Captain’s log: stardate 51186.2 Lisa Klink pens this Doctor (Robert Picardo) episode that first aired on 1 October, 1997. The Voyager receives a distress call from a lone survivor aboard a damaged ship. The crew is stunned to discover that the survivor, Dejaren (Leland Orser) is a sentient hologram, not so dissimilar from their own…
Tag: horror
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) – Jim Sharman
The mad scientist chapter of DK Canada’s Monsters in the Movies brings me the always enjoyable, and sing a long to every song, film, The Rocky Horror Picture Show starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick. It’s a musical send-up of science fiction and horror films of the 50s and 60s, that also reveled…
Carry on Screaming (1966) – Gerald Thomas
The mad scientist chapter of DK Canada’s highly enjoyable Monsters in the Movies book continues as we skip across the pong to Jolly Ole England and join the Carry On gang (a successful series of British films that poke fun, while remaining very British) as they take on the horror genre with nods to all…
Summer of Night (1991) – Dan Simmons
This week, I dig into another Dan Simmons horror novel, and decided on Summer of Night. While not necessarily derivative of Stephen King’s It, there are striking similarities, although both prove to be very entertaining. Set in 1960, Simmons novel doesn’t quite mine the nostalgia factor as King did (It made me long for a…
Pet Sematary 30th Anniversary Blu-Ray Review
Pet Sematary is remembered fondly by many, and in honor of its 30th anniversary, and the upcoming release of the new adaptation, on April 5th, Paramount Pictures unveils a new edition, with all new extras to celebrate! Before we get to the actual disc, can we talk about the fantastic cover art for this edition?…
Dog Soldiers (2002) – Neil Marshall
Cult favorite director Neil Marshall takes on werewolves with his engaging take on them, in the action horror, Dog Soldiers, the next stop on the Monsters in the Movies book from DK Canada. The cast features Liam Cunningham, Kevin McKidd and Sean Pertwee as the film takes us to the highlands of Scotland, and into…
The Company of Wolves (1984) – Neil Jordan
The next werewolf film to be featured in DK Canada’s highly enjoyable Monsters in the Movies is this Neil Jordan film from the 80s. I remember seeing the VHS case for it when I was beginning my movie education as a young teen. I didn’t recognize any of the names, and the VHS cover had…
Unsolved Murders: True Crime Cases Uncovered (2019) – Amber Hunt & Emily G. Thompson
DK Canada’s latest release invites you to investigate the darker corners of the human psyche, as authors Hunt and Thompson take you through twenty of the most gruesome unsolved murders that have haunted society since their occurrence. I think all of us, to some degree or another, are fascinated by the darkness within the human…
Overlord (2018) – Blu-Ray Review
As I’ve often claimed, Toronto After Dark is one of my all time favorite film festivals, and I was bummed this year when the J.J. Abrams produced WWII action horror film, Overlord, closed out the festival. But, I finally got a chance to see it, as it comes home on blu-ray and DVD today from…
Pet Sematary (1983) – Stephen King
This week’s great Stephen King re-read brings me the horror classic, Pet Sematary, which I read in the mid-80s, shortly after I had discovered the prolific writer. I remember greatly enjoying it, and being very unnerved by King’s riff on the famed horror story The Monkey’s Paw. This time around I was entertained by it, but…
The Mind Reels 