Author: Tyler Mitchell Blakslee

FRANKENSTEIN is what scholar David J. Skal calls a film “caught between humanism and mechanism” released in the “American abyss” of 1931…and it remains a master’s class in atmospheric horror.Read more

Carpenter’s film arguably fits perfectly within the director’s own canon: one that overtly explores those dread-laden and atmospheric, Lovecraftian nuances suggested within THE FOG, THE THING, and PRINCE OF DARKNESS before it. Read more

Six years have passed since the cinematic cult of Dracula was destroyed on-screen, but Hammer’s dark fairy tale continues…Read more

This nautical tale of a cursed seaside town and the vengeful pirate ghosts that rend it asunder is as effective now as it was then…Read more

This film is equal parts poetic justice, practical effects, and highly stylized presentation–it still kills, it still works, it still scares. Read more

In the early scenes especially, Lugosi does, indeed, seem undead and solemnly belabored with the corruptions of time. Read more

We overtly feel the loss of John Smith, a man whose universe sees fit to move on without him…Read more

Playing like a revisionist history of the first film, the gore and ghastliness all move from the horrific to the surreal at an incredibly deft pace…Read more

Raimi and co-writer Ivan Raimi wear their influences on their sleeve, and at the same time, move the EVIL DEAD series far from the cabin of its humble beginnings.Read more

…Cronenberg’s follow-up to 1979’s disturbing familial drama, THE BROOD, presents a compelling dichotomy between science and morality, as well as the insidious nature of corporate obfuscation.Read more