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John’s Horror Corner: In the Mouth of Madness (1994), not a Lovecraft story,...
MY CALL: One of the finer horror movies of the 90s, this film is an under-recognized masterpiece. I’d recommend this to fans of Stephen King, H. P. Lovecraft, and any movies that feature strong...
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John’s Horror Corner: A Christmas Horror Story (2015), a holiday anthology...
MY CALL: If you’re looking for a campy Christmas horror anthology with a berserk Santa Claus, changeling shapeshifters, Krampus, creepy kids, zombie elves and evil seductive spirits—then this is for...
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John’s Horror Corner: Altered States (1980), an intellectual mix of body...
MY CALL: This underrated mix of body horror and psychological horror has a lot to offer more intellectual fans–even if it ends on a weak, loony note. MORE MOVIES LIKE Altered States: Possession (1981)...
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Sorceress (1982), a raunchy 80s fantasy movie featuring naked twin barbarian...
MY CALL: This ranks pretty low even if you enjoy bad 80s R-rated fantasy. There’s nudity, raunchiness, dumb dialogue, one scene with a neat monster, stupid magic spells and a satyr peeping Tom. If that...
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John’s Horror Corner: Other Halves (2016), an indie techno-horror with both...
MY CALL: A pleasant indie horror film with both feminist and sexual overtones, Other Halves presents an evil dating app, a strong female cast and better acting than we should expect. It’s more playful...
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John’s Horror Corner: Willow Creek (2013), a cleverly made bigfoot monster...
MY CALL: This bigfoot movie is not an example “amazing” filmmaking, but it’s a cleverly made monster movie that revitalizes found footage and reminds us that characters are far more important than...
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John’s Horror Corner: Goodnight Mommy (2014), the story of a mother scorned...
MY CALL: This Austrian film is slow but stimulating, delicate yet brutal, and simultaneously sympathetic and cold. Some may comfortably pick a side to trust, but I found my sympathies indivisible...
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John’s Horror Corner: Unfriended (2015), an indie Techno-Horror about a Skype...
MY CALL: As silly as it may sound, this neither scary nor gory indie Techno-Horror about a Skype session with a vengeful spirit was somehow VERY engaging to me. If you can get me interested in a film...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Boy (2016), a pleasantly entertaining evil doll...
MY CALL: This movie samples heavily from The House of the Devil (2009) and Housebound (2014), but lacks the stylistic magic of either. That said, I found this movie to be quite enjoyable. Not good,...
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John’s Horror Corner: Frankenhooker (1990), a raunchy slapstick Frankenstein...
NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW This article contains images of prosthetic disembodied breasts and prosthetic naked bodies exploding. No actual human nudity is present. But, come on guys, you don’t want to...
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John’s Horror Corner: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), combining a...
MY CALL: This multi-dimensional movie equally boasts action, an alternate history based on a classic novel, a zombie apocalypse, and a gender role-rich love story complicated by the British class...
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Turbo Kid (2015), a weird, gory, goofy, quirky, post-apocalyptic wasteland...
MY CALL: Just watch the trailer. If you really need to ask if this movie is for you, it probably isn’t. MORE MOVIES LIKE Turbo Kid: Kung Fury (2015), Manborg (2011), The ABCs of Death 2 (2014; W is...
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John’s Horror Corner: Late Phases (2014), throwing tropes out the window to...
MY CALL: If you enjoy werewolf movies or off-the-beaten path indie horror films, I’d say you should give this film a shot. Steering clear of standard trope fare, it’s not particularly gory nor scary....
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John’s Horror Corner: REC 4: Apocalypse (2014), a shipwrecked disappointment...
MY CALL: The claustrophobia of the first two films is rendered limp on this ship, the spirit of fun embraced in part 3 (which many disliked) is also missing, and I wasn’t rooting for anyone for...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Last Witch Hunter (2015), the story of an immortal...
MY CALL: Highlander (1986) meets Constantine (2005) as our favorite immortal genre star slays his way through witches, monsters and magical spell effects using arcane tricks, potions and a FLAMING...
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John’s Horror Corner: Faust: Love of the Damned (2000), a smutty, gory,...
NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW MY CALL: Quite a terrible movie, but terrible in all the right ways if you’re in the mood for gory, silly, deliciously bad...
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John’s Horror Corner: Last Shift (2015), the story of a rookie cop in a...
MY CALL: I was generally unimpressed and disappointed with this satanic haunting film. MORE MOVIES LIKE Last Shift: I’ve read many people comparing this drivel to Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) and I...
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John’s Horror Corner: Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm (1998), squandering an...
MY CALL: Parts 1 and 2 were great for direct-to-DVD, and part 3 lost some inertia but remained a fun franchise installment. However, with no cool effects and a messy story, part 4 felt just plain...
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John’s Horror Corner: Indigenous (2014), pretty much The Descent with...
MY CALL: Director Alastair Orr may not amaze us with this Descent knock-off, but he demonstrates that he is highly capable of entertaining us with an unoriginal story and a slim budget. This was...
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John’s Horror Corner: Aberration (1997), a surprisingly fun and gooey B-movie...
MY CALL: I must say, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this B-movie. It’s loaded with silly action, playful humor, and rubber lizards that violate everything you learned in biology class; zaniness...
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