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Ghoulies 1985

Why Ghoulies Would Have Been Better Had it Focused on Toilet Monsters [Retrospective]

I love movies about weird little monsters. Gremlins and Critters were two of my favorites as a kid. I discovered Ghoulies right in the middle of all of that and was allowed to rent the film because it...

Grizzly II: The Revenge

The Bears are Back in Town, Grizzly II: The Revenge Offers a Glimpse into Old-School Cinema

Grizzly II: The Revenge is a film that is supposed to be the cinematic sequel to Grizzly (1976) but it has been ‘in the making’ for 37-years. However, what it really is, is a film that was haphazardly...

CHUD 1984

Why C.H.U.D. is a Shockingly Environmentally Conscious Monster Movie

As a horror fan, you go into something like C.H.U.D. with certain expectations. There are always the films we know have something to say and watch with a deeper understanding of the themes and cultura...

Itsy Bitsy

Itsy Bitsy is a charming creature feature that will creep you out [Review]

Itsy Bitsy  is a creature feature that follows Walter Clark (Bruce Davison of X-Men) and his newly hired live-in nurse Kara Spencer (Elizabeth Roberts of Word Party). Kara has mysteriously moved herse...

The Funhouse - Six Memorable Monsters from Unmemorable Movies

Six Memorable Monsters from Unmemorable Movies

Unfortunately, not every horror movie is a winner. There’s a lot of good out there, but there’s also a lot of bad and a whole lot that falls somewhere in the middle. Sometimes, these less than memorab...

Mosquito

Mosquito is a Shameless, Goofy Good Time

If there’s one low budget monster movie that people my age tend to remember, even if they’re not necessarily horror fans, it’s Mosquito. I can’t really fathom why that is, but I always have friends co...

Lake Placid - Paul's Doro's Top Five Movies to Watch on Halloween

What a Croc: Revisiting Lake Placid

While killer animal movies are among the most popular and prevalent horror offerings being produced today, very few are actually remembered as classics. Really, there’s Jaws and that’s about it. Most ...

Finn Carter as Rhonda in Tremors

Noteworthy Heroines of Horror: Rhonda from Tremors

It’s hard to find anything to hate about Tremors, the much-loved sci-fi creature feature from 1990. It has a genuine sense of humor, impressive practical effects, and an array of likable and quo...

Monster Movies

Fantastic Beasts (And Where Not to Find Them): Monster Movies That Are Pretty Light on the Monster

Audiences are spoiled these days. We like to see what we want to see, when we want to see it. With a resurgence of monster movies of late, I thought it would be interesting to look back through the ge...