SLAUGHTERHOUSE SLUMBER PARTY Written/Directed by Dustin Mills 2019 *Review first appeared at Hell Notes* The raunchy fun starts with a scantily clad woman puking in the crapper before psyching herself up to get back to the party. Hey, isn’t that how slumber parties are supposed to end, not start? Our pukey party goer goes on to share […]
Reviewing MURDER BALLAD, a short horror film from Sergio Guerra
MURDER BALLAD Guerra Films Written, produced and directed by Sergio Guerra 2019 *Review first appeared in Hell Notes* Not a moment is wasted in this ten-minute thrill ride from hell. The film opens while an obviously distraught woman named Lucinda (Hannah Reese) is searching through drawers as if her life depended on it, because it […]
Reviewing THE SNOWGLOBE – a short horror film
THE SNOWGLOBE Written, Directed & Produced by Jake Hammond *Review first appeared on Hell Notes* We’ve all been there before, right? Chilling out in a car with our bestie when, from across the gas station lot, we spot creepy Santa staring back at us. Such was the case with Anna (Isadora Leiva) and her best […]
Reviewing FRIED BARRY – a short horror film
FRIED BARRY Enigma Ace Films Directed by Ryan Kruger Running Time: 3min45sec *Review first appeared on Hell Notes* Don’t let the fleeting time span of 3 minutes and 45 seconds fool you. Fried Barry presents a virtual isolation chamber of nightmarish proportions and makes a home under your skin faster than you can read this […]
Reviewing DEATH OF A CHEERLEADER
DEATH OF A CHEERLEADER Directed by Paul Shapiro Written by Caitlin D. Fryers and Randall Sullivan 87 minutes 2019 Reviewed by JP Andrika Bridget (Aubrey Peebles) is an in coming high school Freshman. This year she is convinced to join a myriad of School clubs, but what she really desires is to be a Cheerleader. […]
Reviewing InkStained: On Creativity, Writing, and Art, by John Urbancik
INKSTAINED: ON CREATIVITY, WRITING, AND ART John Urbancik Dark Fluidity *This review first appeared in Rue Morgue Magazine #191, Nov/Dec XMas issue 2019* Capturing the heart of John Urbancik’s podcasts across 2017 and 2018, InkStained proves essential reading for any writer looking to hone their craft. Hell, it might even appease readers who ask, for […]
Reviewing LUNA, A Short Film
LUNA XRATS Productions Written, Directed & Edited by Ross Williams Running Time: 10m16sec *This review first appeared at Hell Notes Nov 6 2019* Seconds into the film, we’re rendered helpless as a couple huddles on the couch, sobbing while a young boy sits absent-mindedly on the chair beside them. It’s as if we’ve stumbled into […]
Draug: Swedish Horror Reviewed With Bonus Interview
DRAUG Directed/Produced by Karin Engman and Klas Persson Written by Klas Persson Odmarden Film Production, October 2018 Reviewed by Rick Hipson (Originally published with Hell Notes) Flexing its production value and utilizing some gorgeous settings from Sweden’s forested wilderness, DRAUG transcends past culture and language to deliver the most frightening aspects of its native folklore […]
Reviewing Highway Twenty by Michael J. Moore
Highway Twenty By Michael J. Moore A HellBound Books Publishing LLC Book Something awful is worming its way into Sedrow Woolley, a small hick town off (surprise!) Highway Twenty. Wasting no time, the opening chapter is a gut-punch, establishing Moore’s talent for making us effectively uncomfortable. Then we meet Conor Mitchell, a young mechanic pondering […]
Film Review: AMBITION
AMBITION Directed by Robert Shaye Written by John Rocco, Jenna Lyn Wright Reviewed by JP Andrika AMBITION is the latest from the producers of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. . Young Music student, Jude (Katherine Hughes), spends her days with her friends in a cozy house where she dreams of getting a spot in an […]
Interviewing Greg Lamberson, Writer/Director of WIDOW’S POINT
Hailed by Fangoria as the hardest working man in horror and confirmed by those who know him (does he even ever sleep?), Gregory Lamberson pulls no punches and tolerates no distraction when it comes to creating horror. First well known for cult classic SLIME CITY when he was just nineteen years of age, Greg has […]
Special Guest: Bob Freeman, Author, Occult Detective
Boneyard Baptism “‘Tis now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out contagion to this world.” — Shakespeare’s Hamlet I grew up in the country, on the northeast corner of my maternal grandparents’ sixty acre horse farm. Surrounded by ash trees, and with Turkey Creek cutting a path through […]
Announcing Bob Freeman’s Virtual Blog Tour!
Author: Bob Freeman Featured Book Release: Descendant: A Novel of the Liber Monstrorum November 18-25, 2019 Welcome to a blog tour that will bring you thrills and chills in the heart of the holiday season with the Descendant Blog Tour featuring the Occult Detective himself, Bob Freeman! A supernatural thriller that readers of horror will […]
A Conversation With LUNA Filmmaker, Ross Williams.
Ross Williams is an American filmmaker who’s been churning out short films from his meat grinder for over twenty years. Opting to create on the darker side of the screen, Ross’s latest short, LUNA, was inspired by his creepy daughter, Zoe, who stars in the film to award-winning effect. You can watch the film right […]
REVIEWING SEEING GREEN, A SHORT FILM DIRECTED BY CHELSEA STARDUST
SEEING GREEN Fun Size Horror productions Written by Danielle Bauman Directed by Chelsea Stardust This all women horror-comedy (Hor-Com? That seems wrong) combines campy wit with top-notch performances. It’s a blood-soaked romp following the misadventures of an unsuspecting bride-to-be and her two bridesmaids who gather at a specialty cake tasting appointment. Hazel (Vanessa Elese Garcia), […]
FIRE AND GHOSTS: True Encounters From Beyond The Grave
For those who may have missed an episode of these strange stories, or missed the entire thing and don’t like having to click on several links to watch it all, I’ve compiled the article in its entirety here so you can read it all the way through in one go if you prefer. However way […]
FIRE AND GHOSTS: True Encounters From Beyond
I got the impression Ray and his sisters didn’t often talk of their encounters with everybody, let alone with people they just met. As the fire danced behind us in the small pit, the warm night breeze carried their voices with tones of excitement and mysticism as they stood telling their incredible tales. When Kim and Kathy, in particular, spoke, I got the impression they were just as fascinated by what they had to say as I was to hear it. They took their paranormal experiences in stride as though it were a wondrous gift rather then a hindering curse.
FIRE AND GHOSTS: True Encounters From Beyond
Episode Three The Chilling Door I asked my new storytelling friends if one of them had experienced more then the other. Ray said his sisters seemed to be much more sensitive to these sorts of things than himself and, thus, had more experiences to tell than he. However, that hardly meant Ray didn’t have a […]
FIRE AND GHOSTS: True Encounters From Beyond – Episode Two
Luck Of The Irish One evening, Ray’s dad, then a young boy, sat in the kitchen of his home in Northern Ireland with his chair leaning against the main door, reading a book by oil light. Heard 2 bangs. Without warning, to large knocks banged against the door. Ray’s young dad bolted from his chair […]
FIRE AND GHOSTS: True Encounters From Beyond
FIRE AND GHOSTS INTRO This article was originally published in the fall of 2005 for Insidious Reflections’ 4th print magazine. That seems like a really long time ago, so why am I posting this article here, now, after almost fifteen years since it was first published? For starters, I like to think I’ve gotten a […]
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