Document of the Dead (2012)
Growing up as a young horror fan, I discovered Dawn of the Dead in those pre-internet days via a friend’s brother. I couldn’t believe what i was watching. It was gory, it was powerful, it was long and it had depth. It was a horror/political/epic/siege film. I loved it. About a decade later the super [...]
The Gods of Times Square (2001)
Many horror fanatics and sleazy cinephiles like to idolize the lore that is 42nd street. A place where the sleaziest of horror flicks played with porno while hookers paraded out front. A magical place where one could score righteous drugs while watching marathons of midgets and murder. I am too young and live on the [...]
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2009)
I rarely post reviews for docs here. I love documentaries, especially character studies, but I usually don’t feel like they fit on toxic graveyard. The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia however fits in alongside all the other dark, disgusting and socially aberrant things you would normally find here. See, the White family isn’t [...]
Restrepo
Not to point out the obvious (but I will anyways) war is a kind of horror worthy of our nightmares. Sure, The Exorcist is scary, and people are afraid of ghosts, but I’ve yet to see any proof that either demons or ghosts actually exist, and therefore is not worthy of our fear as human [...]