Videophiled Halloween II: Giallo! Restored Italian horrors on Arrow, Synapse and more

by Sean Axmaker | Oct 30, 2016 | Features, What's Hot

Blood and Black Lace (Arrow/MVD, Blu-ray+DVD) What Have You Done to Solange? (Arrow/MVD, Blu-ray+DVD) Death Walks Twice: Two Films by Luciano Ercoli (Arrow/MVD, Blu-ray+DVD) Killer Dames: Two Gothic Chillers by Emilio P. Miraglia (Arrow/MVD, Blu-ray+DVD) Edgar Allan...

Interview: Lin Shaye — from ‘Hester Street’ Whore to Godmother of Horror in ‘Insidious: Chapter 3’

by Danny Miller | Jun 5, 2015 | Interviews, What's Hot

Just when you thought you were safe at the multiplex, it’s time to take another visit to The Further, the terrifying other-worldly realm that is part and parcel of the popular Insidious franchise. With original director James Wan now immersed in the Fast and Furious...

Interview: David Gelb, Director of ‘The Lazarus Effect’

by Danny Miller | Feb 26, 2015 | Interviews, What's Hot

I was a big fan of David Gelb’s critically acclaimed documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi that follows an 85-year-old sushi master in Tokyo and his two sons who are also sushi chefs. The last thing I expected next from this director was a low-budget horror film starring...

Interview: The Creative Team Behind the Terrifying ‘Oculus’

by Danny Miller | Apr 9, 2014 | Interviews

My favorite kind of horror films are not ones that involve scary monsters or extreme supernatural phenomena but are more focused on the psychology of the characters. While there is a mystical scary-as-hell mirror at the center of Mike Flanagan’s Oculus, the family we...

‘Oculus’ Slow Builds its Way to Nothing but Snores

by Jeff Michael Vice | Apr 9, 2014 | Reviews, What's Hot

There’s nothing wrong with a film that uses a slow build to really ratchet up the tension. However, slllooowww buuuiiillldddsss are a different matter completely. Oculus would be a prime example of the latter. This allegedly supernatural horror movie takes so much...