“Lights Out” (2016) Directed by David F. Sandberg. Starring Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman and Maria Bello. An estranged mother and daughter are haunted by a murderous entity from their past that fears the light, and grows frighteningly powerful in the dark. In the opening scene of “Lights Out,” the big screen … Read More
Scream Episode 7 “Let The Right One In” Here’s some multiple choice for ya: In Episode 7, which of the following events occur: A) An old woman asks Noah about the size of his wang. B) A Season One character is stabbed in the stomach and set on fire. C) … Read More
Scream Episode 6 “Jeepers Creepers” Noah podcasts about the effects of grief in the wake of Jake’s body being revealed at the school. Brooke stabs her pillows with a pair of scissors and Audrey ferociously works out with a punching bag. Emma gets a call at home from Ghostface, … Read More
A group of college students venture into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland to uncover the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of James’ sister who many believe is connected to the legend of the Blair Witch. At first the group is hopeful, especially when a pair of locals offer to … Read More
Scream Episode 5 “Dawn Of The Dead” Sheriff Acosta and his men lock down Lakewood’s George Washington High after Jake Fitzgerald’s dead body falls onto the stage. Teacher Karen Lang, guides panicked students to the Learning Center and then agrees to help Audrey and Emma find Brooke, whom was covered in … Read More
With apologies to “Schoolhouse Rock”, another letter enters the arena of Short Horror Films. For those of you who are much younger and didn’t get to see “Schoolhouse Rock”, back when Saturday Morning Cartoons were on all three major networks and Cap’n Crunch was in great supply, I am … Read More
The letter “K” is not the easiest of letters. Historically, there are few classic films that begin with the letter. Offhand, I can only think of a couple of films like “Kasablanca,” “Kat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “Katch-22.” Of the shorts that I have seen, only two … Read More
“Happy Birthday To Me” This week, Ghostface puts down his knife and picks up a far more destructive and devious weapon; tequila, that great shatterer of dreams and ruiner of friendships. It was one thing when he was just bothering people with menacing phone calls and the occasional stabbing. Now … Read More
“The Shallows” (2016) Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Starring Blake Lively, Óscar Jaenada and Brett Cullen. Smart movie about woman vs. shark. Similar in intensity to “Jaws,” with deeper character development. It’s your basic girl meets shark, shark likes girl, but girl isn’t really into shark, story. We have a plucky heroine evading … Read More
“The Conjuring 2” (2016) Directed by James Wan. Starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson and Madison Wolfe. Demonologist Ed Warren and his clairvoyant medium wife Lorraine travel to England to confront evil in multiple forms as they come to the aid of a beleaguered single mother and her four children tormented by a … Read More
