Loron Hays

There are so many ways in which a modern movie about a hammer-wielding god from Old Norse mythology could fail. Oh, so many ways. Thankfully, under the kinetically skilled direction of Shakespearean w...
In the afternoon of Day Two at Texas Frightmare Weekend – long before the rainy weather tried to sour the day – Roger Corman, wearing a black Sharktopus running jacket, sat down with Frank’s Reel Revi...
In the early morning hours before Day 3 of Texas Frightmare Weekend, Frank’s Reel Reviews caught up with actor – no, scratch that – the silver screen icon of all things badass and beautiful, Sid Haig....
Day two of the Texas Frightmare Weekend began with the ever famous Zombie Walk. Sponsored by Moxley Manor, the walk took its participants from Freeport Parkway by HWY 114 and straight on in to the fro...
The official start day of all things terrorific has begun, Horror Hounds and Hordettes! And from the looks of it, Dallas is in for one hell of a grisly weekend. The doors opened around 5pm and hundred...
When a successful franchise hits film number five, it’s time to pay it some well-earned attention. Finally graduating from the street racing culture, Fast Five , reinvigorated by a return of nearly al...
Who is Johnny Marco? The world knows him as a famous Hollywood celebrity, but he himself can’t pin down his own being. Perhaps it’s the drugs, the alcohol, the woman, and the schedule that has numbed....
I wish every family reunion could be this weirdly exciting. They aren’t. There’s a reason most people groan at the very thought of reunions, yet most of us don’t imagine the horror of it all. Enter wr...
There’s no denying the intelligence of Steven Spielberg’s A.I. nor is there any denying of the film’s passion toward the subject of human responsibility toward technology. The subject broached isn’t.....
Not only will the last weekend in April here in Dallas, Texas belong to my fellow Horror Hounds and Hordettes in attendance at Texas Frightmare Weekend, but it will also be the start of some pretty as...
As inconsequential as it is, Jeremiah Chechik’s Benny & Joon remains a charming look at one young couple’s handling of love and separation anxiety. With the opening music provided by the Scottish duo...
Entering into the ever-changing world of twitter and facebook status updates must be a hard task to accomplish for a 90s-based movie franchise. Scream made its mark back in 1996 with some clever lines...
Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) is no man’s hero. He’s a dark and harrowing beast of a man; lonely in his cave-like taxi and lonelier still in a crowd of people. His frustration as a Vietnam veteran an...
Connecting more with the anguish and anxiety of age rather than the concerns a child might feel, The Incredibles flexes its muscles as Pixar’s grand attempt (an experiment of sorts that led...
Danny McBride is my knight in shining armor. His comedic chops and loopy characters, always with their undeserved swagger, can rescue me from any prolonged mood of supernatural dourness...