Category Archives: Movie Review

Folk Horror Friday: Black Sunday (1960)

Posted on May 15, 2020 at 10:46 pm by Joshua Tuttle

Welcome to Folk Horror Friday! Over the summer I’ll be reviewing Folk Horror cinema every Friday! I’ll investigate both canonical Folk Horror classics like the Unholy Trinity as well as obscure gems from the era of silent movies. As always, … Continue reading →




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Movie Review: The Darkness (2016)—Toby Oliver’s abysmal cinematography renders this an unwatchable mess

Posted on May 13, 2016 at 9:12 pm by Joshua Tuttle

Here’s the official marketing blurb: A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation, haunted by an ancient supernatural entity they unknowingly awakened and engages them in a fight for their survival. Straight up, skip this movie.  I will address content, but … Continue reading →




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Movie Review: The Forest (2016)—The use of setting is great, but for a film plot centered on supernatural illusions, this is no Oculus

Posted on January 16, 2016 at 11:05 am by Joshua Tuttle

Here’s the official marketing blurb: A woman goes into Japan’s Suicide Forest to find her twin sister, and confronts supernatural terror. The Japanese Suicide Forest is something I heard about several years ago, and yet when I heard that someone … Continue reading →




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July 2015 Cinematic Meeting: Spanish Lovecraftian Horror

Posted on July 30, 2015 at 11:00 pm by Joshua Tuttle

Welcome to the July 2015 Cinematic Meeting! The theme for this meeting was Spanish Lovecraftian Horror, which can mean only one thing: The Valdemar Legacy. Spanish horror is fantastic.  Spanish cinema is fantastic, actually.  It’s a shame they don’t have a … Continue reading →




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Movie Review: The Gallows (2015)—You Aren’t Giving This Film Enough Credit

Posted on July 15, 2015 at 8:15 pm by Joshua Tuttle

[Note: To do the sort of detailed analysis of the film that I like to do requires some spoilers.  I’m not going to tag each one.  If you’d rather see this movie cold, go watch it, then come back.] Here’s … Continue reading →




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