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May 18, 2025

Oddity (2024)

2024 was such a great year for horror. My absolute favorite movie I watched last year was director Damian Mc Carthy’s (“Caveat,” which I also strongly recommend) “Oddity.” All of my boxes are thoroughly ticked by “Oddity;” a mysterious murder, things not being as they seem, girls’ girls, cursed artifacts, and comeuppance. What more could

Hellraiser (1987)

Ah, “Hellraiser.” The franchise that launched a thousand kinks. Originally written as the novella “The Hellbound Heart,” which I also recommend reading, Clive Barker adapted and directed his tale for the kinda sexy kinda gross horror hound in all of us. Modern horror owes a lot to “Hellraiser.” A lot of us owe a lot

Last Shift (2014) and Malum (2023)

I decided to lump “Last Shift” and “Malum” together in one post because they’re more or less the same movie. Both are directed and co-written by Anthony DiBlasi (“Dread,” “Extremity”) and follow the same storyline. “Last Shift” (2014)The first time I watched “Last Shift” was during one of many lonely days manning an empty storefront