Category: Crash Analysis

  • The Lost Boys by Angel Ackerman

    The Lost Boys Find a New Fan Today the weather took a turn to wet and drab, and Eva the moody movie-reviewing teen came home from her grandparents with a cold. We used the downtime to watch another film for Billy Crash. The family took a vote and opted for 1987’s The Lost Boys. I…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Sewer Horror

    The Sewer: Gateway to Eww… One would think many a horror film would incorporate a sewer as its setting. After all, we have a dark, smelly, stale, wet, and unwelcoming claustrophobic environment where people are not supposed to tread. There are rats, bacteria, roaches, and disease among the refuse of humanity. It has “horror” written…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: The Ritual

    The Ritual: Does it Live Up to the Novel? Several years ago, Adam Nevill’s novel, The Ritual made an impression upon horror fans around the globe. This year, Netflix released the feature version of the narrative. The Last Knock podcast takes a close look at The Ritual, including its themes and characters, as well as how…

  • Dracula by Angel Ackerman

    Dracula’s Bite Regulars on the Crash Palace Productions web site and blog already should know the basic premise of the duo Angel Ackerman and Eva Parry—we’re a mother/daughter team reviewing horror movies that my almost-fourteen-year-old otherwise would not watch. The movies we’ve reviewed chronicle pretty much all of her horror feature experience, though she is…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: The Ruins 10th Anniversary

    The Ruins Celebrates Ten Years of Horror For some reason, Carter Smith’s The Ruins hasn’t earned the accolades it deserves, but with its ten year anniversary, maybe fans should give it another go – or take a gander for the first time. Based on Scott B. Smith’s best selling novel, Jonathan Tucker, Shawn Ashmore, Jena…