I love a good blend of horror/thriller and dark comedy (You’re Next, Evil Dead, Ready or Not, Blue Ruin, etc), and I will absolutely be adding THIS movie to that hallowed sub genre as one I will be watching over and over.

Our main character Rex has had a bad break, and journeys from Boise, Idaho to Helsinki, Finland for a fresh start (Why Finland? Because that’s where the spitball landed on the world map). That’s right, his plane ticket…

I finally rewatched this film because I could hardly remember anything about it. I had high hopes going in and unfortunately I felt like the movie didn’t quite live up to them. 

The score is fantastic. The low throbbing heartbeat, the high whine coasting up and down - all good. The sound mixed with some really cool shots, zooms, and tracking shots all work together to create a pretty creepy mood. For me though the mood was never pervasive and…

History of Horror: Week 6 - Boris Karloff

I understand the point of the anthology and the thematic heights it was trying to reach, but I don’t think time has aged it very well. Those quick zooms tho! Each of the shorts went on a little too long (the shortest is 22 mins that probably could have been 15). I did laugh out loud at the ending because it caught me so by suprise. Overall the film just couldn’t live…

History of Horror: Week 9 - Werewolves

A movie that combined various tropes of the werewolf genre while also including some interesting twists. I loved how David kept seeing his friend Jack in various stages of decay, as well as the porno theater scene with all of the victims he’d killed. I found it genuinely unsettling how Jack kept pushing for David to kill himself. For an older film there are some decent gore special effects, and the first transformation…