Category: Film Reviews

Dark Ride (2006): When Entertainment Becomes Deadly – By Baron Craze

The amusement park version of a dark ride is meant to terrify you for a few minutes, then get you safely back to laugh about the thrills. Craig Singer’s Dark Ride asks what would happen if the ride became a hunting ground, hence he wrote the script with Robert Dean Klein. The film was produced…


Hatchet (2006): Welcome to the Swamp! – By Baron Caze

Some horror movies attempt to reinvent the wheel, others try to provoke the audience, and then there are some that simply want to drag you into the swamp and have a good time doing it. Hatchet falls squarely in the latter category, but that isn’t to say this 2006 slasher from Adam Green is without…


Insidious (2010) – By Creepy Crazy Cathy (3C)

I thought I would review Insidious since a new film in the franchise is being released later this year. This first film in the Insidious franchise which first came to theaters through FilmDistrict and directed by James Wan, known for  Saw [2004], Dead Silence [2007], The Conjuring [2013] and many more and is working again…


Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010) – By Creepy Crazy Cathy (3C)

I first saw Tucker and Dale vs Evil with my husband a few years ago, and honestly, I wasn’t expecting much beyond the usual horror-comedy mix. But something about it just hit differently. I found myself laughing way more than I thought I would, I’ve enjoyed stuff like Shaun of the Dead (2004) that one’s…


Peelers (2016) – By Baron Craze

Sevé Schelenz (Skew [2011]) reportedly avoided tossing in gratuitous nudity for his second horror outing. Instead, he built the concept around a strip club setting – giving birth to the Canadian comedy-horror Peelers. On paper, it’s a clever workaround. In execution, however, screenwriter Lisa DeVita making her debut delivers a script that largely misses the…


The Ghost Breakers (1940) – By Baron Craze

*NOTE:  Cinematic lovers and fans of The Horror Times, this review deals a few disgusting habits of the late 30s and early 40s mainly regarding race; however, the film is a horror-comedy spoof, that in life avoidance is never good sometimes you need to face disrespectful attitudes head on and note the era in which…


Abigail (2024) – By Creepy Crazy Cathy (3C)

I thought I’d review this film before the new Scream movie comes out next month and the Ready or Not sequel due in March since the directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett made Scream [2022], Scream VI [2023], and Ready or Not [2019]. Of course, Abigail’s story doesn’t have anything to do with Scream, however…


Husk (2011) – By Baron Craze

Whenever one drives past the vast landscape of hundreds of rows of towering cornfields regardless if it’s fresh green or wilted brown stalks the same thoughts often occur what a place for a horror scene. Director Brett Simmons (Animal [2014]) thought the same thing, first with his short film Husk (2005) and later the full…


The Task (2011) – By Baron Craze

The short-lived television series MTV Fear [2000-2002] which would have about five contestants set at an allegedly haunted location with the participants complete dares. Hence fast forward to 2011, and this British flick (primarily filmed in Bulgaria) directed by Alex Orwell, written by Kenny Yakkel (Dead Air [2009]), which was produced by Christopher Milburn (An American…


Chosen Survivors (1974) – By Baron Craze

The 1970s was an incredible decade for the genres of horror and sci-fi with thrillers being incorporated into both and plenty of crossovers, there were so many avenues to explore, as society was changing as did the norms in the movies. One of the key elements was apocalyptic concerns that extended to doomsday scenarios and…