals attacking, for the most part. So, when I saw the artwork for a crazy baboon horror movie, I had to check it out. SHAKMA is about a baboon of the same name that has been tinkered with at a medical research facility […]
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King – HORROR BOOK REVIEW
Review by Wayne C. Rogers Pocket Books, 2011, $9.99, 576pp ISBN-13: 978-1439192603 Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King is a return by the author to the in-your-face horror that made him famous during the late seventies and early eighties. This is when King was establishing himself as the premier […]
Shadow Dancer (2013) – Spy Thriller MOVIE REVIEW
By Forris Day Jr. “Shadow Dancer” is a respectable spy thriller. Loaded with extraordinary shots of Ireland and top notch acting. I enjoyed this fascinating film very much. I like this type of story where you have to try to figure out how the pieces of the puzzle fit together […]
Complicity (2013) – HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Forris Day Jr. Perhaps you’ve been to a party where things got a bit out of hand. You know the type of party I’m talking about. Maybe a lamp got broken, the carpet got a drink spilled on it or someone for some strange reason decided to go up […]
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995) – Steven Seagal ACTION MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee Before Steven Seagal was really overweight and making bad straight to video action films, he had a great run of movies. He was an action star and had a huge hit with the follow up to UNDER SIEGE with UNDER SIEGE 2: DARK TERRITORY, a terrorist on […]
The Bridgewater Triangle (2013) – PARANORMAL DOCUMENTARY MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee There are legends that have been widely dismissed by the public as years have gone on, but there are some that have lingered. Many still believe in aliens and Sasquatch and that and much more are covered in THE BRIDGEWATER TRIANGLE, a look at an area of […]
Porcelain – (2013) Short Story Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza Porcelain is a short story written by the very talented writers Michael Bonomo and Jennifer Kaefer. It appears this was also made into a live-action short in 2011 and was directed by Bonomo. I have yet to see that but after reading this, I am very […]
Shock (1977) – AKA – Beyond the Door II– HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee In the 1970s, Italian horror had a certain style. It was artsy and strange and that is exactly what we see in the Mario Bava film “SHOCK”. It was a slow moving film, but when it picks up, it really picks up, and it becomes a pretty […]
MovieMaker Mag voted Shriekfest in top 5 Coolest Horror/SciFi Film Festivals in the WORLD – HORROR MOVIE NEWS
Shriekfest, now in its “lucky” thirteenth year, was created in July 2001 by Denise Gossett and has grown into the longest-running and one of the largest horror and sci-fi film festivals in the country. Recently MovieMaker Magazine and it’s readers voted Shriekfest as one of the Coolest Film Festivals in […]
Thr3e (2006) – Horror/Suspense Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza A few weeks ago, while I was in Georgia there was a buy-two-get-one-free horror DVD sale at Movie Stop. My awesomely cool and single brother-n-law Joey bought me a gift card for my birthday so I got to go a little crazy and get a […]
The Cabining (2013) – A Comedy/Horror Film Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza A new or at least revisited trend among horror movies is combining meta writing with comedic elements. This can and has been done successfully in films like A Cabin in the Woods (2012), Shaun of the Dead (2005) and Club Dread (2004). There are times when […]