13 Days of Halloween Day 0: Antlers (2021) Paul Brian McCoy October 30, 2021 Movies, Reviews Antlers is a film that truly delivers on every level except maybe the balance between psychological and supernatural horror.
13 Days of Halloween Day 6: Rod Serling’s Night Gallery – The Art of Darkness Fred L. Taulbee Jr. October 24, 2021 Books No other title sequence filled eight-to-twelve-year-old me with more fright anxiety than tv’s The Night Gallery.
The Devil’s Backbone (2001) Peterson Hill October 20, 2020 Shot for Shot Guillermo del Toro lets The Devil’s Backbone be painted with the most vivid details.
Director’s Flashback: Guillermo del Toro Paul Brian McCoy March 5, 2018 Shot for Shot Despite this, del Toro continues to be an inspiration visually and imaginatively, creating films that are distinctly original and visually stunning, every time the lights go down and the screen lights up.
The Shape of Water (2017) Nate Zoebl March 4, 2018 Movies, Reviews If Amelie was going to fall in love with a sea creature, it might look something like The Shape of Water.
Beautiful Creatures: The Case for a Hellboy Remake Dan Lee July 26, 2017 Beautiful Creatures I am looking forward to a brand new Hellboy hitting the theaters and I can give you so many reasons why.
ABCs of Horror 2016 Day 9: D is for Guillermo del Toro Paul Brian McCoy October 9, 2016 ABCs of Horror Guillermo del Toro is one of the most consistently impressive filmmakers of the past 20-plus years.
Crimson Peak (2015) Laura Akers October 26, 2015 Movies, Reviews Like most entries in the Gothic romance genre, Crimson Peak really isn’t, Lucille excepted, that frightening.
5.0 The Book of Life (2014) John Yohe October 30, 2014 Movies, Reviews Anything with Guillermo del Toro’s name attached to it is going to be a visual feast, with a little darkness thrown in, and that’s what animated “children’s” movie The Book of Life is all about.
4.0 The Strain 1.03 “Gone Smooth” Paul Brian McCoy August 3, 2014 Reviews, TV Any Mighty Boosh fans can be rest assured, the phrase "smooth as the bonnet of a Porsche" was bandied around my house for the next few days.
2.5 The Strain 1.01 “Night Zero” Paul Brian McCoy July 15, 2014 Reviews, TV I just hope that the dodgy CG effects and Corey Stoll's wig are reined in as the series progresses.
4.0 31 Days of Halloween: Day 05 – Mama Paul Brian McCoy October 5, 2013 Movies, Reviews If there's something to really complain about with the film, it's the reliance on CGI for the ghostly Mama effects.
2013 Summer of Sci-Fi Retrospective Paul Brian McCoy September 27, 2013 Shot for Shot I've been known to complain about the lack of good science fiction cinema these days, but I suppose there's rarely been a time when there were consistently good sci-fi films filling the theaters.
3.5 Mama (2013) Danny Djeljosevic January 18, 2013 Movies, Reviews On January 17th, 2013, Danny Djeljosevic went into the woods and was never seen again...until he reappeared the next day with this review.
Top Ten Horror Films 1990s Danny Djeljosevic, Dylan Garsee, Laura Akers, Nick Hanover, Paul Brian McCoy, Shawn Hill October 24, 2012 We Got Lists It was a brutal job; friendships were ruined; marriages crumbled; at least one writer sold their soul (or so I'm told).
San Diego Serendipity: An Interview with Chameleon Doug Jones Chris Hicks, Laura Akers September 24, 2012 Interviews, Movies, TV You might know him from Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, Rise of the Silver Surfer, and quite a few other roles. Sit down for this exclusive interview with one of Hollywood's prominent creature actors.
Halloween Top Five Non-Sparkly Vampire Films Paul Brian McCoy October 27, 2011 We Got Lists In case you hadn't noticed, Vampires are all the rage these days, from the angsty pseudo-teens of Twilight to the angsty pseudo-teens of The Vampire Diaries .
