Out of all of the movies I saw at Fantastic Fest, Ali Abbasi's Border stands as my personal favorite - One Cut of the Dead and The World Is Yours were more fun, Burning was more cerebral, and Apostle was far more frightening, but out of the dozen+ films I saw, nothing ...
Jeeeeeesus. Nicolas Pesce’s new film Piercing accomplishes that rare feat of being a movie I both enjoyed and simultaneously never want to see again. The film is tight, both in terms of runtime and tension, and Pesce steers us through a dreamlike ...
Though I was slightly delayed by a round of convention crud, I am back from Fantastic Fest! We saw over a dozen movies over the back half of the convention, and almost all of them were, well...fantastic. I hope to write reviews ...
While I definitely know what genres of movies I enjoy - fantasy, sci-fi and horror - I make a point to try and watch movies outside of my usual comfort zones, and I make a special point to watch movies from outside ...
Each and every day this month I'm going to suggest a different underappreciated or unknown horror movie gem that I think you should watch. I've curated a pretty good list of lesser-known films that covers everything from supernatural thrillers to explosive gorefests, from North America and abroad. In each episode, me and often a guest will ...
It's October, and you're ready to get under a blanket with your sweetie and watch a spooky movie. But you've already seen all the classics.. so now what? Maybe I can help. Each and every day this month I'm going to suggest a different underappreciated or unknown horror movie gem that I think you should ...
The hashtag #7favfilms started making the rounds on Twitter yesterday, and while I did eventually come up with a list, it made me reflect upon what "favorite" really means for movies. I mean, I can write a list of movies that I really love, but it's all for different reasons. Some are great films, but ...
Oh snap, Black Lodge Screening Room is back! We fell into a minor timewarp and couldn't record for a couple of months. Yep, timewarp. We're sticking to that story. But we're back, and in this episode you'll get: A review of the movie Final Girl! A review of the movie Carnage Park! A look at ...
Once upon a time, I used to be excited when I heard that a book I loved was being turned into a movie. Finally, some of my favorite characters would come to life! On the big screen! Then I saw the movies. Obviously there were some successes, but I'm not here to talk about those! ...
This episode we take on the question that has got horror movie fans talking: Is The Witch a horror movie? Is it scary, or are good and free-thinking people being boondoggled into watching an... oh no... arthouse potboiler? We discuss what we loved about the movie (a lot) and why some people might be disappointed ...
Despite being pretty burned out on zombies, like most of the English-speaking world, in the last couple of weeks I somehow ended up watching two television shows that feature the living dead: Fear the Walking Dead and iZombie. Fear is the much more traditional zombie show and a spin off of The Walking Dead, while ...
Hey look -- it's another episode of Black Lodge Screening Room! Max and Jessica briefly escape being lost in time long enough to sit down and talk about what's on their minds in the world of horror. This week: killer internet! We looked at two bookends of the modern "internet killer" genre, Feardotcom (2002) and ...
Jessica and Max are back for another episode of the Black Lodge Screening Room. Very scary, kids! This week we're talking about three new-to-streaming titles: The Stranger, Last Shift, and Dark Places, or vampires, satanic cults, and mass murder mysteries. All three have terrible reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and ... well, two of them are ...
The Black Lodge Screening Room has returned for another spooky episode! This week your hosts Max and Jessica talk about the new season of American Horror Story: Haus of Gaga. Does this season live up to the promise of AHS Season 1, or is it going to be a big 'ol mess like the subsequent ...
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