September 22, 2023.Reading time 7 minutes.
If you were hesitant to get excited about No One Will Save You, the sci-fi horror genre has given you plenty of reason. While The X-Files made alien abduction conspiracy theories cool, plenty of movies fell pretty short of the mark. Yes, the moments of 90s thriller Fire in the Sky are chilling. But that […]
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October 8, 2022.Reading time 8 minutes.
After Marvel flirted with horror this summer in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, they’re finally going all in. Just weeks ahead of Halloween, the Marvel Cinematic Universe releases one-off seasonal special, Werewolf By Night. It’s a smart move for a couple of reasons. Anyone old enough to remember television before the streaming age […]
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August 5, 2022.Reading time 8 minutes.
Though the Alien franchise started nearly a decade earlier, the Predator series has followed a similar trajectory. Thirty-five years later, the original Predator remains one of the best sci-fi/action movies of all time. Yet despite its best efforts, 20th Century Studios hasn’t been able to catch lightning in a bottle. Neither audiences nor critics bought […]
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April 8, 2022.Reading time 8 minutes.
After introducing us to Steven Grant in The Goldfish Problem, Moon Knight answers a lot of questions in Summon The Suit. Of course, with only six episodes, Moon Knight can’t afford to waste much time. It’s more complex narrative, rich mythology, and lack of mainstream familiarity necessitates a bit more urgency in its storytelling. While […]
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March 30, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.
Even with disruption to its big screen world due to COVID, Marvel Comics continue to expand their cinematic universe with their Disney Plus limited series. So far Marvel has used the mini-series format to take some big risks with story and style. And the results have been surprisingly fun and effective. But Marvel’s newest limited […]
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November 12, 2019.Reading time 9 minutes.
It’s official. Disney Plus has launched. Though you’re not likely to find much in the way of horror, the ‘Mouse House’ has a PG and PG-13 creepers here and there. Case in point, Disney’s forgotten Star Wars cash-in, The Black Hole is – intentional or otherwise – almost as much horror as science fiction. In […]
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