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Podcast Review: King Kirby
If there were a Mt. Rushmore of comic books, fans could sit there and debate all day as who belonged on it. Despite this there is one person who everyone would agree unanimously deserved the honor,...
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Book Review: The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
I was fortunate this year that a trip to the beach to celebrate my being fully vaccinated coincided shortly after the release of The Drowning Kind, the latest book from one of my favorite authors...
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Best Mummy Movies
In 1922, famed explorer Howard Carter discovered the Valley of the Kings and the Tomb of King Tut. This kicked off a fascination with Ancient Egypt which permeated every aspect of popular culture,...
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Retro Review: ‘Doctor Detroit’
Actor, producer, screenwriter Dan Akroyd has been behind a number of true fan favorite 80’s classics, from The Blues Brothers to Ghostbusters. But there is one movie in his filmography during this era...
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Movie Review: ‘Psycho Goreman’
For many horror fans the most anticipated film of 2021 has been the Canadian flick PG: Psycho Goreman. The promise of this film being the festival darling it should have been was dashed when it began...
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Movies Advertised as Something Else
Working for a movie studio’s marketing division can not be an easy feat, especially nowadays where movies have such a high threshold to be profitable. If need be, studios have proven that they are not...
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Retro Review: ‘The Wicker Man’
When a film has been famously hailed as “the Citizen Kane of the horror genre” it has quite a high level of expectations from audiences. Luckily the 1973 horror film The Wicker Man absolutely lives up...
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Classic Scene: Atticus Passing
Atticus Passing To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) directed by Robert Mulligan The Scene: With his children watching along with the local African American community segregated to the upper gallery, Atticus...
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Game of Thrones: 10 Year Retr….Who Cares?
It was a full ten years ago in the year 2011, a new fantasy show based on the books of George R. R. Martin the screen, and by the end of its inaugural season, Game of Thrones was a bonafide hit....
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Best Modern Horror Authors
In the world of books, horror is a genre unlike any other. While it is treated like the dirty little secret of the industry these books tend to put up big sales numbers. With the popularity of these...
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Death in Paradise Best Episodes
On the beautiful island of Saint Marie you will find: sun, fun, beaches, and murder. Luckily, the cleverest (and quirkiest) Detective Inspectors in Britain have a habit of ending up on the police...
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Retro Review: ‘Psycho’
In 1960, director Alfred Hitchcock was on an entirely different plane than most of his colleagues. Each of his suspense-filled films were so distinctively his that we had to create the word...
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Kim’s Convenience: OK See You
About a year or so ago I fell down a Wiki rabbit hole and learned about a series called Kim’s Convenience. I saw how in terms of acclaim and award gold in its native Canada it rivalled that of...
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Movie Review: The Amusement Park
In 1973, the wholesome God-fearing people of the Lutheran Service Society of Western Pennsylvania were looking to produce an educational film about the evils of elder abuse. To direct such a project...
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Unexplained Mysteries: Unsolved Death of Cindy James
The life Cindy James led was one that was completely ordinary by all accounts. A divorced nurse turned pre-school administrator, James called the suburbs of Vancouver British Columbia home. In 1982,...
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Retro Review: ‘Bad Day at Black Rock’
It had been years since a train stopped in the small town of Black Rock. The passenger who got off the train is someone who will bring to light the town’s greatest secret as Hollywood would tackle on...
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Movie Review: ‘Fear Street Part 1: 1994’
In the 1990’s author RL Stine found fame and fortune by introducing a generation young readers to horrors. While Goosebumps was there for younger readers, for teens Stine had his Fear Street series a...
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Who is Neil Breen?
There is a tradition held regularly at Black Lodge, the video store here in Memphis, known as Sh**Fest. After the shop closes the owner hosts, a screening of some of the worst films he has in his...
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Creepy Mysteries: Hill Abduction
Thanks to film, television, documentaries, and overall popular culture all of us are familiar with the tropes of an alien abduction. The bright light from the sky, the tractor beam, the strange...
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Movie Review: ‘Fear Street Part 2: 1978’
Last week audiences got the first movie to adapt RL Stine’s Fear Street series which ended on a gripping cliffhanger. Recently Netflix released the next installment in the trilogy continuing to...
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