Category: Crash Analysis

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Rob Zombie’s Halloween

    Rob Zombie’s Halloween: Turning the Knife 15 Times  Rob Zombie’s Halloween reboot from Dimension Films has been trashed by many a horror fan over the past fifteen years. Granted, this comes from those enamored with John Carpenter’s original from 1978. Well, it’s hard to argue when many consider the Carpenter version to be the penultimate slasher…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Best Horror Films 2021

    Best Horror Films 2021: Too Many to Choose From? There have been some solid films to make development of the Best Horror Films 2021 list a daunting task. Yet, after watching 100 of last year’s films, Crash and Numb have worked diligently to bring that list down to the best of the best. On the podcast,…

  • The Black Christmas Universe by Jonny Numb

    Black Christmas: A Dark Universe Christmas has come and gone, and after two years of dread-filled build-up for obvious (familial tensions; economic worry) and not-so-obvious (whose ominous cold symptoms will cancel the party?) reasons, the world has had to adjust to alternative ways of carrying on with time-tested traditions.   Thankfully, the annual “Is Die…

  • Ghosts of Mars: An Appreciation by Jonny Numb

    Ghosts of Mars: Love for the Red Planet Not too long ago, Billy Crash christened Ghosts of Mars John Carpenter’s worst movie. Rapper-turned-actor Ice Cube had similarly negative feelings toward it. Even Carpenter himself went into self-imposed exile for 9 years after the film’s release (and subsequent box-office failure). Out of 108 tallied reviews on…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: A Quiet Place

    A Quiet Place: Makes Some Noise In 2018, John Krasinski and company brought us A Quiet Place. An instantly popular horror film, the film gave birth to a new franchise. The movie also cemented Krasinski as a screenwriter and director. What Works, What Does Not Family is at the heart of A Quiet Place, where a…