Masterpiece or Menace: Is Stranger Things full of Weak Women and Homophobia?

  The Netflix original series “Stranger Things” is a super awesome 1980’s style sci-fi horror show. It follows a small group of boys as they try to find their friend after a psychic monster abducts him and takes him to a parallel dimension that was created by the minds of humanity. (It … Read More

Masterpiece or Menace: Is The Green Inferno Over-hyped?

“The Green Inferno” (2013) Starring  Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy and Aaron Burns. Directed by Eli Roth. Social Justice warriors travel to the Amazon jungle to stop the deforestation of tribal land. Soon they discover that they are surrounded by horrible people, and that the natives are cannibals that find them … Read More

Masterpiece or Menace: Is Krampus a Good Christmas Horror Movie?

“Krampus” (2015). Directed by Michael Dougherty. Starring David Koechner, Toni Collette and Adam Scott. Max has a crappy family. This year, they’re exceptionally crappy to each other, so he tears up his letter to Santa and earns the ire of Krampus. Soon a blizzard sets in and they’re surrounded by … Read More

Masterpiece or Menace: Crimson Peak

“Crimson Peak” (2015). Starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain and Tom Hiddelson. Directed and written by the big man himself, Guillermo del Toro.  Edith Cushing, aspiring author, meets the charming Thomas Sharpe. After her father is viciously murdered, she marries him and moves with him to his home in England, the … Read More

Masterpiece or Menace: Prometheus

  Before I get started, I just wanted to say that “Prometheus” has fantastic special effects that are the perfect blend of practical effects as a base and CGI as enhancements for the effects. Really, it’s very beautiful to look at. For reals.     The cast is top-notch with … Read More

Masterpiece or Menace: Is Cannibal Holocaust a Snuff Film?

  There is no film more controversial, more polarizing in horror history than Cannibal holocaust. When it came out, it was protested by Women’s Rights groups and subsequently banned from theaters that caved to the rabid femi-Nazi’s demands. They claimed that the film showed real rape, violence against women and … Read More

Masterpiece or Menace: Is Martyrs (2009) Torture Porn?

“Martyrs” (2009) is a controversial French film that some consider torture porn. It is full of brutal, raw violence all for the sake of purifying a body to allow for the transcendence of the soul and mind to a holier plane of existence, or to become one with the universal consciousness, … Read More

The Babadook: Masterpiece or Menace? Part 2

  Back for more? Have you recovered from the pancake spiders? Are you sure? Yes? Okay, then let’s get moving and take a look at the two biggest complaints that people have about “The Babadook” Exhibit A. The annoying Son of Sam   “That little boy is so annoying. I’d never let my … Read More

The Babadook: Masterpiece or Menace? Part 1

  “The Babadook” (2014) is an Australian psychological horror film that was written and directed by Jennifer Kent. It is a brilliant work of art. Rarely is such a complex interpersonal relationship seen in a horror movie. The art style of the infamous book about the eponymous Mr. Babadook is just amazing. It’s … Read More