Author: Jamie Toon

One of my more anticipated films this year, Bring Her Back had one of the more scary trailers of anything else on my list. I still didn’t know what the movie was about though until I watched it. Man, it’s pretty dark; dead kids, not quite dead kids, adults gaslighting kids. It really doesn’t relent Read more

This mockumentary starts with the accidental drowning of a teen-aged girl, and then proceeds to tell all about her family’s encounters with her supposed ghost. As the story unfolds, more strange connections are made and new mysteries come to light. You find yourself wondering what horrible thing happened, or if her death was accidental at Read more

Every year Shudder releases an anthology film consisting of several “found footage” shorts, usually set in the 80s/90s, and “Halloween” is the latest. The theme here is, well Halloween, and the stories all use the holiday as the setting for their stories. I usually look forward to these since they’re good spooky fun. This year Read more

I think Folk Horror is done best when you feel like you’re in a foreign land. It removes the sense of security you feel when you’re connected to the place you are and then it doesn’t take much to install dread into somewhat mundane things. Fréwaka does this very well. Even though it’s set in Read more

The Monkey is weird. it’s a horror-comedy that doesn’t really know what it wants to do. It will build up a very tense “Final Destination” style scene and then hit you with an exploding person like a pie to the face. It’s a well done movie, but feels like the script was a Mad Lib Read more

So, I was planning on watching another movie here, but I couldn’t find a way to watch it, so I pulled this from my subs. I feel like I MIGHT have seen this one before, but I certainly didn’t remember anything about it, so I went ahead and let it ride. Pontypool takes place entirely Read more

A couple on vacation meets another couple and they turn out to be no good. It’s very trope-y and predictable, but it’s not as straightforward as that. Other factors are at play here, and even as the couple understands more of what’s happening, they find themselves questioning their own morality and values. It’s a little Read more

Strangely enough, I didn’t know what the premise for this movie was going into it (despite literally all the marketing). For that reason, I had some really awesome moments while watching Companion that I don’t think would have been the same had I known. Even if I had, though, I still think I would have Read more

Well, I’m not really sure how to approach this one. It’s definitely unlike any movie I’ve seen, and for that I have to give it a lot of credit. The choices the director and cinematographer made in how to shoot these scenes are very obvious and intentional, almost cartoon-y sometimes. This isn’t a criticism at Read more

When a movie gives you as good of a first scene as this one does, you’re going to expect a great payoff for the rest of the film. Unfortunately, what you get is a very slow moving and introspective character study that is never really that interesting. There are a couple of cool stand-out scenes, Read more