Loron Hays

There is a moment in Insidious ’ latest chapter that makes it all worthwhile. Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) is tiptoeing through the nooks and crannies of her own house following the oily footprints of a...
Dan Curtis is a relative god among men when it comes to producing and directing American horror television programs. From creating Dark Shadows to bringing life into investigative reporter Carl Kolcha...
Director Eli Roth ( Cabin Fever , Hostel , The Green Inferno ) turns his back on gore with his take on Peter Traynor’s 1977 exploitation movie Death Game . Knock Knock is, at once, a much better film...
Operating along the same guidelines as a raging bull in a china shop, James Roday’s directorial-debut Gravy , now appreciating a solid release on blu-ray thanks to Scream! Factory, is a gonzo-spirited...
With the release of Jackie Chan’s Rumble in the Bronx and First Strike on blu-ray this week Warner’s back catalog of New Line titles finally begin their much-delayed martial arts HD rollout. These are...
Wow. To think it was just earlier this week that I wrote about how gruesome Eli Roth’s The Green Inferno is and why that graphic repugnance is much needed in our uber-safeguarded world. Following in s...
Writer/director Eli Roth ( Cabin Fever, Hostel I & II, and Aftershock ) might just need to be crowned the new King of Putrid. A self-confessed connoisseur of gore and Grindhouse alum, Roth’s work in t...
John Carpenter’s Christine is a masterpiece. There. I said it. There’s simply no other way to put it. Criminally underrated by damn near every critic, its release this week on blu – thanks to Sony Ent...
When Olive Films announced that they would be releasing Republic's The Invisible Monster , a 12-part serial from 1950, on blu-ray my excitement shot through the roof. Audiences (myself included) would...
Stitching with a thick thread of isolation, director Bruce McDonald explores a day full of horror as one teen is left alone on Halloween night after receiving a whole lot of unexpected news. Something...
God bless Burgess Meredith. I mean really. God bless him. Whether cantankerous, goofy, or playing a booklover facing a world without people and spectacles, his performances dramatically elevates the m...
Hailing from the early years of the Blaxploitation movement in cinema, Jim Brown in 1972’s Slaughter is one helluva serious bad ass. He never smiles and puts EVERYONE in his or her place. The film – a...
With strong hues of murderous reds and neon blues, Tobe Hooper’s follow-up to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has always been regarded as a stylized mess. It is neither good enough nor horrible enough to...
Remember when actor/director Kenneth Branagh used to draw fiery criticisms for his lengthy and highly-charged adaptations? The monumental mounting of Shakespeare’s unabridged version of Hamlet , visua...
If people are STILL complaining about the lack of quality female-centered stories and NOT watching Marvel’s Agent Carter then something is seriously wrong with them. Marvel Studios has answered the ca...