Queens of the Dead (2025)

Review: Queens of the Dead (2025)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

Drag queens and other members of the LGBQ battle zombies craving brains during a zombie outbreak at their drag show in Brooklyn, putting personal conflicts aside to utilize their distinct abilities against the undead threat.

There have been a lot of variations of zombie films over the years including punks rockers, prostitutes, and strippers. Now, finally, we get a zombie film featuring drag queens. Perfect team up for a horror comedy. I loved the characters in this film, but I thought the story was ok.

There was definitely not enough drag queens. I saw only three and one was a zombie.

 Also I hated the zombie makeup because for some reason the filmmakers decided to paint all the zombies with silver paint, that was it just silver paint.

 I did like that they injected incidental music that reminded me of Day of the Dead. They also had a cameo of Tom Savini.

But in the end I have to say that this film fails to be a good zombie film. Shoot, the zombies were hardly in it, but thank goodness because silver skinned zombies just don’t work.

So, I cannot recommend this film because I really wanted a funny drag queen and zombie film, but this isn’t it. Sorry…

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Review: Videotheque aka Videoteka (2024)

Review: Videotheque aka Videoteka (2024)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

 

This time I’ve got a Serbian anthology film…

Fleeing the police, a small-time thief hides in an abandoned video store. Stuck for the night he decides to play three strange films.

I have to say that I really enjoyed the wrap around story, which is about a thief who ends up stuck in this royally creepy abandoned video store. The video store actually reminded me of a real cringe video store I used to frequent in the 80s, though a bit dusty and dirtier.

(Warning: Spoiler Alert)

The three stories are really well done, though I have to say the first story Dangar is a bit anticlimactic to me. It tells the story of a tribal man who is saved from drowning in the ice by an old man. The old man has a blind daughter. The tribal man ends up killing the old man and burning the daughter as a sacrifice to his gods. You don’t  really get any reasons for this. The second story is a very Twilight Zone style story about a young man who works at a sandwich shop and has a beautiful girlfriend. One day he meets a man who drives a BMW. The guy introduces him to his boss who is a rich man. The old man somewhat jokingly offers to switch with the young man because the young man wants to have the good life. So, the young man ends up waking up in the old man’s body.

The third story is about a cop who has a slight obsession with an underaged girl and is married to a pregnant wife. The cop is in the middle of a situation where a suspected serial killer has escaped jail and is on the loose The girl is related to the murdered guard and the viewer is lead to expect that the suspect isn’t  the killer but the cop.

All the stories are well produced and shot. The only unfortunately thing is these stories are all in Serbian with subtitles, so I ended up getting a headache having to try reading the dialogue while watching. Also, this film is a lot like our VHS anthology series, but with better written stories and a lot less gore. I will definitely recommend this film, if you can find it since it is a Serbian film. I will only suggest you keep some aspirins on hand for the headache from the subtitles you will get.

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Review: Extremity (2018)

Review: Extremity (2018)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

This time I got a film about an extremely haunt…

Allison, a young woman with a severely troubled past who signs up for an extreme haunt called Perdition. She believes that putting herself through Perdition's nightmarish trials will help her exorcise her internal traumas, but has no way of knowing just how shocking her ordeal will be-or what dark secrets buried in her psyche will emerge.

I had expected to really enjoy this film, after all I’ve seen films like The Houses October Built and a couple of other films about extreme haunts.

Unfortunately, this film royally disappointed me. It amusingly lacked the extreme haunted house feel of the other films and it seemed the creator mistakened extreme extreme haunts for S&M and torture which is not the same. Also, they ruined the members of the supposed haunt and exposed who they are, including the head man of the haunt. Not only does he pull off his mask, we end up finding out he is a family man and his haunt is failing. I royally hated this. The other haunt films left the cast members of the haunts unknown and left them scary. This film made the cast a bunch of losers and the head man the biggest loser. No, no, no, fail. Then they do the ridiculous thing of having Mr Loser haunt guy somehow find the main character’s abusive and molesting father and have him confront her. After that bullshit, which came after all the earlier stuff. I just shook my head. Give me a break. This film. Was a complete mess. It started out ok and then after the first act it tanked and kept tanking. I would have happily accepted the ending of it wasn’t  for way they handled two thirds of this film.

This is definitely a non- recommendation. If you want a good extreme haunt film check out The Houses that October Built, it is the best of this subgenre.

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Review: Mr. Jones (2013)

Review: Mr. Jones (2013)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog.

 

Scott and Penny move to the woods to do a nature documentary. They discover that the guy who lives in the next cabin is the infamous artist known only as Mr. Jones, who is known for sending out scarecrow-like figures to select people with traumatic results. They to change their plans and do their documentary on Mr. Jones instead. But they find that they’ve gotten into something they should have left alone and soon they find their nightmares and reality begin to collide when they enter the world of Mr. Jones.

This film is a freaky, disturbing, mind fuck. It is amazing what these filmmakers achieve with sticks, animal bones, and candles. The atmosphere of this film is unique. It is definitely in the mockumentary subgenre but it also expands well into psychology horror as well. It overwhelms the viewer with the otherness like Lovecraft, but in its own unique way. Don’t  expect jump scares with this film. This film, when it gets started, makes you feel continuously off kilter. It literally gave me the chills, and with my experience in horror it don’t get that.

Honestly, I have to say this is the best film of its kind that I’ve seen. It you want to feel some real creeps this is the film for you. For me, and I’m  not a huge fan of found footage/ mockumentary films, I say this film is AWESOMETACULAR!!!

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Review: Its Name Was Mormo (2024)

Review: Its Name Was Mormo (2024)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

 

This time I got a found footage demon film that isn’t a Paranormal Activity film…

A young family's life unravels into chaos as a sinister presence targets each member in its own malicious manner. Through the lens of police evidence, Mark, Diana, and Mia endure the torment of a demon deeply rooted in Greek mythology.

I was not impressed with this film. It was a typical Paranormal Activity like found footage film. The wrap around of the computer screen and the guy who is reporting the case is ineffective and in fact ruin the ending of the film. I do have to give the filmmaker kudos for getting the performance he did out of the little girl.

But all in all this is not a good found footage film that brings nothing to this subgenre. I cannot recommend it. Just watch one of the Paranormal Activity films. You’ll  have a far more entertaining time. Also if you are going to title a film, Its Name Was Mormo, you better the fuck mention the damned name in the film. No excuse…

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Review: Kristy (2014)

Review: Kristy (2014)

By  William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

This time I’m reviewing a film suggested by Ghost Pirate, aka Kainan Becker…

College girl Justine works hard to support herself at Bryce College, where she studies. During Thanksgiving, her boyfriend Aaron goes home and Justine has plans to stay on campus with her roommate, Nicole. Out of the blue, Nicole's father invites her to Aspen, while Justine remains in the dorm. One night, Justine drives to a convenience store to buy supplies and meets Violet, who threatens her. Shaken, Justine returns to campus, where she soon finds herself being hunted down by Violet and three hoodlums from a cult. Justine has to fight to survive.

Now I have to confess that though this film was suggested by Kainan Becker, he saw it because it was a suggestion mentioned on Rebecca McKendry’s podcast. I have to admit that this piece of information gave me pause when it came to viewing this film, given my history with McKendry and the fact that she helped kill Fangoria (Yes, I  know it is back, but the new owners brought back all the people who killed it in the first place with their social politics bullshit…). I also heard she along with Christopher Alexander and Bob Martin got my bio and credit for my Camp Crystal Lake Novels pulled as well as had me banned from Wikipedia. So, to put it simply there is zero love lost. But on with the review because I decided fuck the bitch and her opinion…I’ll give my honest opinion.

Ok, I’ve  seen a lot of films like this that are varied in how good they are. The Strangers and You’re Next come to mind. This film is really middle of the road to me. I was entertained, but this film in no way expands upon this subgenre in any way. I have to say that Haley Bennett did an excellent job as Justine but of course she did because she was literally the center of the film. The killers were literally just there to take up space. I wasn’t impressed at all with the lot, especially creepy girl with the lip piecing. Shit, the film was mainly Justine running from the three killers and having the music make you jump. When it is the music that brings the scares you are in trouble. I honestly got annoyed with that whistling shit too. My associate, Mr Highland, uses that routine when he dresses like a clown and pranks people. It’s real amateur time.

So, even though Kainan and McKendry thought this film was the shit I was not impressed other than the actress and the last ten minutes of the film when she started being tactical and started killing the fucks that were hunting her.  Sorry, no recommendation here unless you are a social justice warrior and think Rebecca is bitchin’…

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The Whisper in Darkness (2011)

Review: The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

 

Based on the H. P. Lovecraft story of the same name, a folklorist investigates reports of unusual creatures in Vermont only to uncover more than he bargained for.

I’m a HUGE retro horror film fan. I loved House of  the Wolfman and Frankenstein and the Creature of Black Lake as well as The Lost Skeleton of Cadavera. This is actually my second retro style HP Lovecraft film. The other was the retro silent film, The Call of Cythulu. I have to say that black and white is the perfect format to use for a Lovecraft story. This film captures that 50s style sci fi/horror vibe. Even with the obvious CGI creatures this film still retains that retro 50s feel. The casting is perfection and the acting is just right. This film is a brilliant homage to those old classics my generation watched shows like Creature Features on Saturday nights. So, with all this said I  have to say The Whisper in Darkness is AWESOMETACULAR!!!

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HP Lovecraft's Necronomicon:Book of the Dead (2023)

Review: HP Lovecraft’s Necronomicon: Book of the Dead (2023)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog…

 

Supposedly from the mind of HP Lovecraft comes the story of  George Carney, who is hired by a graphic novel publishing company to validate a book that is supposedly the black magic diary of Aleister Crowley. The book is supposedly the inspiration for the book in Lovecraft’s stories,The Necronomicon, a book made from human flesh that can bring the dead back to life. Carney is sent to New Orleans and New York and meet up with people who can prove the book is real, but he is unaware his publisher has secondary reason for sending Carney on his quest, one that will cost the comic book writer his soul.

This is a very dark movie, literally. The filmmaker tried to give the film a shadowy art noir atmosphere, but instead made it hard to watch. This fucker is dark and not in the good way, as in not lighting. The opening and ending, with the narrator in the car, royally doesn’t  help the film and makes it look horribly amateurish. Even the inclusion of Michael Madson, Lyssette Anthony, and Sylvester McCoy does nothing to improve this mess of a film. The filmmaker needs to realize that just because you reference Lovecraft or the Necronomicon doesn’t  make it a Lovecraft film.

As a fan of Lovecraft’s work I’m  royally offended by this film. Ignore this piece of crap and instead watch the Lovecraft anthology film Necronomicon: Book of the Dead, which starred Bruce Campbell as HP Lovecraft. It is a legimate Lovecraft film and is far more entertaining…

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Review: Frankenstein (2025)

Review: Frankenstein (2025)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

 

This time I got oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.

I won’t go into too many spoilers. This film is not just a homage to Mary Shelly’s novel, but all earlier adaptions of the story. There are aspects of this film that even harken back to the Peter Cushing Baron Frankenstein films and even the Hallmark adaption and Branough’s Frankenstein as well.

 Oscar Issac’s Victor Frankenstein is clearly an ego case and is very much the true monster of the story. But since this is a Del Toro film the questionable actions of The Creature are forgiven and he comes off as a sensitive, misunderstood, victim of circumstance.

 I like the fact that William Frankenstein is an adult man. I never liked that he was a child in the book and other adaptions. I also liked that Del Toro expanded and made a complicated subplot with Elizabeth.

Then sets and production is fantastic. The Creature design is brilliant. There is an excellent balance of practical and CGI FX as well.

Though this adaptation is not my absolute favorite I can say it is in my top five. I applaud Guillermo for this incredible film. I just wish Netflix hadn’t cheated audiences the chance to fully experience this film the way Del Toro intended. I still highly recommend this film. It is very much a ride…

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Gore and scares everyone. This isn’t Horror Bob, but in a way it is. The original Horror Bob, Robert Masters, died in 2013 and his wife asked me and my associates at The Wolf Pack to take over his Facebook, blog site, and even his email and keep Horror Bob’s Blog going.

Robert was a retired video store owner from San Francisco. He had had his store during the surge of VHS and the beginnings of DVDs and Blue rays. Of all genre he loved horror and enjoyed chatting about that with his customers. Heath issues caused Robert to close his shop. He found retirement to quiet and boring and went to the internet so he could continue to express his love of horror, thus Horror Bob’s Blog was born.

Before Robert died he was trying to create a tribute to his love of the horror genre. He started doing movie reviews, celebrity interviews, and articles.

After he died and I inherited the blob I tried to get the other members of The Wolf Pack to participate. Only my associate Christopher Highland contributed an essay on the Poltergeist franchise, so it was up to me to keep the promise to Mrs. Masters. So, for the last 12 years I’ve kept the blog alive and advance the name of Horror Bob in internet horror. I expanded the blog by creating a second Horror Bob’s Blog on Blogger and  Horror Bob profiles on X and Instagram.

During my lowest period when my legs went out on me and I was being brutalized in an extended care facility doing movie reviews and posting on the blog usingslide together my phone was the only thing that kept me sane.

So, Horror Bob has meant a lot to me over the years. I never pretended to be Robert or call myself Horror Bob. If you look at all my reviews and articles over the years I always put by William Pattison For Horror Bob’s Blog. It made my cyber stalkers  look like fools when they would try to accusing me of deceiving people and saying I was Robert. Sorry, idiots, the proof is obvious. And I also clearly put that the blog is a dedication to Robert’s memory. Horror Bob Lives…

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Conjuring the Infer o, aka Flesh for the Inferno (2015)

Conjuring the Inferno, aka Flesh for the Inferno (2015)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

 

A local community group volunteers to prepare a dilapidated Catholic school for a make-over, unbeknownst to them that a sulphurous curse stemming from the unjust and grievous punishment of a pious group of Sisters has condemned the place.

Well, I thought this was going to be a throwback to such classics as Gates of Hell, The Church, and The Beyond. Though it was obvious the filmmakers were inspired by those films this film is mired by the lack of characterization and character development that a lot of lower tier horror films suffer from. Though there are a couple of scenes that mirror these great Italion classics it suffers from the modern Hollywood lack of style and respect for the material.

This film rather than embracing the type of film it wanted to present instead made it cheap and common.

If you like a few gore scenes and flat characters this is your film. As for me as a cultured horror aficionado I cannot recommend this film. Honestly, I’ll forget it after fifteen minutes…ok gone…Yeah… What was I talking about???

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Review: 3 Demons (2022)

Review :3 Demons (2022)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

 

Ok, this time we got an art house psychological demonic film from Uncorked Films.

3 DEMONS fixes on a Deputy that is tasked with watching over the body of a recently deceased woman until her family can arrive and claim her. As his curiosity gets the better of him, he inadvertently concludes an unfinished ritual. The conjuring now complete, strange and sinister forces begin to target him. As his past is unearthed, he's forced to face his own demons with terrifying consequences.

Uncorked is one of those distribution company that for the most part puts out total crap. Some of my worse film experiences have been watching Uncorked films. Once in a long while they manage to put out something entertaining. This is one of those rare films. It is all thanks to a fantastic performance by actor Peter Tell as the unfortunate Officer Fisher. Literally Fisher goes through hell as demons mentally torture him while he is watching over the body of a murder victim in a ritual circle. The character of Fisher is what holds this film together and it is Tell’s performance that is the glue. If he had just walk through his performance, like so many do in these films it would have been a mess, but Tell have it his all and this film is great because of it. I love films like this. I’m  happy and I’m  sure you will be too. I highly recommend this film, no alcohol required…

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Review: Lechuza (2025)

Review: Lechuza (2025)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

This time we got an old fairy tale adapted for modern times…

On the way to a camping trip, a family tries to help an old lady lying in the middle of the road. She turns out to be a witch and casts the curse of the Lechuza upon them. Later that night, she transforms into a winged demon who terrorizes the family.

Nvr in a while I run into some micro budget horror films. These films are usually done on budgets between $10,000 to $100,000 and are shot in as little as four days. This films are shot with cheap cameras or even on occasion phones with more than likely the phone’s microphone as the only audio. The filmmakers of these film have to use a lot of imagination to tell their stories. Sometimes it works and sometimes not. They are never really great, but a small portion of these are watchable. This one is watchable. It takes the Hansel and Grettle trope and puts it in modern times and has the witch terrorizing a nice Latin family. The witch design is ok. It consists of  scary mask covered by a black veil. I wish they would have made up the witch’s arms and finger nails because it look obvious it was a younger woman . The hands were too soft and manicured to be a witch’s. It was way too Spirit Halloween bargain barrel to be taken seriously.

I recommend you watch this film after having a large amount of alcohol and a couple doobies for good measure. Then it will be a party…

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Review: The Gates (2023)

Review: The Gates (2023)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

This time I got a WOKE period piece ghost story about the invention of the EVP recorder…

A serial killer has been sentenced to death by electric chair in London in the 1890s, but in his final hours, he puts a curse on the prison he is in, and all of those in it.

I found this to be an amazingly entertaining period ghost story even though it played with history to have a black guy as a high ranking member of the British Paranormal Society. Robert Brake is excellent as the satanic serial killer ghost though he is horribly under used in this film. That atmosphere in the prison where the story takes place is well done. There were scenes that were very reminisce of The Evil Dead, which is also a bonus, since this film could have been a very dry watch like a lot of British horror. It was also wonderful to see John Rhys-Davies as the post mortum photographer/inventor/paranormal investigator. Even with the WOKE issue I can highly recommend this film, no alcoholic beverages or wacky weed required…

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B'twixt and Sunrise (2022)

B’twixt and Sunrise aka Twixt (2022)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob's Blog 

I got a freaky one this time, a reedited ghost story by Francis Ford Coppola that stars Val Kilmer…

A writer with a declining career arrives in a small town as part of his book tour and gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he is approached by a mysterious young ghost named V. He's unsure of her connection to the murder in the town, but is grateful for the story being handed to him. Ultimately he is led to the truth of the story, surprised to find that the ending has more to do with his own life than he could ever have anticipated.

This film is an odd mix of art house noir, mystery, horror, and humor. I figure if Coppola hadn’t done Dracula before doing this film it wouldn’t  be as wonderful as it is. I never saw the butchered  2011 version but I can gather it lacked most of the subtext about the writer’s inner monologue, which is the actual heart of this narrative. In this version it comes clear who the killer was. I’m  sure the studio version was a mess that ended up losing money. It is no wonder why Coppla gave Frankenstein to Kenneth Branagh.

If you like freaky films like Pan’s Labyrenth you will find this film an interesting ride. I did.You can find this version of this film on You Tube.

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Hellriser (2017)

Hellriser (2017)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

This time I got a supernatural detective story in the style of Cove Barker’s Harry De Amour..

When their city is rocked by a series of brutal occult murders, veteran detective John Locke and his young partner Terri Keyes are forced to put aside their differences and follow the trail of evidence to a formerly abandoned asylum, where the new owner Dr Unnseine is conducting his own brand of Nazi-inspired "medical research" on the unwilling inmates. One such inmate, the sexy but deadly Annie Dyer, may hold the key to the murders - and to the doorway to Hell itself - if only Locke and Keyes can stay alive long enough to discover what it is.

What if Clive Barker and Charlie Band worked on a horror film together?  I would think the results would be something like this film. After all  title of Hellriser you would think it would have a touch of Barker to it, or be a tacky Hellblazer rip off.

When I first saw this film among a the thumbnails on Tubi TV I was amused. I thought this film would be a joke. I was happily surprised how much I enjoyed this film. It is not a masterpiece, but the story does have a lot of aspects that remind me of Barker’s De Amour stories. Also, it has the comic book, low budget feel of the works of Charles Band, which is one of my favorites.

I was a bit disappointed that they made Detective Locke such an incompetent police officer. But, what I did like about Locke’s storyline was that he was a man who lost his faith because of what happened to his daughter. One of my favorite scenes with Locke was when he warned the prostitute and gave her his extra copy of The Bible. Though teamed up with Locke the young female detective worked out well I did not like the fact that the screenwriter made her the all intelligent woman working with the idiot older white guy. That actually annoyed me. In the story she did all the research and found all the clues while Locke waited for phone calls from the coroner and went out for an alcoholic lunch and checked out after finding each murdered girl.

Now in regard to the nutso doctor at the asylum/specialty clinic, he was the typical German mad scientist/ Nazi torturer. His “therapy” device looked like something out of an old 50s sci Fi movie or Marvel comics.

The atmosphere was very art noire and Z grade horror with heavy shadows and darkened background and heavy red and blue lighting added in. The FX were definite Z grade low budget, which is actually an asset in this case. Unfortunately, there is no demonic makeup. There is a lot of naked lady scenes.

All in all if you want a z grade popcorn paranormal mystery you will enjoy this film. You can currently find this film on Tubi TV…

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Jessabelle (2014)

Review: Jessabelle (2014)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

This time I’m reviewing a ghost story that takes place in the Louisiana Bayou…

Returning to her childhood home in Louisiana to recuperate from a horrific car accident, Jessabelle comes face to face with a long-tormented spirit that has been seeking her return -- and has no intention of letting her escape.

Nothing better than a ghost story located in the Bayou and featuring voodoo. This film oozes atmosphere and the ghost is scary as shit. I love that they use old VHS tapes to reveal the backstory.

I love the design of the ghost. This ghost is oozing with swamp water and is vicious as hell.

The cast does their jobs well. The lead actress royally plays things up just right. And the girl who plays the ghost is frickin’ crazy. She has a near feral nastiness to her performance.

Like my favorite Bayou film The Skeleton Key, this film is a treat for ghost fans and voodoo fans. I highly recommend it…

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Review:RL Stine's Pumpkinhead (2025)

Review: R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead (2025)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

 

I got you a young adult horror film that is promoted as being written by RL Stine…

Sam, his older brother Finn, and his mom move to a farm community. Sam is not at all happy about the move because there is nothing for him to do besides go the the harvest celebration at a creepy old man’s farm at the invitation of the sheriff. Sam to act out steals the farmer’s prize freaky pumpkin which he later finds out is part of a curse the farmer put on the community to get the community a good harvest each year. The cost is a child who becomes the pumpkin and is lost and forgotten at the strike of midnight on Halloween. When Finn finds out Sam stole the pumpkin he tried to give it back to the farmer, but he gets turned into the pumpkin. Everyone forgets Finn exists, except Sam. Now, Sam along with the sheriff’s daughter and a freaky guy who lives in the woods and knows about the curse must find a way to save Finn  and fight their way past the scarecrow who is the guardian of the curse for the clock strike midnight on Halloween night.

Now for one thing this film was clearly credited as being written by a writer other than RL Stine. Also, no where in the credits say it is an adaptation of a RL Stine story and this pisses me off. Give me a break. I expect when I see RL’s name on the film that it will at the very least an adaptation of an RL story or in the case of the two Goosebumps feature film have RL Stine characters and take place in RL’s world he has created. This film has none of that. Yes, this film has a bit of the style of the Goosebumps kids TV series, though it is far more violent and scary at times…Shit, they cut the scarecrow’s head off in one scene and kids actually die, which is a big no no in RL Goosebumps style stories. Also the ending is definitely notupper case something RL would do. The scarecrow design is far scarier than anything in a genuine RL Stine adaptation…Well other than the two season abortion of Goosebumps that came out recently.

Honestly, I think modern teenagers would find this film way too prudish for their tastes. Give me a break most kids now a days start out in horror watching A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13^th. So, this film will not thrill original Goosebumps fans nor young horror fans. Shoot it is as bad as that horrid Spirit Halloween movie that came out a couple years ago. So, as you can gather I wasn’t  thrilled with this film and I refuse to recommend a fraudulent RL Stine film, even though I know RL is getting paid for the use of his name. Sorry, RL, I’m  not supporting you being lazy…

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Dead and Buried (1981)

Review: Dead & Buried (1981)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

 

Sheriff Dan Gillis has a nice life with his wife, the teacher Janet Gillis, in the small coastal and friendly town of Potter's Bluff. When visitors are mysteriously killed in the town, Sheriff Gillis investigates the cases carefully and finds that dead people are reanimating and coming back to life. Dan finds a book of witchcraft and voodoo in his wife's drawer and he suspects that she might be practicing black magic. Dan meets the coroner-mortician William G. Dobbs and learns the dreadful and surprising secret.

Unfortunately, this film was a complete flop in theaters at the time. It was actually six years after the films release that I actually saw it on video. At the time my opinion on this was so so, but over the years I’ve  actually started to like this film. I can say the FX stand up really well. The one scene where the town coroner reconstructs the woman’s face is amazing.

This film is actually one of those rare jewels of horror cinema. It was made in a time of great transition of horror between the more cerebral, psychological, horror and the gore filled slasher era. Also this is not your common zombie film, though it’s  been catalogued as a zombie film. This film is unique and is something to be seen if you like late 70s early 80s horror that goes it’s own way I think you will be surprised by this film…

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The Black String (2018)

Review: The Black String (2018)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

 

Jonathan is a lonely twenty-something, stuck in his home town working night shifts at the local convenience store. When an unexpected encounter with a mysterious woman turns his life upside down, Jonathan is stricken by illness and nightmarish visions. Paranoid and desperate, he launches on a quest across the suburbs to find the seductress who started it all. Friends and family believe he's losing his mind, but Jonathan is convinced he's the target of something far more sinister.

This is a weird film and it is made to be that way. I love it for this. You can either take the route where Jonathon is having a full on paranormal experience or you can go the route where he is having delusions. It is up to the viewer to choose. The filmmaker has done this brilliantly.

The actor playing Johnathan is the glue that holds this film together. It is his performance that adds credence to all the freaky stuff happening.

This is a highly psychological film that makes the viewer think about what they are seeing. Thus, this is not a film for every horror fan. If you are looking for lots of Gore and jump scares this is not the film for you. This film is a frightening game of perception. It is a film I will happily recommend is you are a fan of psychological horror…

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Devon (2024)

Review: Devon (2024)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

This time I got the Pluto TV exclusive found footage film directed by the former reality TV From Jersey Shore star Jenni Farley who was once known as JWwow.

A group of volunteers who answer an ad on cryptic website on the internet go to a shut down asylum to investigate a missing girl named of Devon, who disappeared at the asylum twenty years earlier. But they find that there is more to this place than just it being creepy. Something fatal and possibly paranormal. Paranoia and insanity runs rampant, voices are heard, the screaming starts, and people start disappearing.

To start out I have to say I’m  impressed with this film. I have watched hundreds of found footage films and I have to say that this film is in my top ten. I could tell that Jenni Farley put a ton of love into this film.

Some people think that doing a found footage film is cheap and amateur time. This film was made on a modest budget, it in no way is this film in any way amateurish. Farley uses the darkness of Pentherst Asylum to its advantage. She uses flashlights tactically to show the viewer just what she wants them to see. The effect is horrifyingly claustrophobic. Also she uses sound in unision with the lack of light to add to the terror. In this film the jump scares are purely sound driven with no music.

Also unlike the majority of found footage film you are never bored because there is always something happening. Farley doesn’t waste time she is constantly hitting both the characters and audience on a psychological level.

The acting and characterization is top notch. The actress that steals the show is Rotisha Geter who plays potential psychology professor Alison Roberts. Rotisha’s shows Alison’s journey into paranoia and insanity in a stark and brutal way. You can tell that her performance forced the other members of the cast to up their game.

This film is plain brilliant. It reminds me of the low budget love project over a decade ago by a young director named James Wan, whose first film, SAW, started the torture porn subgenre of horror. Unfortunately,  when Wan started getting big budgets and more mainstream films he lost a lot of that incredible brilliance he has with that first film. I hope that if she can Jenni Farley might be able to retain some of the incredible brilliance I saw her achieve with Devon, but I fear this is a pipedream. The lure of a bigger budget and more toys is way too seductive for a young filmmaker. But for now we have Devon and it is AWESOMETACULAR!!! You can find this film exclusively on Pluto TV for free in its Halloween Hits List. I highly recommend you check this film out while it’s available…

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Review: No Tears in Hell (2025)

Review: No Tears in Hell (2025)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

 

This time I got a serial killer tale that is supposedly based on a true case…

In Alaska's winter darkness, a mother and son transform their home into a house of horrors, drawing homeless people in for abuse, murder, and cannibalism.

This a nastily realistic portrayal of a serial killer. It is brutal yet the gore is not overdone. There is a sadistic honesty about the killings. The portrayals of Alex and his mother both spot on without become a parody. You can see that both of them lack a moral compass. In fact Alex seems to take pride in his work and compares it to Bundy and Dahmer.

If you are not a hardcore slasher fan I  wouldn’t recommend this film to you. But if you are a fan of true crime and find realistic serial killers interesting then you will find this film interesting. In my case I felt a bit dirty watching this film.

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Review: Incident at Loch Ness (2004)

Review: Incident at Loch Ness (2004)

By William Pattison

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This time I got a film by the eccentric filmmaker Werner Hertzog…

This is a mockumentary within a mockumentary. The ensemble cast is a Who's Who of modern filmmaking, from Werner Herzog, independent director (Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Grizzly Man (2005), Rescue Dawn (2006)) playing himself directing a documentary, to cinematographer Gabriel Beristain (of the Blade movies) playing himself, to Sound Recorder/Mixer extraordinaire Russell Williams II (of Independent Lens (1999), Moesha (1996), Training Day (2001)) playing himself, to.. well you get the idea. Throw in the legend of Nessie and you've got a totally hilarious thriller mockumentary directed by Zak Penn.

This is an interesting film that crosses the line between precieved reality and fiction. It successfully tricks you into thinking that you are watching a behind the scenes video of a tacky made Nessie documentary. What I really found amusing is Herzog got well know members of the film industry to enhance this fiction.

Of course once the monster gets involved all hell breaks loose and you are literally sitting and shaking your head at the complete absurdity of the situation. It was actually entertaining in that Oh, no you didn’t way.

So with this said, and yes I’m  not talking about the camera work, acting, or FX. This is one movie that all this doesn’t  matter. This is Werner Herzog being nuts and it is a blast. This is the guy who did a movie about a group of guys moving a boat across the Amazon to get to the river on the other side. This guy is wacko and he is doing a fako movie about him pissing off The Loch Ness Monster and getting members of his crew killed in the process…Fucking right I’m  going to recommend it. Have a party. Get messed up and enjoy… You can find it exclusively on Pluto TV in the On Demand Halloween Hits. Fuck man, you can’t  find it on DVD or anywhere else…

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Review: Bad Kids Go to Hell (2012)

Review: Bad Kids Go to Hell (2012)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

 

This time I got a film that is based on a popular independent graphic novel…lucky me…

The Breakfast Club meets The Grudge in this sexy, dark comedy-thriller! Six prep school kids from Crestview Academy, home to the spoiled offspring of society's elite, find themselves stuck in detention on a frightfully dark and stormy Saturday afternoon. During their 8 hour incarceration, each of the six kids falls victim to a horrible "accident" until only one of them remains. As each of these spoiled rich kids bites the dust, the story takes on a series of humorous and frantic twists and turns. Is one of the kids secretly evening the school's social playing field? Or have the ghosts of prestigious Crestview Academy finally come to punish the school's worst (and seemingly untouchable) brats? One thing is for sure...Daddy's money can't save them now.

Five nasty rotten asshole socials in a haunted library, how could I not love this. This film is truly the horror fan’s Breakfast Club, with truly nasty versions of the stereotypes that horror stole from the John Hughes classic. It even has Judd Nelson in it!!!

This film has wonderful set pieces. The murders are wonderful and the twist at the end was worthy of a full on fist bump. This movie made me smile, it was so good. This film is AWESOMETACULAR!!!  And would suggest it is well worth getting the DVD…This film is currently in the On Demand Halloween Hits section on Pluto TV…

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Review: The Lazarus Effect (2015)

The Lazarus Effect (2015)

This time I’m reviewing a film I first saw right when it came out in 2015 but at the time I wasn’t doing reviews yet so I thought and rewatch it and view it with new eyes, The Lazarus Effect…

*** SPOILER ALERT *** THE LAZARUS EFFECT follows a group of researchers led by Frank and his fiancée, Zoe, who've achieved the unimaginable - bringing the dead back to life. After a successful, yet unsanctioned, trial on a newly deceased animal, the team is ready to unveil their breakthrough to the world. When the dean of their university learns of their underground experiments, their project is unexpectedly shut down and their materials confiscated. Frank, Zoe and their team take matters into their own hands, launching a rogue attempt to recreate their experiment, during which things go terribly wrong and one of their own, Zoe, is horrifically killed. Fueled by terror and grief, Frank pushes them to do the unthinkable: attempt to resurrect their first human test subject. Initially, the procedure appears a success, but the team soon realizes something is wrong with Zoe. As her strange new persona reveals itself, the team quickly becomes stuck in a gruesome reality. They are no longer faced with the question of whether they can bring someone back to life- but rather, the wrath of her return.

This film really reminds me of another film that came round the same time, Frankenstein Syndrome. Both film takes inspiration from the classic Frankenstein story, but this film also takes a bit of inspirations from Stephen King’s Pet Semetary  and the film The Dead Hate the Living in that it has the idea that resurrected dead come back changed and murderously vengeful for being brought back.

Much like in Frankenstein Syndrome our group of characters are not doing authorized research and those that are funding them are corrupt and intended on stealing the work and getting rid of the researchers in the end. Also, one member of the group is a spy working for the corporation.

Also, like Frankenstein, they are successful in doing a resurrection. In the case of this film the subject is a dog whereas in Frankenstein it is a pregnant girl who commits suicide. Also, in the case of this film the main resurrection is a member of the research crew. In Frankenstein it was a security officer who was murdered by his boss because he threatened to tell the authorities about the project because they used his babie’s momma as a test subject. He was shot in the head. In Lazarus the person killed is the head researcher’s fiance. When she is brought back she also brings a long with her her personal hell because as a child she murder in family by burning down her home with them locked in a room. In Hell she spent an eternity reexperiencing her sin. Also, like Frankenstein she can now read minds and use her mind to attack the group who are afraid of her now and want to kill her.

The film itself is brilliantly written. The character are well developed and acted. The FX and production design is fantastic. This director really knew how to use his budget and this film look like it had double the budget. So, all in all I say The Lazarus Effect, like Frankenstein Syndrome is AWESOMETACULAR!!! I also recommend you do a double feature night with Frankenstein Syndrome. My dear friend Tiffany Shepis-Treder would really appreciate that because it is one of her best performances…and she needs the royalty check… You can currently find this film on Pluto TV and Tubi TV...

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Review: VHS Halloween

Review: V/H/S/Halloween (2025)

By William Pattison

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Ok, Gore and Scares, this time I’m jumping into the low budget, twisted, world of the anthology series VHS…this time it’s Halloween…

A collection of Halloween-themed  series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival.

I’m not a huge fan of the VHS series. I usually find them as royally by the numbers anthology horror with very little imagination and not really scary except for a few predicable jump scares. This installment is radically different. This time they’ve uped their game. The writing in this film is worlds better than other installments. The acting is not fantastic but is much improved. Also, the FX are brutal. All and all when it comes to low budget anthology films this one gave me some good entertainment and a couple of scares. More importantly they respected the morality tales they were telling which makes this installment AWESOMETACULAR!!! I highly recommend this film for some good Halloween fun…

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True Haunting (2025)

True Haunting (2025)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

 

Horror virtuoso James Wan applies his spine-tingling filmmaking style to two multipart dramatizations of two real paranormal accounts.

I’m sorry to say, even though I’m a huge James Wan fan, I believe Paranormal Witness did a far better job with their versions of these accounts. The first account worked far better in the 45 minute format. Wan stretching this account into three hour long episodes dragged the action out far too long and made each part really boring. You were waiting for the spirit to show and pretty much all you ended up with was really just a quick jump scare. You the extra time did let you see the person being bothered by the spirit’s emotional stress. But in the end it just wasn’t enough to keep my interest. I had to actually fight myself to keep from checking my social media. That was how bored I was with this production. It was the same with the other account but luckily that one was only two hours long, though I wish in the end I hadn’t wasted my time.

It is sad that a master of horror like James Wan has lost his knack for horror. As much as I love paranormal show I can’t  recommend this Netflix show. Better you check out the two Paranormal Witness episodes of these accounts. They are worlds better. Sorry James. Better luck next time. Don’t redo other people’s works.

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Taku-He (2017)

Taku-He (2017)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

 

While scouting locations for a new feature, a film company finds out about a creature that is terrifying  the town of Riverdale. Intrigued they decide to do a side documentary. The sheriff and the mayor of the town are opposed to the documentary because of fears it will make the town look bad. Still they decide to continue. Then they meet a man obsessed  with the beast he calls the Taku-He. This meeting turns out to be a fatal mistake because they find out the creature is very real and out for blood, their blood.

This film is by far not as bad as some of the reviews on IMDB would make you think. The acting is a lot better than 75 percent of the Big Foot movies I’ve  seen. These people put their “micro” budget to good use, they focused on characterization rather than waste money on huge, expensive scenes. The monster costume is laughable, but they did take the hint from Legend of Boggy Creek and kept the  creature’s face covered with long hair. I just wish they could have afforded a muscle under suit because Taku-He was way too baggy. Also the hand gloves needed some foam in them to make it look better.

Still, I would put this film in the middle in my Big Foot film ranking. Not a masterpiece, but not horrible. So much so that I will recommend this film as at the very least that you’ll get some entertainment out of this film, it you smoke a doobie while watching it…lol…

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The Conjuring Last Rites (2025)

The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

 

So, now I managed to get to see the final installment of The Conjuring film series…

Paranormal investigators, Ed & Lorraine Warren take on their most disturbing case to date. Jack & Janet Smurl and their family, move into a brand new home they've dreamed of, which turned into a nightmare as their home begins to show signs of demonic infestation.

I have to say that this Conjuring is a vast improvement over the earlier installment, The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It. The main weakness with this installment is the same with most of the installments, with the exception of The Conjuring 2. The problem with The Conjuring film is that James Wan and crew in order to turn these cases into a franchise about the adventures of the Warrens, they have rewritten these cases to fit the narrative and connect all the films to the “Rogues Gallery” of demons trying to kill the Warrens. In most cases what this does is change the cases to the point they don’t  even resemble the original sources. This actually caused issues with the Perron family with the original film and made James Wan reluctant to continue the films. He tried to do The Conjuring 2 in a way that he could still put in connective tissues but still do the case justice. Of course with the other “Conjuring Universe” films this fell by the waste side and thing fell totally into fantasy land because of the need to keep the franchise style consistent. Thus, the way the later films of the Warrens’ cases degenerated into. Facts and truth fell away and blockbuster over dramatization and hardcore fictionalization. So, in this film the storyline of Judy Warren and her father’s heart issues takes over and the Smirl case is knocked down to a subplot and fictionalized into being connected to Judy’s birth and of course connecting it all to a certain demon in a doll. Still, this film is at least entertaining, unlike The Devil Made me Do It, which was loosely based on the infamous Demon Murder Case, this I will recommend it. But, if you want to see adaptations of all the Waren’s most infamous cases you can check out the TV movies The Demon Murder Case, The Haunted, and the two pilots for the series A Haunting as well as the episode of Paranormal Witness about the Perron Case. All these present a more respectful retelling of these cases. Either that or turn off the TV and actually read of listen to the audiobooks of these cases.

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Sunrise (2024)

Sunrise (2024)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

 

Now we got a vampire film that is a bit more…Sunrise, and this isn’t THAT Sunrise…

A man, Fallon roams the land as a creature of the night as he comes to terms with tragic loss of his family at the hands of a brutal demagogue, Reynolds.

I really enjoyed this film. This is a modern retelling of the story of the mysterious stranger that come into a town that is under oppression. He helps those in need and delivers justice to those who are the oppressors. It’s sort of like High Plains Drifter with a vampire in the Clint Eastwood part.

This film is wonderfully shot. The acting is good.

Amusingly the director down played Fallon’s vampirism. You don’t  see the vampire teeth or any real physical transformation. When he does drink blood from a cup his eyes become bloodshot for a moment.

Actor Guy Pearce does a fantastic job playing the bigoted bully who controls the town with his mother (played by Olwen Foue’re’) , Renolds. His constant ranting about being a real American because he is obsessed with the land and has to keep outsiders from taking the land for themselves.

Which brings us to the poor Asian family in the community that is the focus of Renalds’ rage.

Crystal Yu, who plays Yan You, and William Gao is great as her son, Edward. Also Riley Chung does a good job as the little daughter Emily.

Together this film is a morality play with just a touch of the supernatural. If you like horror that makes you think, you will enjoy this film. I highly recommend it.

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Boggy Creek (2010)

Review: Boggy Creek (2010)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

 

This time we got yet another Boggy  Creek film. What is this the fourth???

Following the death of her father in a terrible accident, sweet, yet troubled Jennifer and her friends decide to check out her dad's cabin that's located in the deep woods of Boggy Creek, Texas. While staying at said cabin for a week, Jennifer and company run afoul of an evil and vicious monster of local legend that kills men and abducts women.

None of the Boggy Creek films can be said to be pieces of art, but the original is a cult classic that actually started the Big Foot documentary  craze that is still going to present day. Which is why this 2010 film pisses the hell out of me. This is the second Boggy Creek film that has been based on pure fiction just to make money. Return to Boggy Creek from 1977 was fictitious account using the legend of the Faulk monster as the basis. It even had the actress who played Mary Ann in Giligan’s Island in it. The one after that film, Boggy Creek (2000) was more  like the original in that it was based on actual incidents with the Boggy Creek monster and even had Big Foot expert Nick Redfern doing the narration. Of course now we come to this 2010 shit fest. I figure the director wasn’t sure what type of film he wanted to do because this shit show screams slasher film tropes and completely disrespects the community of Faulk and their resident creature. Hey paint the towns people as ignorant rednecks that glare and newcomers psycholically. And then there is the monster and his legend. No time in Faulk history has the creature ripped a human into pieces, but in this movie it seems like a daily thing. Also nowhere in any of the accounts does it say the creature is horny for female humans. AS well, the monster costume looks nothing like the Faulk monster.

Oh, and the soundtrack of this film is annoying as shit. I don’t  usually complain about such things. The fucking thing ruined the atmosphere. Also, the characters are all stereotypes with no real character development at all.

Oh, and the final nail in this film’s casket was that fucked up ending. Give me a fucking break…!

I think the Faulk monster should get a good lawyer and sue these assholes.

Sorry, but I will recommend the original Legend of Boggy Creek and Boggy Creek (2000). Put the DVD for this film in the microwave and turn it on. Then break it into pieces and toss it in the garbage…

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Primative War (2025)

Review: Primitive War (2025)

By William Pattison

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This time we got soldiers Vs dinosaurs with Primative War.

Vietnam. 1968. A recon unit known as Vulture Squad is sent to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing Green Beret platoon. They soon discover they are not alone. The jungle has a dinosaur problem. And now it’s Vultures versus dinosaurs to the death…

For the last fifteen years there have been rumors of a Seagent Rock film dealing with solders fighting dinosaurs in WW2. This film is everything we wanted in that film with just a change of era. This is a fun and brutal film. You have missing limbs and gallons of blood. It is actually more than I expected from the Seagent Rock film. This film uses the dinos as the horrifying monsters the need to be. The CGI is good and these dinos don’t  just lunber around, the destroy. This film is that batch of super nachos lovingly drowned in cheese. The cheese is fun but it doesn’t  get in the way of the action or the gory fun.

This is the film for the movie fan that loves their war film as well as dinosaur films. It’s  a feast for their eyes and even those how are not full on fans will still be entertained. I highly recommend this film and say that in my eyes it is AWESOMETACULAR!!!

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Shock Waves (1977)

Review: Shock Waves (1977)

By William Pattison

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This classic horror movie concerns a shipwrecked yachting party. Rose and her fellow yacht-mates, including the captain run aground on an island when they hit an odd-looking freighter. Once beached, they discover an aging SS Commander who had been in charge of a squad of  Nazi zombies.

Now these castaways must find a way to escape of die at the hands of the Nazi super soldiers.

I have wanted to see this film since I heard about it in the 80s and saw that fantastic poster with the Nazi super soldiers wearing those goggles.

Amusingly, this film really doesn’t feel dated even with the 70s fashions. I also thought the Nazi super soldiers were the most original zombie-like threats, with their fairly normal faces and the white hair. The goggles added a bit of creepiness to their appearance. The only thing I found stupid was that if you rip the goggles off the zombie sokdiers faces they die. Having John Carradine as the boat captain and Peter Cushing as the former SS commander made this film really feel like old home week to me. I really loved this film it was a treat. Unfortunately the gore hounds will be royally disappointed this is a royally bloodless film. You get to see a couple of drowned bodies, but that is as far as it goes. Though this film has a PG rating, in modern terms this film is a firm G rating. Still, if you can get past the rating and lack of red stuff you will be in for a very interesting installment in this genre… So I’m  still recommending it…too bad…

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Review: Death's Sonata (2024)

Review: Death's Sonata (2024)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

This time we got a royally rough slasher film....

Dr. William Fredrickson has been practicing psychotherapy for nearly thirty years. His patients have ranged from pill popping suburban housewives to death row inmates, but there was only one that left a truly lasting impression. Charles has suffered from schizophrenia his entire life. The older he gets the deeper he falls into psychosis. After years of failed therapy and treatment he retreats to his family's old hunting cabin where he spends his days hiding from the voices in his head, trying to ignore the call to action from DEATH, the Grim Reaper himself, who forces him to carry out his work with the threat of Death taking him instead. As the murder rate rises, Dr. Fredrickson suspects his former patient, who left his treatment years ago. Desperate to find Charles, Fredrickson enlists the help of a young patient, Matthew Wilson, who suffers from extreme manic depression. Matthew sets off to find Charles and while following the clues given to him, finds himself in the middle of a police manhunt.

This is not a great slasher film. It is low budget with so so acting and it really shows it’s lack of budget at times. Still, this film is not a loss. It is brutal and nasty. The plot is semi interesting and if you can get past the rough edges and really like hard edge slasher films this might be the film for you. For me I like good story and character work and this film lacks that. But if you like something that is more like a snuff film, here you go. Personally I needed to clean myself after watching this film…

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Review: Witchboard (2025)

Review: Witchboard 

(2024)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

 

Director Chuck Russell (Nightmare on Elm Street 3, The Blob) marks his return to the horror genre with WITCHBOARD. Emily  and her fiancé Christian discover an ancient Wiccan artifact, a pendulum board, as they prepare to open a bistro in New Orleans' French Quarter. Emily becomes obsessed with the board's power of divination and spirit summoning, exposing her to the ancient spirit of the Queen of Witches. Desperate to help his fiancé, Christian seeks the advice of occult expert Alexander Babtiste . But Babtiste has secrets of his own, including his connection to a modern-day coven of witches. A masked ball, murder and mayhem ensue... With each swing of the pendulum, a dangerous game is played with Emily's soul at stake.

This film is more a sequel than a reimagining, even with the original director producing it. The fact that the main evil is the Witch Queen instead of Malfador speaks volumes in this direction. Also the use of the pendulum board over the Ouija board, aka Witchboard. I have to say that this film is a far better produced film than the original, but I find the simplicity of the original as well as Kevin Tenney’s style more to my liking. Not over explaining the evil and not making everything connected made the original more believable to me. The main characters were Innocents that got dragged into the situation. Yes, this version had a far better last act, but the ending of the original was pure low budget 80s gold. I wouldn’t change it. To me the original Witchboard is a horror classic like Night of the Living Dead. It is their flaws that make them special and memorable. And, even though Chuck and Kevin more than likely believe this Witchboard is Witchboard perfected I won’t  remember this new film next week. It’s just another possession movie in a flood of possession movies. I’m not saying I won’t  recommend it. If you are looking for a fun horror movie, this film will do the job. You’ll  be happy with it. It’s  just not something I’d add to my horror collection, just like Witchboard 2. There is only one Witchboard and I really don’t  want another. If I want to watch another Kevin Tenney film I’ll  pull out Witchtrap, which isn’t  a Witchboard sequel or reimagining…

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The Thursday Murder Club (2025)

The Thursday Murder Club (2025)

By William Pattison

For Horror Bob’s Blog

This time I have the pleasure of reviewing a film directed by the iconic director of Gremlins, Christopher Columbus.

The Thursday Murder  Club tells the story of four irrepressible retirees spend their time solving cold case murders for fun. But their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn when one of the owners of their retirement community is brutally murdered and they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands. Now they must help the police solve the murder because the future of their retirement home is at stake.

Though this film is a 2025 film, it has a very 80s feel to it. In fact it reminds me of the classic 80s film where old retired people are the heroes of the story, Cocoon. The actors in this film are fantastic, but give me a break, Chris Columbus has Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosden, Ben Kingsley, Johnathan Pryce, Tom Ellis, and David Tennent in the cast. This film is wonderfully written and produced and it is a film that is character driven and firmly holds your interest, unlike a most of modern films. Unfortunately, this is a Netflix exclusive rather than a theatrical release.

This film is the long awaited Chris Columbus film I’ve  been waiting for. I highly recommend it, it’s  awesometacular.

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