Nothing But Trouble is an interesting experiment. Oh yes, it’s bad, but I think I see what Akroyd was doing with this film when he settled into the director’s chair, and of course, he had his hand in the script as well. He paired with his friends Chevy Chase, and John Candy and delivered what…
Tag: horror
Come Closer (2003) – Sara Gran
So good. So unnerving, and truly horrifying. Sara Gran’s novella does not overstay its welcome, but boy, does it get under you skin. This ended up being an exemplary horror story that wa over too quick, but damn if it didn’t unnerve me throughout. Told from the first person narrative, we are in Amanda’s mind…
Hokum (2026) – Damian McCarthy
Wow did I love this one. It has also moved up McCarthy’s other films, Caveat and Oddity up on my To Watch list. This was a wonderful little horror movie that totally got under my skin and was just wonderfully creepy. It’s all mood, tone, and framing, and it works so well. Adam Scott plays…
Undertone (2025) – Ian Tuason
Undertone is a smart and engaging horror film. With its slow and ominous camera movements, there’s a constant sense of tension created by the knowledge that there may be something lurking just off camera that you are about to catch a glimpse of. It’s also confined to one location, a home (right here in Toronto)….
Tribe (2025) – Dan Asma
As I’ve previously said, in fact, I think everyone has found footage can be hit or miss. Tribe came up in my Facebook feed, and I figured, why not? There was something in it that caught my interest. For the most part, the film works; it stands up, but there are some pretty low-budget visual…
Curse of Chucky (2013) – Don Mancini
Child’s Play writer Don Mancini, who has penned all of the entries so far, continues to guide us through Chucky’s (voiced by Brad Dourif) murderous adventures. Like the previous entry, Seed of Chucky, he also directs this one. Curse of Chucky didn’t get a theatrical release; it was straight-to-video, the first in the series to…
Bride of Chucky (1998) – Ronny Yu
Don Mancini pens a script that takes Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif) in a whole new direction. This one definitely leans into comedy and is very self-aware. Directed by Ronny Yu, who would direct Freddy vs. Jason a few short years later, there is a lot of fun to be had in this entry. The…
House (1977) – Nobuhiko Obayashi
It took me forever to get around to seeing this one. And I openly admit to having built it up in my mind, and was worried that it wouldn’t stand up to what I thought it should be. And while it wasn’t really horrific, it was a laugh-out-loud horror film that plays as part satire,…
The Night House (2023) – Jo Nesbo
Jo Nesbo has made a career of writing dark mysteries and psychological thrillers, but when I came across a horror novel he’d written, I just had to take a look to. It’s an interesting tale, if a little uneven, there are some nice twists and reveals and for the most part, it works well, but…
Pandorum (2009) – Christian Alvart
Ben Foster and Dennis Quaid star in the sci-fi horror film, Pandorum. The pair play a pair of officers on an intergalactic ark that was launched from a dying Earth as a chance for survival of the species. However, when Bower (Foster) wakes from hypersleep, he’s troubled and unnerved to find that he and another…
