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The Haunting of Pennhurst Brings Back Memories and Uncovers Horrors

Pennhurst Asylum as seen in The Haunting of Pennhurst

I’ve been working in the haunted attractions industry for almost two decades now, and Pennhurst is a name I’ve heard plenty of times over the years. It’s always been spoken of as one of the top haunts in the country,… Continue Reading →

October 4, 2026

Nashville Film Festival 2026: Old Traditions and New Discoveries

57th Nashville Film Festival

It’s almost time for the Nashville Film Festival again. After so many years, this has become an annual tradition for me. When it rolls around, I know it’s time to start looking through the lineup and figuring out how many… Continue Reading →

September 21, 2026

Burning Leaves More Than Smoke Behind

Back when I owned my comic book store, my buddy Ryan and I sometimes ran across the street to the convenience store for lunch. One day, I grabbed a turkey sub (complete with pickles, mustard, relish and bacon) and Ryan… Continue Reading →

September 8, 2026

Mala’s Supernatural Horrors Become Psychological Terrors

Horror films come in all sorts of shapes and sizes through a variety of subgenres, so when a supernatural story blending South Asian mythology with psychological terrors made some noise in the film festival circuit and, in the process, became… Continue Reading →

August 3, 2026

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert Is the Ultimate Big-Screen Tribute

Music documentaries usually aren’t my thing. There was a time when I practically lived in Nashville bars and concert venues, chasing live sets and late nights, but as the years rolled on, that chapter slowly closed. These days, I’m more… Continue Reading →

February 16, 2026

Dracula Through the Ages: From Lugosi to Caleb Landry Jones

Dracula has never stayed dead for too long. Every few years, someone, or perhaps more accurately, some studio, resurrects him, reshapes him and sends him back into the world carrying old emotions and newly repackaged evil. Sometimes he is an… Continue Reading →

February 3, 2026

Knowing the Destination Doesn’t Make the Journey Any Easier in The Strange Dark

There’s a part of me that has always thought knowing the future would be the ultimate cheat code. No surprises. No wrong turns. No awkward moments where you realize too late that you absolutely should not have said that thing… Continue Reading →

January 13, 2026

Nicolas Cage Cannot Be Contained by Scripture in The Carpenter’s Son

I have reached the point in my moviegoing life where I no longer believe Nicolas Cage can take a bad role. Not because every film he appears in is great, but because Cage, himself, refuses to be boring. He does… Continue Reading →

December 14, 2025

Dwayne Johnson Delivers a Raw Performance in The Smashing Machine

I have always been more of a casual fan when it comes to MMA. Not the kind of guy who memorizes every fighter’s reach and ground-and-pound statistics, but the kind who enjoys catching a good fight night with friends or… Continue Reading →

November 24, 2025

Abraham’s Boys: A Dracula Story That Needs More Bite

I have always had a soft spot for stories that take something familiar and twist it just enough to make it feel new again. Give me a reimagined fairy tale, a sideways sequel, a villain-centric prequel and I am all… Continue Reading →

November 19, 2025
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