Film Review – The Ranger (2018)
2018 has been a pretty fantastic year for horror both for big time studios as well as independent film creators. We’re starting to get weird...
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Author: Chris van Dijk
Film Review – An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn (2018)
After creating The Greasy Strangler in his feature-length debut as a director, Jim Hosking has made a bit of a cult following for himself. With An Evening...
Film Review – Suspiria (2018)
Dario Argento’s Suspiria is a rite of passage for aspiring horror buffs. Beloved for its oddities, 1977’s Suspiria is a wild ride that is still considered a classic today,...
Desolate Madness: A Look at the ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Franchise Part 4
As part of October, the scariest movie month of the year, MovieBabble is looking back at one of the most prominent horror franchises out there:...
Michael Has Finally Come Home Again: A Deep-Dive on ‘Halloween’ (2018)
Before the release of the already hugely successful Halloween sequel/reboot by David Gordon Greene, I wrote a two-part article on the Halloween franchise as a...
Desolate Madness: A Look at the ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Franchise Part 3
As part of October, the scariest movie month of the year, MovieBabble is looking back at one of the most prominent horror franchises out there:...
The Halloween Franchise: From Worst to Best Part 2
“The strongest human emotion is fear. It’s the essence of any good thriller that, for a little while, you believe in the boogeyman…” In this...
The ‘Halloween’ Franchise: From Worst to Best Part 1
I’ll be honest, as a horror-geek, the Halloween franchise is one of the hardest to get through. This is only because the original has been...
Film Review – Apostle (2018)
Gareth Evans might be one of the more underappreciated directors working today. With gonzo hits like The Raid and The Raid 2 already in his filmography, it makes one...
Desolate Madness: A Look at the ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Franchise Part 2
As part of October, the scariest movie month of the year, MovieBabble is looking back at one of the most prominent horror franchises out there:...
Film Review – Tales from the Hood 2 (2018)
The sequel that everyone has been waiting for has finally arrived! Yes I’m talking about the sequel to the 1995’s anthology horror film Tales from...
Film Review – Hold the Dark (2018)
Jeremy Saulnier has made a name for himself as a genre filmmaker with quality films such as Blue Ruin and Green Room among others, and he’s brought his talents...
Desolate Madness: A Retrospective on ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Franchise Part 1
Leatherface is one of my favorite horror icons. I know that compared to his murderous colleagues he isn’t as colorful. He never uttered a memorable...
Film Review – Mandy (2018)
Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy was another film I had been anxiously anticipating. After reading the early reviews from its screening at Cannes, I knew this was...
Film Review – The Predator (2018)
After the first trailer of The Predator was released, a lot of devoted fans were surprisingly pessimistic. This continued even to the second trailer. The...
Film Review – The Nun (2018)
Here we go again: another film set in Conjuring Universe. At the end of Annabelle: The Creation, viewers were teased about a solo film about the...
Film Review – Summer of ’84 (2018)
After my glowing review to 2018’s Puppet Master reboot — I regret nothing — I’m back with the film I have been anticipating all year: Summer...
Being ‘Alone in the Dark’: Exploring an Eighties Slasher Gem
I’m always looking for a hidden horror gem, especially if it came out somewhere in the seventies or early eighties. There was something truly special...
Film Review – Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018)
While most people anticipate the next Marvel blockbuster, I anxiously awaited the release of Fangoria’s Puppet Master. This reboot was penned by S. Craig Zahler, and...
Top 10 Best John Carpenter Endings
Recently, I got tickets for John Carpenter’s upcoming Anthology Tour (I’m beyond excited) and it seemed like the perfect moment to finally tackle this list....
Film Review – A Prayer Before Dawn (2018)
A Prayer Before Dawn was another promising entry by the continuously stellar distributor A24. The trailer certainly caught my attention! This film seemed to be...
Film Review – Hot Summer Nights (2018)
So far both critics and audience members seem split about Elijah Bynum’s debut film Hot Summer Nights. On Rotten Tomatoes there is currently no critical...
There is No Magic: Exploring ‘George A. Romero’s Martin’ and its Companion Piece ‘The Transfiguration’
The late great George A. Romero is mostly known for his Dead Series, particularly the first three, starting from the black/white shocker Night of the Living...
‘Innocent Blood’: Exploring One of John Landis’ Most Underrated Films
Author note: I know John Landis is a controversial figure. Considering his possibly culpability on The Twilight Zone accident, there’s ample reason for that. I...
Film Review – White Fang (2018)
Truth be told, we haven’t seen much animation from Netflix in their glut of content that they’ve been releasing more of seemingly every single week....
The Need to Confront Evil: Exploring ‘The Hitcher’
One of the most peculiar reviews of Roger Ebert’s career is of the 1986’s horror thriller The Hitcher. The Hitcher is about a young man...
A Different Class: The Enduring Relevance of Brian Yuzna’s Society
People on both sides of the political spectrum have been warned about the ‘elites’ and their eerie influence on society. The Left pictures The Elitist...
What Modern Horror Films Can Learn from John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness
For many people horror films are nothing more than a series of jump-scares, creatures lurking in the shadows waiting to jump at you when you...
