Category: Crash Reports

  • My Journey Toward The Gates of Hell by Jonny Numb

    A Tale of Two Blockbusters I’ll admit it: I get nostalgic for my family’s Friday-night trips to our local Blockbuster Video. While people bemoan its existence as a beastly corporation that homogenized the video-rental experience, no two stores were completely alike. It was also the first place I ever saw a VHS copy of Lucio…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Siege Horror

    Siege Horror: Can You Hold Out and Survive?  What makes horror work is bringing the fear. Yes, the uncanny and “the other” are present – but suspense and desperation also make for one hell of a ride. In the intense sub-genre of siege horror, action and angst conspire to keep audiences on edge. We’ve seen…

  • The Roots in the Blood: The Persistence of Folk Horror by Kim McDonald

    The Roots in the Blood Horror never goes away. It may lay low for a while, but as long as humans remain and are forced to confront their nature, and their precarious place in the environment, horror movies continue to be one of the most viable aspects of the business. In the same vein, despite…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents Horror Theater

    Horror Theater: A Trip to the Movies  In a quarantined world thanks to COVID-19, watching the new great horror on a giant screen at your local theater has been interrupted. Well, temporarily at least. And even if you’re not a fan of heading out to the movie house, maybe this The Last Knock episode will…

  • Best Japanese Horror Films by Crash

    Best Japanese Horror: From 150 Features A lover of all things Japanese, I’m ashamed that I have only watched 150 films from the stellar island nation. Besides so many movies and so little time, Japanese horror films are not afraid to bring the bizarre and uncomfortable to the screen. And when considering Japanese horror, these…