-
Sinners in the Hands of an Indifferent God – CARNAGE PARK (2016) by Jonny Numb
(Author’s Note: this article is not intended as an endorsement or condemnation of Christian belief. Mentions of God and Christ will defer to the pronoun “he.”) This review contains SPOILERS. “The coin don’t have no say.” – Carla Jean (Kelly Macdonald), No Country for Old Men There’s a scene following a bank heist that’s ripped…
-
THE LAST KNOCK horror podcast presents: Coming of Age Horror
Coming of Age or Rage? It’s a new year and a new you, or something like that. But what if you’re a kid, a tween, caught between that no-man’s-land of prepubescence and burgeoning adulthood? Hell, we know that isn’t easy. Many Coming of Age Horror films indulge in kids caught in the transition. Unlike other…
-
Highways of Horror – Day I
If there was a storm coming right now, a big storm, from behind those mountains, would it matter? Would it change anything? Arash – A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night In the rearview there’s nothing. No horizon. No distinction between the road and the sky. Nothing but black on black. This can easily indicate…
-
Before You Buy the DVD: BLAIR WITCH (2016) by Jonny Numb
[89 minutes. R. Director: Adam Wingard] Summer, 2016. I took my seat in the theater and furrowed my brow at a trailer that seemed familiar. Kids in the woods. Handheld POV. Oops, someone dropped the camera! Blurbs from high-profile horror sites superimposed over panoramic aerial views of dense forests. Ominous, droning music. The title? The…
-
HOLIDAYS (2016) – Seasonal Anthology Affective Disorder by Jonny Numb
[105 minutes. Unrated. Director: Various.] Today’s horror anthologies have an enthusiasm in approach, but a laziness in execution. A common notion among fiction-writers is that short stories are more difficult than novels because of the compressed format. The same applies to short films; the fact that expectations are tempered to 10 – 15 minutes requires…
