When one looks over the horror genre it’s impossible to ignore the influence that the Italian Giallo subgenre had on the North American film industry, good or bad, because even though those films were similar to American slasher films in the area of violence and exploitation they were often more lush and colourful than what…
Tag: Supernatural
Winchester (2018) – Review
The 2018 horror film Winchester, written and directed by the Spierig Brothers, was not about the Supernatural adventures of Sam and Dean Winchester — much as we wish it was — but was in fact based on the history of the Winchester mansion, also known as The Mystery House or The House That Ghosts Built,…
ScoobyNatural (2018) – Review
When Sam and Dean are not saving the world from an oncoming apocalypse or bickering over keeping secrets from each other, they occasionally get to have a mystery that is just pure fun, with no dire consequences looming in the wings. The episode titled ScoobyNatural is a great example of the showrunners knowing exactly what…
Tales of Halloween (2015) – Review
Horror anthologies can be tricky things to pull off as each story has a relatively short allotted time to provide the set-up, the scares, and the punchline. George Romero’s original Creepshow way back in 1982 is probably the most notable example of how to do this right but we’ve seen some more recent attempts such…
Lucifer: Pilot (2016) – Review
Having the main character of your show be the personification of evil is certainly an interesting choice for Network television, but of course the Lucifer we get here isn’t quite the one from the Bible stories but is based on the version created by Neil Gaiman for his Sandman graphic novel series. He may be…