Tagged: horror

cast of cthulhu / james mccormick / jim rohner / movies / podcast

March 17, 2023

The Cast of Cthulhu: Apostle

Episode 68 – Apostle Have you ever wondered why we take seriously people who believe in ghosts but think believers in UFOs are nuts? Did you watch and have opinions on AEW’s Revolution? If you’ve answered “no” to either of these...

movies / reviews / rudie obias / Theatrical Review

February 9, 2023

Huesera: The Bone Woman: First Time’s the Charm, by Rudie Obias

Horror is one of the few genres that can tackle just about any family dynamic, either conventional and taboo, in an effective manner, while delivering bloody good thrills and scares. Even if you miss the subtext or its themes go...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

February 8, 2023

Consecration: The Sacred and the Inane, by David Bax

So Christopher Smith, who has directed at least a couple of flicks with cult followings (2009’s Triangle, 2010’s Black Death), clearly wanted to take a crack at the subcategory of horror movies that play around with Catholic iconography. From The...

movies / reviews / rudie obias / Theatrical Review

February 8, 2023

Attachment: Doublets, by Rudie Obias

Religion as horror is nothing new in cinema. There are several successful movies in the sub-genre, such as Rosemary’s Baby, The Conjuring, Midsommar, and others come to mind. Most of these movies are rooted in Christianity, while Jewish horror movies...

2023 / david bax / movies / reviews / sundance / sundance 2023 / Theatrical Review

February 7, 2023

Sundance 2023: Infinity Pool, by David Bax

Old, Sundown, Triangle of Sadness, The White Lotus (from what I’m told; I haven’t watched it)… A subsection of the recent trend of movies about how fucked up rich folks are comes in the form of letting us see people...

cast of cthulhu / james mccormick / jim rohner / movies / podcast

January 20, 2023

The Cast of Cthulhu: Pickman’s Model

Episode 66 – Pickman’s Model (2022) New year, new Cthulyou! The boys at The Cast of Cthulhu ring in 2023 by tackling “Pickman’s Model,” the first of two Lovecraft adaptations featured in the Netflix-exclusive horror anthology, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities. One of...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

December 21, 2022

The Pale Blue Eye: Poe-Faced, by David Bax

Here’s what’s frustrating, to you and me both, about what I’m about to do. I’m about to write a negative review of Scott Cooper‘s The Pale Blue Eye in which I mostly focus on the things that I do actually...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

November 2, 2022

Something in the Dirt: Yep, by David Bax

In many ways, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead‘s engrossing Something in the Dirt is a quintessential Los Angeles movie. It’s not just the shots of helicopters and coyotes or the chatter about wildfires. It’s the fact that it’s about two...

cast of cthulhu / james mccormick / jim rohner / movies / podcast

October 31, 2022

The Cast of Cthulhu: Hellraiser

Just in time to celebrate spooky season, we’ve got our final episode of the year talking about David Bruckner’s reboot/legacy sequel, Hellraiser. Improving upon Clive Barker’s original in just about ever way — the puzzle box is an actual puzzle! —...

alexander miller / monday movie / movies

October 31, 2022

Monday Movie: Halloween, by Alexander Miller

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Halloween originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. In many ways, Halloween is something of an odd duck in Carpenter’s filmography. While it’s easily his most renowned and well...

Tagged: horror

The Cast of Cthulhu: Apostle

Huesera: The Bone Woman: First Time’s the Charm, by Rudie Obias

Consecration: The Sacred and the Inane, by David Bax

Attachment: Doublets, by Rudie Obias

Sundance 2023: Infinity Pool, by David Bax

The Cast of Cthulhu: Pickman’s Model

The Pale Blue Eye: Poe-Faced, by David Bax

Something in the Dirt: Yep, by David Bax

The Cast of Cthulhu: Hellraiser

Monday Movie: Halloween, by Alexander Miller

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