Sid Haig Archives

Hatchet: The Complete Collection (Steelbook Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockJune 30, 2024

Remember when Horror movies were entertaining? A time before an onslaught of remakes, sanitized digital effects, and storylines that were not overly psychological, yes, at one point Horror was actually fun. Now decades since the golden age of the genre, most plots these days are ... Read More

House of 1000 Corpses (20th Anniversary Blu-ray Steelbook Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockMay 18, 2023

Back in the early 2000s the Horror movie landscape was pretty barren. Marred with weak, modernized remakes and watered-down PG-13 rated releases, in some eyes, it was the lowest point in Horror cinema history. Then in 2003, Rob Zombie emerged with his directorial debut film, ... Read More

Suicide For Beginners (Movie Review)

Cara McWilliamCara McWilliamAugust 8, 2022

Dark humor is often employed as a way to explore and deal with difficult and upsetting topics in film. Often this use of dark humor actually has the effect of letting the audience come to profound realizations or acceptances. However there are also instances where ... Read More

Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini (Documentary Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 20, 2019

When thinking of the imagery that had made Horror cinema so terrifying during the ’70s and ’80s, one of the first names that comes to mind is Mr. Tom Savini. Perhaps the most easily recognized special effects makeup artist names in the genre, Savini has ... Read More

Cynthia (Movie Review)

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueSeptember 19, 2018

A mother loves all of her children equally! Young Horror royalty Scout Taylor-Compton leads a cast of some of modern Horror’s greatest in the brand new Horror-Comedy Cynthia, which debuted on Digital and DVD Tuesday, September 18, 2018, thanks to the good folks at Indican ... Read More

Death House (Movie Review)

Misty WallaceMisty WallaceFebruary 20, 2018

Unethical experimentation has long been practiced by various sectors of the American government and typically with grave consequences. Take, for example, the CIA’s interrogation and mind-control program MKULTRA; or the U.S. Public Health Service’s 40-year study of the progression of syphilis with their 1932 “Tuskegee ... Read More

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Hatchet: The Complete Collection (Steelbook Review)