Cinema Psychos Movie Reviews

This week Laine returns and we are joined with special guest, Lance Parkin, the Director and actor involved in the new Amazon Prime Web Series, "Theo and The Professor. Lance is quickly becoming a local fixture in the Pittsburgh film community with his involvement in organizing The Haunted Oaks and Indie Oaks Film Festival as well as cranking out quality short films and now a web series through his production company Locust Street Entertainment.

Happy Halloween!!! Do you want a trick or a treat? This week is a little bit of both considering that we are diving into a treat bag full of some of the worst entries into the long running Nightmare on Elm Street Series. We are talking Freddy's Dead, New Nightmare, Freddy Vs Jason, ....And the 2010 remake nobody wanted. So grab your power glove and 3D glasses as we continue our retrospective on A Nightmare on Elm Street the film series.

This week, we take a stroll down to the humble little hamlet of Springwood. Where teenagers are plentiful and ripe for the picking for everyone's favorite son of 100 maniacs, Freddy Krueger! That's right, we are breaking down the first 5 movies in one of the most iconic horror film franchises to ever grace the silver screen, A Nightmare on Elm Street. So grab your coffee and bottle of no doz because this episode is one you definitely do not want to miss.

This week we are live at Reclamation Brewery in Butler, PA for The Rather Fine Arts Festival continuing our month long celebration of ghosts and goblins in honor of Halloween. What better way to celebrate the holiday then to discuss one of the most "what the hell?!?!" moments in cinema history; the release of Halloween 3: Season of the Witch. The only film in the Halloween Franchise to not include Michael Myers or anything from the first or second Halloween. Instead we are treated to Tom Atkins battling Irish warlocks, conservative robots, and latex masks that turn children's heads into bugs and snakes. So grab your Silver Shamrock mask and a sixer of beer as we dive into Halloween 3: Season of the Witch.

This week we are traversing the deep Carpathian Mountains, across the Borgo Pass to bring you the history of the various cinematic versions of everyone's favorite bloodsucker, Count Dracula. One of the most popular movie monsters; Dracula has endured a near century of cinematic interpretations. So for our immortal and undead fans, this episode is for you.

This week, we are reviewing the current big kahuna of horror, Stephen King's IT. A film that asks the question, just how scary can a clown be? The answer is pretty damn scary. Also, how does this new film compare with the now classic 1990 TV mini-series? Which Pennywise embodies our nightmares more? Tim Curry or Bill Skarsgard? So come on down to the sewer with us, we guarantee you'll float, as we dive into the world of Stephen King's IT.

This week we are live at Zeke's Coffee, Pittsburgh for our very first live show! What better way to celebrate our first live show then to regale you all with the world of zombies in film and TV! This is a jam packed episode that goes over the history of zombies in film, a return of our Cinema Slugfest, and our own personal take on how to survive a zombie apocalypse! Buckle up for this jam packed episode!

This week, as the new adaptation of Stephen King's IT ravages the box office, we thought it might be good to analyze the literary master of horror himself, in particular his long stretch of hit or miss movie/TV adaptations. So grab turn up the volume on your possessed car radio as we dive into the world of Stephen King.

No new episode this week, but we've got a little treat to hold you over until Sunday; our full length exclusive interview with the Tree Hugger himself, Stephen Gustavson from Birdemic! Stephen gives us a first hand account of how one of the mother of all bad movies came to be. Thank you to Stephen for the awesome insight and a hell of an interview you do not want to miss.

This week, we are tackling what could be the mother of all terrible films. A film so awful in every single aspect of filmmaking that it boggles the mind on how it has become a "Cult Classic". We are of course talking about the perennial classic, Birdemic: Shock and Terror. We have the honor to induct this shit storm into our long running hall of fame of horrible, The Pantheon of Utter Shit. We are also joined by a special guest, Stephen Gustavson AKA "The Tree Hugger" from the film to give us a bit of insight into how this cinematic abortion came to be. Enjoy!