Tag: Gore

  • 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…

  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) by Jonny Numb

    Texas Chainsaw Massacre: An Unwieldy Franchise Let’s face it: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has been a franchise as sluggish and lumbering as its iconic villain – and as unwieldy as his cherished weapon – for decades now. Since its first sequel (directed by series originator Tobe Hooper) in 1986, the cannibal family has been subjected…

  • Top 6 Swedish Horror Films

    Top Six Swedish Horror Films Yes, I want to visit Sweden for its people and culture, as well as its rotten shark delicacy. But Sweden has also produced some quality horror films, especially after 2000. Best Swedish Horror Here’s their best of the best in ascending order:   6. The Monitor (aka Babycall; Norway/Germany/Sweden, 2011) 3.5…

  • Top 6 New Zealand Horror Films

    Top Six New Zealand Horror Films New Zealand is the land of the kiwi. Yes, that is a moniker for the people of the beautiful island based upon the kiwi bird (thanks to cartoonists from the early 1900s). Though the island for its civility and beauty, they have produced some high quality horror films. Comedy…

  • Halloween Kills by Jonny Numb

    Halloween Kills: The Specter of Looming Expectation (This review contains SPOILERS) The real boogeyman hanging over 2018’s Halloween was not Michael Myers, but the specter of looming expectation. After all, this was the film that wiped the prior sequel-slate clean to deliver what was thought to be the definitive sequel to 1978’s Halloween. Director David…