In writer/director Christopher Donaldson’s Ditched, paramedic Melina (Marika Sila) desperately wants to return home to her daughter after a routine prison transfer crashes in the forest. Surrounded by murderers and other less than savory characters, she must overcome an unseen force. Ditched is a film that has plenty of surprising turns. At first, it comes [...]

You’re not going to find another movie this year quite like Ghosts of the Ozarks. It’s a sleek, stylish horror western with a clever concept and a great cast that includes David Arquette, Angela Bettis, and Phil Morris, just to name a few. Further, there are a few well-earned plot twists that keep the narrative [...]

See for Me is a home invasion narrative, but one with minimal bloodshed compared to say, Funny Games or The Strangers. Its premise and no doubt its blind protagonist will draw some comparisons to Hush, but the film has so many unique turns that separate it from similar films. At its highest points, the film [...]

Hurt is the type of slasher film that saves its most gruesome scenes for the last 20 minutes or so. The problem is that the time it takes to get there often feels tedious. While the film has a generally satisfying payoff, it may lose viewers once it arrives at its blood-soaked finale. Directed by [...]

What is it that Robert Frost wrote in his poem “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening,” something about the woods being “lovely, dark, and deep?” In the case of Woodland Grey, the woods are dark and deep, but certainly not lovely. Instead, they offer a surreal and horrifying experience for two characters who [...]

Grief will always be a potent subject for horror films. It’s something we’ve all experienced or will experience at some point. Though we all deal with it differently, it forces us to confront fears about mortality and death. The Awakening of Lilith is about one woman’s descent into personal anguish and her struggles to cope [...]

For me, horror was a family affair. Well, more specifically, I should say it was a bond between father and son. I took weekly trips to the video store every Friday night with my dad. I remember running my fingers over the sleeves of the latest Friday the 13th, Puppet Master, or Nightmare on Elm [...]