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Penny Lane Is Dead Delivers the Blood, but Kills the Comedy

When I was growing up, there was a kid I always dreaded being around. He wasn’t violent or dangerous, but he made me deeply uncomfortable. He ate his own boogers, farted without the slightest embarrassment and usually had dried snot… Continue Reading →

Buddy: Too Many Cooks, Too Much Blood and One Angry Unicorn

I was in my teens when Barney & Friends began airing on PBS, so I was not exactly the show’s target audience. Barney was mostly the butt of jokes among my high school friends. I understood that the show was… Continue Reading →

August 30, 2026

It Ends Will Test Horror Audiences

Growing up, I despised tests, which probably speaks more to the way I studied, than anything else. Standardized, multiple choice and essays… schoolwork always felt like a chore, and it took me about 16 years to finally perfect my approach…… Continue Reading →

August 28, 2026

The End of Oak Street Makes Dinosaur Movies Feel New Again

When I saw Jurassic Park in the theater, I had very little idea about what it was about. I only knew that Steven Spielberg had made a movie about dinosaurs, and that was more than enough to get me through… Continue Reading →

August 19, 2026

The 2026 #HauntLife Midyear Awards: The Good, the Bad and the Backrooms

Last year, I introduced the #HauntLife Midyear Movie Missteps Awards, a completely unnecessary ceremony honoring the movies that confused, disappointed or irritated me during the first half of 2025. It was both petty and therapeutic in a way. It was… Continue Reading →

August 9, 2026

Ice Cream Man Serves Up Gore but Leaves Little Flavor

I am a sucker for a good cult classic. Movies like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Re-Animator and Sleepaway Camp helped shape not only my taste in film but also the kinds of movies I would seek out for the rest… Continue Reading →

August 6, 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

Dead Media is a Throwback to Following the Rules of ’90s Horror

Back in the day, renting movies was a weekly exercise in patience. Finding the best entertainment options while beating your neighbors to the local store’s limited inventory (or not) felt like beating your head against the wall at times. For… Continue Reading →

August 2, 2026

Disclosure Day: Pulling the Spielberg Switcheroo

Growing up a Child of the ’80s, the mere mention of Steven Spielberg immediately meant two things to me: His successful creation of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial — it was everywhere in pop culture back then — and his collaboration with… Continue Reading →

July 15, 2026

No One Will Hear Your Scream Takes a Stab at Argentina’s First Slasher

One of the things I love most about the horror genre is discovering how different countries approach it. Japan has given us vengeful ghost stories. Italy helped define the giallo movement with stylish murder mysteries drenched in blood. France pushed… Continue Reading →

June 15, 2026

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