Opening with horror icon Tony Todd (Candyman) name-dropping the likes of Blacula, Tales from the Hood, The People Under the Stairs and a few other hood horror classics before introducing us to the story of the first black serial killer, the titular Bitch Ass, is certainly a way to root this title in the 1990s. Directed by Bill Posley (Cobra […]
Horror movies and remakes go hand in hand and throughout the years they’ve ranged from solid updates and additions to an existing franchise to blatant cash grabs that fail to update the original property in any meaningful way. Enter “Slumber Party Massacre,” the 2021 film that serves as both a remake to the 1982 original “The Slumber Party Massacre” but […]
Despite the absence of dialogue Carlos Conceição’s atmospheric thriller Name Above Title is bursting at the seams with style, from it’s brutally graphic murder sequences to the beautifully framed and lit shots showcasing the film’s unique setting of Lisbon, Portugal. Opening with the viewer following a heavily intoxicated young woman who’s stumbling around a high rise bar before she jumps […]
Birthed from film noir and murder mysteries of the 1940’s and 1950’s, the giallo film’s rise began with Mario Bava’s 1963 feature The Girl Who Knew Too Much, which many consider to be the first cinematic entry into the genre, and has since had countless films from a whole slew of directors enter the playing field. These productions typically took […]