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John’s Horror Corner: The Last Winter (2006), a dark mystical arctic horror...
MY CALL: This film relies on mystique far above revelations, and operates at a rather slow but intriguing pace. If you are one to often complain about pacing and/or lack of explanations in horror...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Lodge (2019), atmospheric psychological horror with...
MY CALL: Cold, harrowing and smartly written. Strongly recommended for those who have the stomach for emotionally challenging horror. MORE MOVIES LIKE The Lodge: Looking for more horrifying family...
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John’s Horror Corner: Food of the Gods (1976), the classic, allegory-rich...
MY CALL: An allegory and action-rich H. G. Wells adaptation done right. This movie marks a positive turn for natural and giant animal horror. MORE MOVIES LIKE Food of the Gods: Looking for more...
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John’s Horror Corner: Food of the Gods II (1989; aka, Gnaw), a campy sequel...
MY CALL: Exactly what an 80s sequel to a 70s classic should be: much more gory and zany. Good gore, not scary at all but very fun horror, and with cool visuals of giant rats. Why… what were you...
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John’s Horror Corner: Killer Tongue (1996; aka La Lengua Asesina), a wacky...
MY CALL: A super low budget Species (1995) rip that throws in a lot zany but maybe not enough effects, gore and death. MORE MOVIES LIKE Killer Tongue: Looking for more horror scenes with clever tongue...
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John’s Horror Corner: Piranha II: The Spawning (1981), the gory James Cameron...
MY CALL: If you’re looking for a lot of dumb cheesy fun with gore and evil flying go-for-the-throat fish violence, then you have found your Eden. And if that was somehow not specific enough for you to...
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John’s Horror Corner: Return of the Living Dead (1985), a zombedy forefather...
MY CALL: A delightfully goofy zombie movie and among the very first zombedy films, this is a classic that should be in every horrorhounds collection. It also holds up rather well. MORE MOVIES LIKE...
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John’s Horror Corner: Re-Animator (1985), among the very best Lovecraft...
MY CALL: This film continues to impress me even today. The entire cast really went for it, the writing and direction were on point, and the effects and gore are so memorable. Can’t recommend this...
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John’s Horror Corner: Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988), pales...
MY CALL: This is basically more of the same yet not nearly as good as 1985’s original, which it basically remakes in the same vein as Evil Dead (1981) and Evil Dead II (1987). The only notable...
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John’s Horror Corner: Bride of Re-Animator (1990), the wildly gory bonkers...
MY CALL: Definitely a more gory and much more zany follow-up to the original. So if you enjoyed Re-Animator (1985), I’d recommend continuing the romantic blood-and-gutsy story. MORE MOVIES LIKE Bride...
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John’s Horror Corner: Death Ship (1980), definitely my least favorite haunted...
MY CALL: I was hoping for something so bad it’s good. I just got bad… very bad and very boring. MORE MOVIES LIKE Death Ship: Looking for much better horror at sea? Try Uninvited (1988), Deep Rising...
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John’s Horror Corner: Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993), the masochistic...
MY CALL: This film is to Return of the Living Dead (1985) what A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) is to A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Yes, I said it! It’s the Dream Warriors of the...
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John’s Horror Corner: Belzebuth (2017), a mystical murder mystery.
MY CALL: This morally intense Mexican horror film is steeped in religious mysticism and supernatural mystery. Its content may test your moral comfort zone, but it remains true to itself and never...
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John’s Horror Corner: Yummy (2019), a funny, gory, awkward, gross Belgian...
MY CALL: I was quite pleased with this movie. It strikes a good balance between funny, gory and mean, and the pacing is steady to keep you entertained throughout while cultivating awkward laughs. MORE...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Mutilator (1984; aka, Fall Break), an 80s slasher...
MY CALL: I was really unimpressed with this. That said, it also wasn’t a regrettable viewing. There were so decent gore gags to be enjoyed. I’d just rank this very low among “worth a watch” 80s...
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John’s Horror Corner: Vivarium (2019), a quirky couples’ therapy thriller...
MY CALL: Very much like a great episode of Black Mirror (2011-2019), this is a somewhat slow draw of a somewhat uncomplicated mind bender. Not a mind bender in the sense that the threads are pithy and...
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John’s Horror Corner: Lake of Death (2019; aka De dødes tjern), one of the...
MY CALL: I have not seen the 1958 classic horror film Lake of the Dead, but it must be better than this drivel (inspired by the original). This film begins by lulling you into a false sense of comfort...
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John’s Horror Corner: Relic (2020), a geriatric horror about senescence,...
MY CALL: This is a thoughtful slow burn with a lot going on. The themes explore hallucinatory madness, real world dementia, and toe the line of the supernatural—with much left to our interpretation....
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John’s Horror Corner: Blood Vessel (2019), an Australian horror movie about...
MY CALL: The best part of this movie was the poster. Lame acting, lame writing, vampires that talk too much and do too little… but at least the gore and creature effects were good. Overall, this movie...
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John’s Horror Corner: VFW (2019), this “siege horror” is an unmonstrous Feast...
MY CALL: For such an over-the-top gorefest, the characters are written surprisingly credibly. So we get to enjoy awesome deaths galore (on a budget) and protagonists who do things that actually make...
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