All Movie Reviews
Sea Fever Offers Unexpected Prescience and an Opening for Ethical Debate [Review]
We’re in a moment where many properties seem prescient in ways not initially intended. Sea Fever’s personal and ethical dilemmas would have been relevant at any time, but they resonate e...
The Other Lamb is a Righteous Takedown of Christian Cults [Review]
My parents sent me to a Catholic all boys high school to “avoid distractions.” What “distractions” means, if you haven’t been indoctrinated into the bizarre sexist c...
Creep is Character Driven and Suspenseful [Quarantine Retrospective]
While we’re on lockdown, I’ll be working on a series of retrospectives as I watch through my library. Many will be films I love but I may veer into less favorable territory from time to ti...
Glenn Danzig’s Verotika is Truly, Unforgivably Terrible [Review]
Verotika is un film de Danzig so, even without knowing anything else about it, it’s an intriguing prospect. The title, in case you’re a bit slow, is a combination of the words “vi...
Come to Daddy is Simultaneously Violent and Heartfelt [Blu-ray Review]
When I sat down to watch Come to Daddy, I almost immediately gathered that it was going to be tonally diverse. It opens with a quote from Shakespeare, followed immediately by a quote from Be...
The Grudge (2020) is a Chore to Sit Through [Blu-ray Review]
I tried to avoid reviews of The Grudge (2020) going in. I’d seen quite a few negative social media reactions and heard from a few friends and fellow critics that it wasn’t good. ...
Remembering Pin (1988) [Rabid Dog’s House]
The Rabid Dog’s House is a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where contributor Justin Steele uncovers hidden gems, lost classics, and overlooked indie offerings. Flying solo or with the o...
‘Chastity Bites’ Slays the Patriarchy With it’s Sex-Positive Narrative [Editorial]
Thankfully, feminist horror films and sex-positive cinema are becoming more and more commonplace of late. And we owe a debt of gratitude for the shifting paradigm to movements like Me Too and TimeR...
The Most Shocking Thing about The Hunt is How Boring It Is [Review]
The Hunt is finally here. The film we never thought we’d get to see because of all of those pesky mass shootings is being released upon the masses right in the middle of a global pandemic. And, ...