The Canal (2014)

CREEP👏TASTIC👏 and more brutal than expected. A refreshing indie descent into madness, especially after watching Coherence which was boring.

Side note: love the low-key 70's Italian horror vibe of this promo art.

Watched on Tubi 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

There Are Monsters (2013)

🔥 10th Anniversary

I was super-skeptical at the beginning of this movie -- it's very obviously low-budget, and I'm not big on the found-footage subgenre generally. Turned out to be totally worth watching. The filmmaker(s) understood horror and it showed.

Watched on YouTube 👁️ Trailer on Vimeo  

The Hidden (1987)

Quite the wild ride of a sci-fi thriller! Kyle MacLachlan killin'👏 the role, as usual, and a few more familiar faces popping up throughout are always fun to spot. Weirdly good indie 80's soundtrack, too, check it out.

Watched on MPEG 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Jennifer's Body (2009)

This surprised me, I was expecting total junk. I've avoided it for years because I thought it was just another in the long line of teen vampire flicks; turns out it's something different...

Watched on HBO Max 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Overlord (2018)

🎃 Horrorthon 2022 #25

How could I resist a movie with an AC/DC song in the trailer?!

OMG this was crazy as BAAAAALLLLLSSSS! I loved it! Always great to see Wyatt Russell in anything (oh and hey there's Joseph Quinn, too).

Combines the general horrors of war with the specific horrors of reanimated super-soldiers in an underground experimental laboratory. Some sketchy CGI in a couple parts, but doesn't detract from otherwise solid digital and practical effects on-point throughout.

Watched on Bluray (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

The Wailing (2016)

🎃 Horrorthon 2022 #21

This one is a significant time and attention investment, at 2-1/2 hours of reading subtitles, but absolutely worth it. Lived up to the hype in a massive way, and the ending was like KAPOW!

Watched on Kanopy & Shudder 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Lake Nowhere (2014)

🎃 Horrorthon 2022 #10

I stumbled on this movie earlier this year while obsessively searching for the best horror soundtracks on vinyl I could get my hands on. Finally watched the actual movie... it was better than I expected! Intense! Much better than the trailer indicates, FYI. With the doofy commercials at the beginning and the vintage style and effects, it's like watching an old VHS tape!

Watched on Amazon (rented) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Dog Soldiers (2002)

🎃 Horrorthon 2022 #9 🔥 20th Anniversary

My favorite werewolf movie! The practical effects werewolves are so badass! The pace of the action ramps up and up and up until it's absolutely frenetic. Just really great overall.

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

The Cursed (2021)

Interesting presentation of the werewolf concept. Atmospheric and brutal period horror, with an adequate amount of story and absolutely lovely cinematography.

Watched on Hulu 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Relic (2020)

  SUPERIORLY CREEPY --- LIKE WHAT EVEN TF?!

Watched on DVD (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

The Blob (1988)

Went on a monster movie bender: Tremors, Jaws, Rodan... then realized I've never seen The Blob remake, even though I really like the Steve McQueen original (enough to own a DVD copy).

So totally worth watching! Fantastic remake! Really expanded the horror of the organism, and great practical effects.

Watched on DVD (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

12 Hour Shift (2020)

I was not expecting much, but this turned out to be pretty enjoyable. I recommend watching with at least 1 other person to get the most out of it. I'm also going to seek out more Angela Bettis flicks -- loved her in May, then lost track of her completely until now.

Watched on Hulu 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Mimic (1997)

Great movie to watch for Twosday! Unique story concept and excellent monsters --- would expect no less for a Guillermo del Toro flick. Great practical effects, and those early-days digital effects held up really well, too.

Watched on HBO Max 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

A Bucket of Blood (1959)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #36

Lonely, socially isolated, "simple" busboy, descends into murderous madness in a desperate attempt to earn acceptance within the local beatnik scene. B-movie GOLD. (and yes, that is Mr. Futterman from Gremlins)

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Watch FREE on YouTube  

The 8th Night (2021)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #33

This was really enjoyable, glad I decided to watch it. Lots of creeptastic happenings along a race to the end of the world.

Watched on Netflix 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

A Classic Horror Story (2021)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #18 🔥 Release Year

Ok, they got me! This was good.👍
The title means more than you think it means.
There is quite a bit of body-horror peppered throughout, so be prepared for that.

Watched on Netflix 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Quarantine (2008)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #12

This movie is UNDER👏RATED👏

It's an English remake of a Spanish-language film (REC) that was released just 1 year earlier, and so Quarantine was kind of swept aside in the "found footage" craze of turn-of-the-century horror.

In the beginning, the acting can seem a bit stiff, but these are supposed to be "real people" so it's actually part of the gambit.
About 20 minutes-in the action starts to get frenetic and never stops, escalating until there's really never NOT something intensely frightening happening.

I've seen quite a few of the found-footage genre horror flicks, and none of them quite measure up to this one in intensity --- it just has that extra something special.

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Last Shift (2014)

Here's the deal: It's low-budget, the acting leaves a lot to be desired, and the ending is predictable, BUT throughout it has some of the best haunting creeps I've seen in a long time. Overall, I'd only give the movie like a 2.5/5, but I do actually recommend watching it solely for the haunt creeps.

Watched on Amazon Prime 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Cooties (2014)

🎃 Horrorthon 2020 #35

  This must have been fun for all those kids playing the zombies! Great cast, overall.

Watched on DVD (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Tragedy Girls (2017)

🎃 Horrorthon 2020 #34

Pretty fkd up. Teen psychopaths feeding off each other, with an unhealthy dose of social media presence.

Watched on Hulu 👁️ Trailer on YouTube