Bug Off: The Best Giant Insect Movies

Summer is in full swing and while the black flies have receded, mosquitoes are in full swarm. This week marked the anniversary of the classic The Fly and, on this day in 2002, the nostalgic ‘giant insect’ film Eight-Legged Freaks was released. To mark these horror moments, in this edition of The Chopping Block, I’ll […]

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Island Zero Misses the Boat on Its Promising Premise

Island Zero is horror film set on a fishing island off the coast of Maine – and it’s not based on a Stephen King novel. Available this week across several VOD platforms, I hadn’t heard much buzz on this new underwater monster film, but the premise seemed fun. Written by Tess Gerritsen and directed by […]

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