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Dead of Night / Kino Lorber (2025)

Dead of Night (Blu-ray Review)

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Before streaming services dominated the television viewing market, there was a period where networks actually led their own original films. Often referred to as made-for-television movies, these productions were a major drawcard, airing on places like ABC and NBC, and they even had special programming, ... Read More
Witchboard / The Avenue Atlas Distribution (2025)

Witchboard (Movie Review)

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Some of modern history’s most accomplished filmmakers began in Horror before transitioning into a variety of more mainstream genres. Sam Raimi, because with The Evil Dead in 1981, later went on to direct a trilogy of Spider-Man movies between 2002 and 2007. Peter Jackson began ... Read More
The Surrender / Shudder (2025) art

The Surrender (Movie Review)

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Premiering on Shudder Friday, May 23, 2025, in The Surrender, grief becomes a force as terrifying as any monster, pushing a fractured mother-daughter bond to the brink. The feature debut of Writer-Director Julia Max blends Emotional Horror with occult ritual, exploring how far people will ... Read More
Tarot 2024 movie

Tarot (Movie Review)

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Is Spenser Cohen’s and Anna Halberg’s Tarot predictable? Yes. However, is it fun? Absolutely. Explaining this more, for the last forty years or so, Horror has had the same playbook of someone finding something old that should be left alone… but they never do. With ... Read More