Tag: science fiction

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Playing God

    Playing God: The Horror Movie  Ahh, playing God in horror cinema… A good time for the audience, a bad time for the characters.  Usually some self-indulgent male scientist or doctor, better yet, a pseudo-scientist or pseudo-doctor, has some bright medical idea. And that crazy notion must be explored for it will bring glory and accolades…

  • 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…

  • Flora by Crash

    Flora: Eco-horror If you love the sub-genre of eco-horror films and science fiction, consider Canada’s 2017 independent venture, Flora. Written, produced, and directed by Sasha Luis Vukovic, Flora follows a group of university student botanists into an unchartered forest. The year is 1929, and they are off to connect with their professors and other researchers…

  • The Twilight Zone by Jonny Numb

    Peeleing the Layers of The Twilight Zone NARRATOR:“Meet Jordan Peele – a man whose proficiency with comedy and horror has led to a meteoric rise to Hollywood power. Tonight, Mr. Peele will face his greatest challenge – reviving a beloved television series whose sense of subversion and social conscience resonates to this day. Mr. Peele…

  • Strong Women by Crash

    Strong Women of Horror When it comes to strong women in horror, there seems to be a lot of them. After all, the slasher sub-genre has the perpetual “final girl.” She’s the smart one who doesn’t drink or have sex, and stands up to the big, bad scumbag at the end of the film –…