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Wildling (2018) Review

May 30, 2018

It’s always fun – both as a critic and as an audience member, to come up with the perfect film pitch. You’re talking to your friends and when you [...]

by Michael Klug

The Ritual (2017) Review

February 13, 2018

In the latest chapter of “What could possibly go wrong?”, four close male buddies from the UK brave the dense forests of Sweden to pay tribute to [...]

by Michael Klug

The Untamed (2017) Review

November 5, 2017

The Untamed, which won the Silver Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, arrives on Blu Ray. Written and directed by Amat Escalante, this [...]

by Monte Light

The Ningyo (2017) Short Film Review

November 4, 2017

I first experienced The Ningyo at this year’s Filmquest in Provo, Utah. And following that initial “getting to know you” screening, I placed it [...]

by Michael Klug

Dead Ant (2017) Review

October 11, 2017

Jake Busey – portraying lead singer Merrick – of the late ‘80s hair band Sonic Grave told me at the World Premiere of Dead Ant (at this year’s [...]

by Michael Klug

man frightened by a little girl in the woods

Lore (2017) Review

June 7, 2017

For those of you who have been reading my reviews, lo these several years – you’ll recognize one of my oft-used catchphrases. It doesn’t come [...]

by Michael Klug

Rupture (2017) Review

April 28, 2017

Can’t we just be better people? Take better care of the Earth? Leave a better world for our children and grandchildren? How difficult is it [...]

by Michael Klug

Chupacabra Territory (2017) Review

April 15, 2017

With as much dripping sarcasm as I can muster through the power of the written word, let me just say this… “Yippee! Another found footage film!” [...]

by Michael Klug

Attack of the Killer Shrews! (2016) Review

January 28, 2017

“It’s a fine line between pleasure and pain. You’ve done it once, you can do it again.” Ah, yes – an excerpt of lyrics from The Divinyls 1985 [...]

by Michael Klug

The Fiance (2016) Review

December 17, 2016

First off, let’s get this out of the way. The Fiancé as a title for a horror film is dreadfully unappealing and devoid of any personality. It [...]

by Michael Klug

The Wave (2016) Review

July 20, 2016

Written by: Monte Light Helmed by Roar Uthaug, (director of the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot), The Wave is about a Norwegian mountain that [...]

by Monte Light

Curtain (2015) Review

July 13, 2016

Curtain received its Utah premiere at this year’s Filmquest in Sandy, Utah. The film has since been renamed to the yawningly bland and [...]

by Michael Klug

The Nest (1988) Review

July 3, 2016

From the opening scene of The Nest, which combines something I really love, coffee, with something I abhor, a cockroach swimming in it, you [...]

by Giovanni Deldio

Derek Theler as Chase Walker holds an enormous harpoon gun

Shark Killer (2015) Review

June 30, 2016

Shark Killer isn’t a horror film by any stretch of the imagination, but it is an awesome action flick that’s going to take viewers [...]

by Matt Molgaard

A shark forces its way through the bars of the cage intended to keep it out

Shark Night 3D (2011) Review

June 30, 2016

Sometimes during hurricane season in Louisiana the oceans will swell and dump sharks into the salt-water lakes, did you know that? Sounds [...]

by Don Sumner - Editor in Chief

A shark attacks Fin and his family in his home

Sharknado (2013) Review

June 30, 2016

The opening moments of Sharknado betray the ridiculousness to come when a huge tornado over the ocean (I guess technically this is a water spout) [...]

by Don Sumner - Editor in Chief