RED ROSE HORROR

Going into watching Come Play (2020), written and directed by Jacob Chase, I knew nothing except that a monster of sorts is trying to communicate, or rather haunt, a child through technology and electricity. I shrugged and said, “why not?” and Come Play did not disappoint. The main character is a child with autism named Oliver, played by Azhy Robertson, and this young actor knocks the role out of the park. He is frankly one of the only characters worth liking for the majority

Saw is another favorite of mine, a piece of personal nostalgia. I vividly recall the days of movies posted to YouTube in parts, shitty quality and usually missing more than a few minutes of the film in totality. I will admit that I streamed many movies illegally in those days, mostly because at 13 I wasn’t allowed into R rated movies without an adult and both my parents disliked horror. Going in everything I knew about Saw pertained to the gruesome death traps. The first Saw

Let me start by saying this movie is one of more questions than answers. I laughed more than I cowered and I screamed at the TV more than once because it just didn’t make fucking sense. From the choppy story telling to the cheesy sisterly loving ending without closure over what the hell is going to happen to the main character now that most of Seattle PD and a ton of arrestees are slain and she’s responsible because the killer literally resides in a mental prison inside her h

In contrast with the previous opinion piece on the pitfalls of modern horror tropes Candyman (2021) delivers on its promises. Those that have watched the original Candyman (1992) know that Tony Todd brought horror to life on the big screen covered in bees and a haunting message. The original story focused heavily on the origin of Candyman and the original crime, the brutal, racially motivated murder of a black man in the 1800s. A lynch mob unleashed on the land that is now th

Really this is a problem with a lot of modern movies and television shows. To put it simply: the endings don’t make sense. Shows and movies will have episodes upon episodes of amazing story build up with clues and hints leading up to a sensible ending. Things will be building and despite you having guessed the ending you’re still going to finish watching because it makes sense. All of a sudden like GPS switching directions on you at the last minute, “turn left NOW,” and the s