There’s something in the woods, killing people at a remote camp. Is it Bigfoot? Is it a werewolf? Is it something else? The fact that you don’t really know till towards the end of the movie is one of its top selling points. ANIMAL AMONG US serves as a mystery as much as a Horror…
THE HUNT Part 23
Which brings us, then, to the crux of the story, the central theme upon which everything else revolves. Plot; characterization; foreshadowing; rising and falling action; denouement; these are all spokes on the wheel, but the hub supporting them and into which they all connect is this: not death, or Death, and not Resurrection, but Redemption.…
THE HUNT Part 22
Arly couldn’t stop crying. “Honey,” Pete said, putting a hand on her shoulder, “he’s not worth this.” “Not now, Pete!” she snapped. “I hate to see you hurting, but the man was a cold-blooded killer, Arly.” “You didn’t know him like I did!” “Arly, we read it together, this guy’s record. All those names of…
What is Krampusnacht?
Somebody else has already done the heavy lifting on this one, so rather than merely parroting their article I will instead link to it. Here I will provide only a cursory exploration of the yearly celebration. Krampusnacht, or Krampus Night, occurs on December 5th each year. Why December 5th? Because December 6th is the date…
#MeToo kills AWIL? Apparently Not.
In case you don’t recognize the initials, AWIL stands for AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. You may recall that Max Landis, son of John Landis, the writer and director of the film, was working on a remake. I never had decided just how I felt about it, but now I really don’t know. Max Landis has…
Discriminatin’ Against Krampus
It is still Halloween season as I sit typing these words. (Halloween season runs from October 1st until Thanksgiving Day.) For that reason I’m putting off writing about Krampus until it is actually the Christmas season. Mostly. The horned holiday enforcer keeps popping up in my newsfeed—it seems that not Santa Claus alone is the…
A PUMPKINHEAD Reboot?
Let’s not and say we did, okay? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Don’t mess with perfection. Peter Block, executive producer on all the SAW movies and the dude behind FROZEN (the excellent survival Horror flick and NOT the Disney cartoon) and currently the vampire movie THE SHED (read about that one here), is…
Robo-Wolves Return!
Well, not yet. But we’re just one small step away from it. And as is the case with any sequel worth its salt, the stakes are higher here, the threat and/or the monsters bigger—and the budget too! You may remember me reporting on the robotic wolves of Japan, the “Super Monster Wolf” built to take…
Most Disturbing
This clickbait article promises to list the “most disturbing movies ever made.” I’ll save you the trouble of reading it and list those movies here. The people responsible for clickbait sites just love it when I do that. I’m not actually going to list them *all* though. After a while I got tired of scrolling…
THE HUNT Part 21
“You ever shoot a gun before?” Saint asked. “No,” Corelli replied. “I figured.” Saint moved fast; his quarry had not been concerned about leaving an easy trail. Either the monster did not expect to be followed or else, and this latter the truth, Saint figured, it did not care. “I’d give you a gun,” Saint…