Films are wonderful vehicles for wish fulfillment, so it makes sense that time travel gets as much play as it does as a genre device. Great films use a variety of character motivations to justify the decision to tinker with…
Into the Dark: The Body Review | LAFF 2018
This review contains spoilers for Hulu’s The Body. Into the Dark has an interesting premise: a 12-month horror anthology series for every holiday. The Body is the Halloween installment, making its premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival and set…
Movie Review: The Purge: Election Year
As uninteresting and derivative as the original Purge was, I’ll give it credit for this: The Purge knew it was better to focus solely on the horrors happening to one group of people. We followed a family trying to survive the…
Interview: Jason Blum takes us into ‘Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension’
We got the opportunity to participate in a round table interview and chat with horror film producer extraordinaire, Jason Blum. As the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, he has a prolific and colorful resume under his belt as producer,…
Movie Review: ‘The Gallows’
I have spent quite a while defending found footage films. I found something to like in all of the Paranormal Activity films (even the unnecessary fifth installment), and I even thought Unfriended had an interesting idea. I had been looking forward…
Wondercon 2015: Blumhouse Productions Gives Us a Look at “Insidious 3” and “Unfriended”
The arena was booming yesterday at the Anaheim Convention Center. From Gotham, to teasing us with Summer’s biggest movies, Wondercon’s attendees were having a great time. The day concluded with Blumhouse Productions. They provided the audience with an inside look…
Jon’s Movie Review: Your Eyes Will Be Fixed On ‘Oculus’
With my vast knowledge (that I’ve gained from watching countless horror films) I have gathered that demons/ghosts like to possess houses, people, and in some odd cases, recorded footage. The reasons aren’t always clear to us, but all we’re really…