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John’s Horror Corner: The Void (2016), the indie horror where The Thing’s...
MY CALL: This indie horror film performs wonders with a small budget, honors your favorite concepts of 80s horror and practical effects, and honors Clive Barker, John Carpenter and H. P. Lovecraft to...
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John’s Horror Corner: Tethered (2017), Independent Short Film Review.
MY CALL: This was excellent! EXCELLENT! Isolated, cautionary, atmospheric excellence. MORE INDIE REVIEWS (solicited reviews): Here at MFF we occasionally do horror short film and pre-release...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Greasy Strangler (2016), a disgusting, awkward,...
MY CALL: This trashy movie aims for discomfort, awkward hilarity and excessive disgust. If you like that, then you should like this. MOVIES LIKE The Greasy Strangler: Movies like Street Trash (1987),...
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John’s Horror Corner: Exists (2014), found footage bigfoot folklore horror...
MY CALL: This is pretty straightforward. It’s an unsubtle, action-driven, found footage film about some vacationers who stumble across bigfoot in the woods. MOVIES LIKE Exists: I’d actually favor...
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John’s Horror Corner: Fire in the Sky (1993), mastering the fascinating...
MY CALL: This is an excellent alien abduction movie and its effects and story remain strong despite the film’s age. Highly recommended to fans of the genre. MOVIES LIKE Fire in the Sky: Alien...
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John’s Horror Corner presents Strong Opinions: Critically analyzing 10...
I was a fan of the Evil Dead (2013; podcast discussion) remake since day one. Our crew recently discussed the film during our Fede Alvarez Podcast Episode (summary HERE; stream it HERE) and there...
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John’s Horror Corner: Baskin (2015), a disturbed, disorienting and gory...
MY CALL: Fans of visceral and unapologetic yet intelligent horror should enjoy this. MORE MOVIES LIKE Baskin: Really hard to say. This film is “a little” like a lot of iconic horror films without...
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John’s Horror Corner: Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (2009), mixing the booby...
MY CALL: These sequel had loads of action and loads of gore—and it almost all sucked. But that’s okay, because the dialogue was also by far the worst in the series. So if you’re having a “bad...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Shallows (2016), Blake Lively’s bikini meets Jaws...
MY CALL: Fans of shark attack films and fun yet nerve-wracking movies that make you yell at the screen and smile. MORE MOVIES LIKE The Shallows: Probably Bait 3D (2012; B-movie), The Reef (2010),...
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John’s Horror Corner: Beyond the Gates (2016), an evil VCR board game movie...
MY CALL: Outside of a few shocking and impressive gory scenes, this film was largely just very poorly written and tedious despite boasting a solid cast. MORE MOVIES LIKE Beyond the Gates: Other...
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John’s Horror Corner: Sinister 2 (2015), an unworthy sequel squandering its...
MY CALL: I guess it’s watchable, but this sequel really isn’t worth it. MORE MOVIES LIKE Sinister 2: Well I, for one, loved the first Sinister (2012). But in all fairness, people have different...
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006), somewhat confounding,...
MY CALL: This sequel is a blast. Admittedly, it’s much harder to get into with this very messy plot, but the effects and action and scale retain its ranks high among popcorn adventure films. MORE...
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John’s Horror Corner: Demonic (2015), more paranormal investigators getting...
MY CALL: Good but not great, satisfying yet poorly-written, and made proficiently enough to be a jumpy-fun movie night. MORE MOVIES LIKE Demonic: It’s not at all fair to compare them, but...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Greasy Strangler (2016), a disgusting, awkward,...
MY CALL: This trashy movie aims for discomfort, awkward hilarity and excessive disgust. If you like that, then you should like this. MOVIES LIKE The Greasy Strangler: Movies like Street Trash (1987),...
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John’s Horror Corner: They Look Like People (2015), indie psychological...
MY CALL: This abundantly indie psychological horror pits friendship against paranoia. MORE MOVIES LIKE They Look Like People: Little is similar, but for more psychological horror try The Voices...
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John’s Horror Corner: Resident Evil: Retribution (2012), yup… more Milla...
MY CALL: It’s not “great” and there are no “wow” moments, but this movie is a nonstop action sequence and I find it pretty entertaining…even if I probably won’t want to see it again for another 10...
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John’s Horror Corner: The ABCs of Death 2.5 (2016), really not the best...
MY CALL: This really wasn’t a very good horror anthology unless you’re looking for slapstick drunk/high humor told over sexual and “dark genre” themes. There’s not much horror to be found here…nor...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Blob (1988), this slimy, gory sci-horror about an...
MY CALL: This gory remake is buckets of goopy, gooey, slimy fun. If you love 80s horror and practical effects, this is a major win! An 80s staple! MORE MOVIES LIKE The Blob: Well, The Stuff (1985)...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Mummy (2017), Tom Cruise’s first step into the Dark...
MY CALL: This action/adventure movie may not be the epic movie you expected, but it remains very entertaining and successfully builds a world for the Dark Universe. MOVIES LIKE The Mummy: The Mummy...
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John’s Horror Corner: Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016), bringing 15...
MY CALL: Not great. Kinda’ bad. Finally giving us some closure on the story. Still entertaining to franchise fans. MORE MOVIES LIKE Resident Evil: Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil: Apocalypse...
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