All Movie Reviews
Midsommar is a Horrifying, Endurance Test of a Movie [Review]
Ari Aster’s debut feature, Hereditary, was not an easy watch. Relentlessly depressing and shockingly gory, it was the kind of movie that beats you into submission. The kind of movie you have to ...
The Prowler Boasts Brutal Kills and a Twisted Ending [Retrospective]
The Prowler sees young Rosemary making the ill-fated decision to abandon her lover who is serving in the war. She puts her goodies on display for all the boys to see by flaunting her stuff a...
The Rabid Dog’s House: Creepers (Phenomena)
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...
Child’s Play (2019) May Be the Best in the Series Since Child’s Play 2
When the Child’s Play remake was announced, hardcore horror fans were aghast. After seeing so many beloved franchises from the 1970s and 1980s get turned into abysmal “updates,” i...
After More than 30 Years, The Hitcher Still Captures the Essence of Terror on the Open Highway [Retrospective]
Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) is a young man working for a transport service, driving a vehicle cross country to its owner. When Jim makes the fateful decision to pick up a hitchhiker, who calls himse...
Clinton Road is Cameo-Laden but Not Worth the Detour
I don’t take joy in telling people the fruits of their labor are terrible. In fact, my threshold for cinematic suck is so high that I routinely hand out scores of 6s and 7s to movies the hoi po...
Perfect Experiments but Reaches Inconclusive Results [Review]
Stories set rules for themselves. Sometimes those rules come through dialogue, like in Gremlins. Other times stories use visual cues to tap into the knowledge that viewers bring in with them. If viewe...
A Vigilante Eschews Exploitation [Blu-Ray Review]
Sarah Daggar-Nickson’s A Vigilante opts for a decidedly stoic approach towards material often made salacious. Even when filmmakers seek to respectfully elevate the voices and experiences of the...
Terror in the Skies Was Almost the Cryptid Documentary That Could Go Mainstream [Review]
Terror in the Skies is a Cryptid (an animal that may or may not exist, like Big foot, Chupacabra, etc) documentary that revolves around accounts of gigantic flying creatures in Illinois...