The Witch (2015)

The Witch (2015)

[10] I'll come right out with it: The Witch is my favorite horror film of the last ten years. Newcomer writer/director Robert Eggers serves up a masterfully creepy tale that's equal parts psychological and atmospheric, elegant and restrained, but not without some…
The Babadook (2014)

The Babadook (2014)

[7] Essie Davis (Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries) gives a powerhouse performance as the widowed mother of a troubled child who believes a storybook monster is terrorizing their household. At first, Mom doesn't believe the monster is real, but Mr. Babadook quickly makes…
What Lies Beneath (2000)

What Lies Beneath (2000)

[7] Is Michelle Pfeiffer seeing a ghost in her lakeside home, or is she just losing her mind? That's the premise behind this intimate thriller from director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future). Pfeiffer does a fine job and Harrison…
Pulse (2006)

Pulse (2006)

[1] Pulse is astonishingly bad in almost every way imaginable. The only nice thing I can say about it is that leading lady Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) seems to be doing the best she can with the material. But other than that,…
Nightbreed: The Director’s Cut (1990/2014)

Nightbreed: The Director’s Cut (1990/2014)

[8] See review of the Nightbreed theatrical cut here. Clive Barker's Nightbreed was originally released in 1990, dumped onto a handful of screens by the studio and barely marketed. It was a financial failure, and for the director it was also a…
Nightbreed (1990)

Nightbreed (1990)

[8] Nightbreed, directed by Clive Barker and based on his book Cabal, wants to be a sprawling horror-fantasy epic for the ages. But the multifaceted story is told so quickly and haphazardly in the studio's cut of the film, the end result…
Creepshow (1982)

Creepshow (1982)

[8] George Romero directs an anthology from Stephen King in this homage to colorful horror comics of the 1950s. All five tales are pretty good. In Father's Day, a deceased patriarch comes back to life to torment his heirs. Then Stephen King…
Trick ‘r Treat (2007)

Trick ‘r Treat (2007)

[7] This decent little horror anthology produced by Bryan Singer serves up four tales of Halloween fright. Each of the stories feels like a small-town myth, the kind that haunts a community for generations. I particularly liked the one about a school…
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

[6] Reviled in its initial release for lacking any appearance of Michael Myers, truth is Halloween III ain't that bad, it's just mis-titled. It plays like an expanded episode of Twilight Zone or Outer Limits, centered around an oafish hero (Tom Atkins)…
The Haunted Palace (1963)

The Haunted Palace (1963)

[5] Roger Corman directs and Vincent Price stars in their only collaboration based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft. Price plays a man claiming an inherited castle where he gets possessed by the spirit of his great grandfather, who is hellbent on…