Tag: film review

  • Best 9 Canadian Horror Films by Crash

    Canadian Horror: Oh, Thank You Canada To date, I’ve enjoyed 201 Canadian horror films. Here is the best of the best…   The Changeling 1980 5 stars One of the best haunted house films of all time. Thanks to a powerful performance by George C. Scott, stellar storytelling from William Gray and Diana Maddox, phenomenal…

  • THE LAST KNOCK podcast presents: Barnyard Horror

    Barnyard Horror: On the Farm  There’s more horror films that take place on the farm, leaving “barnyard horror” as a sub-genre some might fight for. The Last Knock plows through its share of barnyard horror to discover which ones wield a good crop of entertainment. Crop Rotation We explore the overly cultivated, such as the Children…

  • Anna and the Apocalypse by Jonny Numb

    Anna and the Apocalypse: A Fresh Spin on the Horror Musical? When it comes to teen-angst, coming-of-age comedy-dramas, I’m always ready and willing to be manipulated into a nostalgic mindset. I’m still a sucker for The Breakfast Club. I love Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. In the horror realm, Life After Beth and Night of the…

  • Doctor Sleep by Jonny Numb

    Doctor Sleep: A Pleasing Convergence Doctor Sleep could’ve been a clusterfuck. Instead, it’s a pleasing convergence. The timeline for The Shining universe is as follows: Stephen King’s novel was published in 1977. Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation was released in 1980. Notoriously critical of Kubrick’s take, King adapted the novel as a TV miniseries (directed by…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Climax

    Take it to the Climax?  Billy Crash didn’t know Gaspar Noe’s film Climax was a horror until Jonny Numb told him so. Hailed by many as an extended dance video, The Last Knock takes a closer look into the latest from the French director. The man behind the intense Irreversible and the journeyman Enter the…