I have been a fan of the VHS found footage series since it first hit the scene. The concept is amazing - found video cassette tapes with footage of horrific events on them - even if the films didn't really fully take advantage of the conceit. Each of the films has been a mixed bag… Continue reading V/H/S/ 99 – found footage review
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Reviews of movies and books.
John Carpenter’s GHOSTS OF MARS – review
Latter day Carpenter is hard to get your head around. He's one of many modern day filmmaking geniuses that lost favor in Hollywood and after a point his films show that. He and Romero had similar careers in that neithe stopped being good directors, they just lost the funding and support of a system that… Continue reading John Carpenter’s GHOSTS OF MARS – review
THE MIRROR – found footage review
You know me by now. I love found footage. It’s a fascinating subgenre that embraces everything from big budget studio fare to movies made by friends on a weekend. It’s a type of movie that allows you to make the scariest movies seen if you have the right idea and the passion. That’s pretty cool. … Continue reading THE MIRROR – found footage review
DEPRIVATION – found footage review
It’s fascinating to note trends in something like found footage, which tend to be so connected to the moment that they give a view of what the culture is like at that moment. Sure, it’s not 1:1 but it’s a good representation of where the culture is at. Most modern found footage is centered on… Continue reading DEPRIVATION – found footage review
Wanna Read A Book?
Hey there, ya wanna help me out? With as many books as I have out in the world there just aren't many reviews of them out there. I am always trying to figure how to get the word out about what I do, and to get more eyes on my work and can never quite… Continue reading Wanna Read A Book?
LOVELY MOLLY – review
So this is a review for an older film. Sue me. It got some buzz when it came out but isn’t talked about a lot anymore so I wanted to talk about it a little. There’s a tragedy with horror films in that they are so disregarded unless it’s ‘prestige’ horror that when actors and… Continue reading LOVELY MOLLY – review
PARANORMAL FARM – found footage review
Man, talk about a tease! This film gives you visions of possessed pork, hellish horsies, demonic donkeys, and maybe even malevolent moo cows and all we got were clowns(!) of all things. This was made in 2017, and since that's pre-Covid I can't recall if that was during Clownageddeon or not, I think it was,… Continue reading PARANORMAL FARM – found footage review
THE BOOGEYMAN – 2023 review
There is something about the darkness that is as compelling as it is repulsive. Something primal and vibrant about the fact that in that empty space of black could be anything or nothing. It is the box of possibility both full and devoid of all things. We fear the dark because it takes away what… Continue reading THE BOOGEYMAN – 2023 review
THE WHISPERING MAN – found footage review
Hello and here we are with another found footage film. Hooray! This time around we have a paranormal filmmaker with a serialized program online that inherits some things from his grandmother and among everything is a painting called The Whispering Man, cue the spooky music - DON'T CUE SPOOKY MUSIC, THIS IS FOUND FOOTAGE! The… Continue reading THE WHISPERING MAN – found footage review
HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT 2 – MINERVA – Found Footage Review
You know how sometimes you almost hate-watch a movie? Knowing it isn't going to live up to your hopes but hoping it proves you wrong? Watching because you feel compelled because you watched the previous entry. That's where I am with HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT 2 - hate watching a movie I was going… Continue reading HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT 2 – MINERVA – Found Footage Review
MISTER CREEP – found footage review
It's interesting when you see how many found footage films are about people making documentaries about something and getting in over their heads. Like, are that many people MAKING docs these days? I guess in this case it's 'true crime' and that's a big 'thing' lately so...maybe? I guess? For MR. CREEP I credit them… Continue reading MISTER CREEP – found footage review
NIGHTLIGHT – “found footage”/POV movie review
OK, this is a ‘found footage’ in that it’s done in the same style but it’s not a found footage movie for real-real, one of the many frustrating things that the film has to offer. While this is not really found footage I am calling it that because of the style and presentation. It’s wearing… Continue reading NIGHTLIGHT – “found footage”/POV movie review
THE DEATH OF APRIL – found footage review
I say it all the time but man alive do I love it when filmmakers tackle a style of found footage and keep to it. I love when they take that level of seriousness in hand and see it through. Much of the time this happens you end up seeing a more compelling film. Not… Continue reading THE DEATH OF APRIL – found footage review
The Spooky World of Chris Ringler 