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John’s Horror Corner: Arcade (1993), an embarrassingly bad, early...
MY CALL: This movie opens and closes with gore, CGI effects and horror, and middles in the realm of crime thriller with a lot of illegal legal advice from a videogame demon. Yeah, I’d watch that...
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John’s Horror Corner: Species (1995), a SETI-gone-wrong, Sci-Fi thriller that...
MY CALL: High-budget Sci-Horror done right! Alien monsters, gross gore, tentacles, pulsating cocoons and xenomorphic transformations bring visually titillating popcorn fun. MORE MOVIES LIKE Species:...
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John’s Horror Corner: Tarot (2024), a high-quality PG-13 horror about...
MY CALL: A cool theme, great character writing, and crisp filmmaking across the board make this a more memorable and entertaining contribution to sub-R horror. MORE MOVIES LIKE Tarot: Maybe Thirteen...
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John’s Horror Corner: Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994), the stylish early...
MY CALL: This was a unique, ahead-of-its-time way of closing out a franchise with style! Very entertaining and a pre-Scream (1996) early metamovie. Plus, it does great honor to the NOES franchise....
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Bad Movie Tuesday: Hell Hole (2024), boasting bad CGI tentacles, cephalopod...
MY CALL: A bad movie that I’d skip in lieu of more enjoyably bad movies. These aren’t the Lovecraftian tentacles you’re looking for… MORE MOVIES LIKE Hell Hole: Not much directly compares really....
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John’s Horror Corner: In a Violent Nature (2024), a Friday the 13th love...
MY CALL: This is not the fast-paced, “fun” or cheeky popcorn horror you were looking for. This is something else. Something that is simultaneously tropey and thoughtful, and very patient. It’s more of...
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John’s Horror Corner: Oddity (2024), a creepy, Irish supernatural thriller...
MY CALL: An okay story executed brilliantly by an up-and-coming horrorsmith. Come, watch, enjoy. You won’t be riveted by any twists. But the journey will be an enjoyable, creepy one nonetheless. MORE...
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John’s Horror Corner: Subservience (2024), when domestic AI fembots go bad....
MY CALL: I was a lot more pleased with this movie than I expected! Very entertaining! Director S. K. Dale and Megan Fox have stepped up their game since Till Death (2021). Another satisfying...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Demon Disorder (2024), an Australian possession...
MY CALL: I don’t think it’s objectively fair to call this a good movie. But it’s definitely entertaining, and visually impressive from a gross gore perspective. So it’s certainly a good flick! We are...
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John’s Horror Corner: Immaculate (2024), essentially Rosemary’s Baby in a...
MY CALL: Dire, atmospheric, paranoid and brutal. Those four words sum up this gloriously crafted horror film. MORE MOVIES LIKE Immaculate: The First Omen (2024). A cold open depicts a young, panicked...
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John’s Horror Corner: A Dark Song (2016), a riveting exploration of the inner...
MY CALL: While not in the typical vein of British folk horror, I think fans of the subgenre would love this beautifully written film which deconstructs the process of a ritual down to its nuance....
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Bad Movie Tuesday: Amityville: A New Generation (1993; aka, The Image of...
MY CALL: With extra hokey death scenes and some passable gore make-up, this most ambitious sequel of the franchise is still just worthy of a giggly Bad Movie Night. MORE MOVIES LIKE Amityville 1992:...
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John’s Horror Corner: Imaginary (2024), the crossroads of The Further,...
MY CALL: If you need a good warm-up movie before your quality evening feature, this is a decent enough popcorn flick that some of the kids can watch before you put them to bed for Terrifier 3 (2024)....
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John’s Horror Corner: Species II (1998), more sex, more gore, more tentacles,...
MY CALL: This is basically Species (1995) on cocaine and steroids—which is the movie’s greatest strength as long as you’re in the mood for something senselessly wild. It’s another super entertaining,...
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John’s Horror Corner: Storm Warning (2007), a mean, Australian “domestic...
MY CALL: 60 minutes of utter boredom followed by 30 minutes of sick, mean, perverse, brutal, and downright cruel horror. If this is for you, you know who you are. MORE MOVIES LIKE Storm Warning: A...
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John’s Horror Corner: House of Spoils (2024), a haunting culinary dark...
MY CALL: Really light on the horror, mild on haunting atmosphere, and rich in tasting menu visuals. This is more where contemporary dark fantasy meets horror, and perhaps more a movie for foodies than...
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John’s Horror Corner: V/H/S/Beyond (2024), this 7th V/H/S horror anthology...
MY CALL: A bit of a standout in the franchise for its theme, which permeates 3 of its 5 segments. Of the recent V/H/S releases, I’m inclined to say V/H/S/94 (2021) was pretty good, V/H/S/Beyond and...
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John’s Horror Corner: Dark Harvest (2023), a clever repackaging of...
MY CALL: A lot like Pumpkinhead (1988), but also its own entity entirely, this movie is solid popcorn fun with good pacing, horror action, and creature effects. I don’t know how this escaped my radar...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Lift (1983; aka, De Lift), a brutally boring...
MY CALL: This incredibly boring Dutch horror has no merits. This is only for devourers of the most bad of bad movies. MORE MOVIES LIKE The Lift: The obvious choice is Devil (2010), which is fantastic....
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John’s Horror Corner: Body Bags (1993), a light but gory, “Tales from the...
MY CALL: This was pretty fun. There’s no clever writing or inspired ideas to be found here. The stories are pretty basic. Just plain old-fashioned, simple murderous fun in the form of some silly...
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