The ‘Burbs 1989 Director: Joe Dante Stars: Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons Horror comedies are a tricky thing to do right. Far too often they tend to go way overboard on the comedy and completely forget about the horror. Worse...
The Strangers 2008 Director: Bryan Bertino Stars: Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler, Gemma Ward By Brian M. Sammons Confession time: when The Strangers first came out in 2008, I didn’t like it. I didn’t hate it, either, I just didn’t get why so many horror fans seemed to love...
The Sect Director: Michele Soavi Stars: Kelly Curtis, Herbert Lom, Mariangela Giordano Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons The cover to this new Blu-ray release from Scorpion Releasing give top billing to Italian horror maestro: Dario Argento. Now this isn’t an Argento...
Gate 2 1990 Director: Tibor Takács Stars: Louis Tripp, Simon Reynolds, James Villemaire Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons This is one that flew under a lot of people’s radars. Most horror fans know of The Gate from 1987, but most forget there was a direct to video sequel...
Drag Me to Hell 2009 Director: Sam Raimi Stars: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Dileep Rao, Lorna Raver Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons After the Spider-Man movies, this was horror fan-favorite director Sam Raimi’s big return to the horror genre. As such it had a ton of...
