Horror Explorers

An interesting horror comedy premise reminiscent of Last Action Hero with a pretty great cast. Unfortunately could've used a few rewrites. Available on VOD/DVD.

Watching the Netflix series Darknet got me in the mood for an anthology flick so I went with this recent Direct-to-Streaming movie. Were there great segments? Bad segments? Well, it's an anthology, soooo.... Anywho, find it on your various On Demand streaming services.

In a first for the podcast, I watched a documentary. It came recommended from a horror website (can't remember which) so I thought I'd give it a shot. FASCINATING premise but ultimately fairly infuriating film. It appears that the things I enjoy in fiction make me angry IRL (ie: people who genuinely believe in demon possession)

Wow, do I ever RAMBLE in this one! It's a longer episode because of all the rambling. But the movie is pretty great. Lots of ground covered, including my own writing, Neil Jordan's style, and why in the hell is Gemma Arterton not a bigger star cuz hotchie motchie!

I couldn't remember if I'd seen this one or not. Having now watched it, I still couldn't tell you if I'd seen it before. A decent premise for a movie that was much better when it was Twelve Monkeys. But hey, it's got Kiera Knightley and Daniel Craig doing HORRIBLE American accents! And Kris Kristofferson! And Jennifer Jason Leigh! Um... and you get to see Kiera's breasts briefly? I dunno, man...

An admirable faux-doc adventure/horror film that *just* doesn't quite work. I like it, but it has issues. If you're feeling adventurous and/or you like faux-doc style, give it a shot. It deserves attention.

On Easter Sunday, I present to you a movie about resurrection! Also thematically relevant: I suffered for you. Cuz this movie? HOT. GARBAGE. I prefer it when you guys watch the movie before the podcast, but... yeez, I dunno. Maybe don't.

A ghost story/grief drama/romance written and directed by Neil Marshall's wife that makes an admirably attractive effort but falls woefully short due to some truly disappointing bad writing. I get surprisingly worked up in this episode, particularly about properly structuring your tension/raising stakes.

Movie currently in theaters and boy howdy is it a good one! More like The Babadook or We Are What We Are in that it is a very compelling family drama with horror undertones/touches. HIGHLY recommend! I spoil the shit out of it, so be warned as always.