Horror Archives

Last Call (2023): A Serial Killer Preys on Gay Men in New York A+

Posted by Patrick | Aug 1, 2023 | A+, Documentary, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Horror, Masterpieces, Max, Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |

Caronna gives these five men back their dignity, something they were stripped of when they became victims of a horrific crime.

Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022) A

Posted by Patrick | Sep 26, 2022 | A, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Horror, Netflix, Politics, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |

Evan Peters, Josh Braaten (young Jeffrey), Niecy Nash as nest-door-neighbor Glenda and a magnificent Richard Jenkins as Dahmer’s Father, all give stellar performances.

Godland (2023) Hlynur Pálmason’s Masterpiece A+

Posted by Patrick | Oct 26, 2023 | A+, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Criterion Collection, Drama, Epic, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Horror, Masterpieces, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Road Movie, Thriller, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |

Pálmason, his cinematographer (Maria von Hausswolff), and his composer (Alex Zhang Hungtai), bring back colonial memories of such movies as “Black Robe”.

Mia Goth Astonishes in X (2022) and Pearl (2022) A+

Posted by Patrick | Jun 26, 2023 | A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Horror, Hulu, Masterpieces, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |

“X/Pearl,” parts 1 and 2 of writer/director Ti West’s horror trilogy, are anointed by Mia Goth’s performance. Part 3, “Maxxxine”, arrives in 2024.

Under The Skin (2014) Film Review A+

Posted by Patrick | Jul 28, 2022 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Horror, Masterpieces, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Science Fiction, Thriller, TV / Streaming |

Guys with erect penises walking downward into a transparent ooze, confused, as Scarlett walks on another level above them.

Take Shelter (2011) Film Review A+

Posted by Patrick | Jul 27, 2022 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Horror, Masterpieces, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Science Fiction, Thriller, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |

It boasts a tremendous performance by Michael Shannon as a quiet man, raising a family, who has horrific nightmares and daytime visions of a meteorological disturbance followed by a feeling that we (the Earth) are being visited by something alien.

Saltburn (2023) Emerald Fennell’s Sophomore Triumph A

Posted by Patrick | Nov 1, 2023 | Archival Posts, Comedy, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Horror, Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Thriller |

Fennell’s writing and directing are brilliantly inventive, with humor, tragedy, and horror mixing perfectly. She gets immense support from her cinematographer, Linus Sandgren, whose work here is truly breathtaking.

Bodies, Bodies, Bodies (2022) Film Review A-

Posted by Patrick | Aug 21, 2022 | A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Horror, Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |

Beautifully Queer friendly, the relationship between Bee (Maria Bakalova) and Sophiie (Amanda Stenberg) is the emotional center of the movie.

The Menu (2022) Film Review A-

Posted by Patrick | Jan 3, 2023 | A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Horror, Hulu, Max, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |

There is a fantastic faceoff between Fiennes and a mysterious guest who was not invited. She is played by the extraordinary Anna Taylor-Joy

The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) Film Review B+

Posted by Patrick | Dec 26, 2021 | Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, B+, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Horror, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |

“The Tragedy of Macbeth” is filled with brilliant touches. The major reason to see this movie is Kathryn Hunter who plays all three witches.

Sick of Myself (2023) Film Review B

Posted by Patrick | May 14, 2023 | Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, B, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Horror, Ratings: Movies and Television, Science Fiction, Thriller, TV / Streaming |

If you can take moments of extreme gore and disfigurement – it succeeds more as a horror movie than as a piece of social satire – you could do worse.

Dream Scenario (2023) Runs Out of Ideas….Fast B-

Posted by Patrick | Nov 8, 2023 | Archival Posts, B-, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Horror, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Science Fiction, Thriller |

There are too many scenes straight out of Bunuel’s famously scathing “The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie”. Gradually, you feel this movie has been stolen.

Babylon (2022) Film Review B-

Posted by Patrick | Dec 25, 2022 | Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, B-, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Horror, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |

I had no problem sitting through the movie’s bloated 180-minute running because, through all of this nothingness, five actors manage to make lasting impressions

Watcher (2022) Film Review B-

Posted by Patrick | Nov 4, 2022 | Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, B-, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Horror, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |

A marvelous performance by Maika Monroe, who shares with her namesake a beauty and star quality that gives any movie in which she appears a touch of class.

Suspiria (1976) Dario Argento’s Cabal of Lesbian Witches A-

Posted by Patrick | Apr 4, 2024 | 70s | 80s | 90s, A+, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Horror, Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Thriller, TV / Streaming, YouTube |

Italian director Dario Argento’s supernatural horror sensation! Jessica Harper is a ballet student whose school is a front for a coven of lesbian witches.

Carrie (1976) Film Review A+

Posted by Patrick | Sep 10, 2022 | 70s | 80s | 90s, A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Horror, Masterpieces, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |

Brian De Palma’s masterpiece and one of the GREAT HORROR MOVIES with tremendous performances from Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie. The unforgettable score is by Pino Donaggio.

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) Film Review A+

Posted by Patrick | Aug 11, 2022 | 70s | 80s | 90s, A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Horror, Masterpieces, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television |

Weir, who showed, like Hitchcock, that horror can be visited upon us on the brightest and most beautiful of summer days.

The Haunting (1963) Film Review B+

Posted by Patrick | Sep 11, 2022 | 50s | 60s, Apple TV+ Amazon, B+, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Horror, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |

As a chic Greenwich village lesbian named Theo, whose couture is designed by Mary Quant, Claire Bloom is a knockout in Robert Wise’s 1963 movie “The Haunting”.

Whatever Happened Baby Jane? (1962) Film Review A+

Posted by Patrick | Sep 11, 2022 | 50s | 60s, A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Comedy, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Horror, Masterpieces, Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |

Both of Hollywood’s grande dames Bette Davis and Joan Crawford are in top form with Davis getting the showier role as faded child star Baby Jane Hudson.