Manga Review: Uzumaki (Spiral) Deluxe Edition (3 in 1)
by Emil Favila, Reporter Recently, I had the pleasure of reviewing the Uzumaki (3-in-1 Deluxe Edition) by Junji Ito. Released last month (October 15, 2013), the series was drawn from 1998 to 1999 with a live action movie debut…
Mister Sparta’s Creature Feature: Review of “The Ward”
by Jason Sparta, guest reviewer Hello folks and welcome back to Mister Sparta’s Creature Feature. Now, before I begin, let’s take a trip down horror memory lane at a director known for creating one of the most iconic characters in horror movie…
DVD Review: Fragile: A Ghost Story
I think labeling this as a horror film is really doing it a disservice. It’s more of a psychological drama, really [as I’m noticing tends to be the theme among Spanish horror films (the writer/director and most of the production staff are Spanish) – Korean and Japanese horror films are known for their hair-raising, blood-chilling ghost stories, and Spanish horror films tend to be more about the characters – about the people and the emotion and the story to be told by the characters, superimposed over some moments of terror]. And at that, it excels.
DVD Review: Frankenstein’s Army
Nazis have long been one of Hollywood’s favorite movie villains. So what’s worse than a Nazi? How about a Nazi Zombie Robot? You might be asking yourself ‘Can it be done?‘ In fact, it can. Let’s check out Richard Raaphorst’s Frankenstein’s Army to find out how.
DVD Review: Another
Does the idea of witnessing a classroom full of terrified Japanese students desperately trying to survive a deadly curse sound like fun to you? If the answer is “yes”, then check out our review of Another.
Blu-ray Review: 6 Souls
It might not have been quite what I signed up for, but it was still a pretty good ride by the time I’d reached the end. The plot doesn’t smash you upside the head with the paranormal the way other films in the genre sometimes do. In fact, the paranormal elements really don’t come into full play until almost three quarters of the way through the movie. I’d venture into saying that up until that point, Moore’s character doesn’t even believe them to be occurring (and not in the way some horror films fall prey to, with her disbelieving things that are right in front of her).
Interview With Max Brooks
It was at the 2013 Emerald City Comic Convention that I first heard about the Max Brooks project for Avatar Press Extinction Parade. This tale combines the concept of zombies, vampires, and war. A couple of weeks ago I…
DVD Review: The Collection
The previous movie told the tale of Arkin, a petty thief who agreed to break in to one more house in order to help his ex-wife out of a financial scrape. The problem is that he isn’t the first intruder. The serial killer known simply as The Collector has booby trapped the house in order to have his way with the homes inhabitants. He’s called The Collector because he keeps one person from each invasion in a trunk. Guess how Arkin makes it to the sequel?
Comic Book Review: Dead Space Liberation
by Mike Favila, Reporter Dead Space Liberation is the third comic series in the Dead Space universe. Its the first title to come out on Titan Books, and you can tell they’re really proud of their release. While they’ve rereleased…
Comic Book Review: Dead Space Salvage
by Mike Favila, Reporter Set between the first Dead Space game and the animated film Dead Space: Aftermath, Dead Space Salvage is the 2nd salvo in the Dead Space comic universe. This is a reissue from Titan, reprinting the series…
Blu-ray Review: War of the Dead
In 1939, along the Russian border with Finland, Nazi Germany begins secret underground “Anti-Death” experiments on captured Russian soldiers. Two years later they abandon the experiments. All records are destroyed overnight by direct order of Adolph Hitler. The test subjects…
Comic Book Review: Thicker Than Water
By Jayden Leggett, Assistant Editor A fairytale strictly aimed at mature readers, Thicker Than Water is definitely not a fable suitable for children. For fans of B-grade slasher films however, this book should be right up their alley… Written and…
Shock Value: Let You Entertain Me
First things first, since no one had a better name for this I’m keeping Shock Value as the title for this venture into opiniondom. I’d also like to say hi to everyone that read my first article (I’ll call this…
DVD Review: Truth or Die
by Chris Learned Kane, Reporter Ever been on a roller coaster that had a particularly long lift hill? One that just ratchets away for what seems like an inordinate amount of time, pulling you at a glacial pace to the…
Blu-ray review: Werewolf: The Beast Among Us
by Chris Learned Kane, Reporter It could be that one of the first movies to ever really scare me was a werewolf movie (An American Werewolf In London) or it could be that weary contrarian motif in my life, but…