There’s somethin in them thare woods!!!! Someday people will listen to the warnings of every old timer that’s grown up next to an extensive forest. That day is not today. We’re all better off for it…as long as we’re not the ones venturing into the woods of the Pacific Northwest. Tyler finishes up his long … More Fresh Cuts: Big Legend (2018) (USA)
Please see this movie before reading on! Come on! Go watch the damn thing! Ok. We good? Great! The film opens with a young college student farting spiders, which resemble Angelique Pettyjohn, out of his eyes. That doesn’t happen but if you read that and thought it might, then you haven’t seen the damn movie! … More Fresh Cuts: Incident in a Ghostland (2018) (France/Canada)
The specter of childhood trauma casts a long shadow in Matthew Hollness’ (Garth Marenghi himself) unsettling Possum. Following some sort of scandal involving his puppet show, a troubled young man named Philip (Sean Harris who brings his usual gravitas) returns to his childhood home. His faltering mental health further crumbles as old ghosts continue to … More Fresh Cuts: Possum (2018) (UK)
New flicks from people I am a genuine fan of (in this example Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead) always make me nervous. I put off watching them because I have that nagging dread that I’m going to be disappointed. I’ve put off watching The Endless for months because of this insane dread. What can I … More Fresh Cuts: The Endless (2017) (USA)
Outside of any writing classes I took in my years as an educated young man, history has always held a special place in my heart. My dad passed on his love for our past to me through his enthusiasm and knowledge of those fascinating events of yesteryear. Trench 11 already had my interest because of … More Fresh Cuts: Trench 11 (2017) (Canada)
I’ve always been a fan of anthologies. A little more bang for your buck and hopefully more than one monster is a definite win in my book. Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965), Tales From the Crypt (1972), From Beyond the Grave (1974) and The House That Dripped Blood (1971) were all given a steady … More Fresh Cuts: 10/31 (2017) (USA)
directed by Charlie Steeds runtime: 117 mins The works of Charlie Steeds are multilayered juggling acts. With The House of Violent Desire, those balls and bowling pins are actually chainsaws that have been set aflame. Servant Cordetta Crimson Rose comes to live at the Whipley family estate, Black Rock Manor. After a brief introduction of all the … More Fresh Cuts: The House of Violent Desire (2018)
