HORROR AND FANTASY WRITER
There’s a moment in the horror movie Solitude when Kara, a contestant on a survival competition show, stares despairingly into her camera and repeats, “I’m going to die out here!” However, after she looks at her daughter’s photograph, she says, “I’m not going to die out here.” Her resolve strengthened, Kara looks outside her shelter... Continue Reading →
Sorry, Charlie is one of the best horror movies I've watched in 2023. Billed as a Tubi Original and inspired by true events, the low-budget film is a well-executed no-filler thriller with a killer finale. From the opening 911 call by a woman who hears a baby crying outside her home to the surprising revelations that comprise... Continue Reading →
Sick is everything I want in a slasher film. A plot grounded in reality, furiously fast pacing, multiple twists, and protagonists you can root for all clocking in at a perfectly lean 83 minutes. Released Jan. 13 on the streaming platform Peacock, Sick is set in April 2020 during the uncertain early weeks of the... Continue Reading →
The title of the new Halloween film now in theaters should've been Laurie Strode vs. Michael Myers. That sums up this sequel set 40 years after the original 1978 classic. Jamie Lee Curtis reprises her role as Laurie, the victimized teen prey of the original. Four decades later, Laurie is an agoraphobic prepper waiting for... Continue Reading →
Ten years between films is too long for a horror sequel, which may be why THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT tanked at the box office when it was released in March. By every metric, the original tops the sequel. THE STRANGERS more than doubled PREY AT NIGHT's ticket sales ($52.5 million vs. $24.5 million); received... Continue Reading →
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