This Christmas Hollywood is offering a gift to creature-feature fans that might turn out to be just another lump of coal.
Category: scary movies
The 10 best horror films now streaming on Amazon Prime for Halloween 2025 (reviewed)
The world can be a very disturbing place right now, what with all the political violence and starving kids and fear of nuclear war and such.
The Chilliwack Independent Film Festival features a 10th anniversary screening of Patrick Brice’s Creep
One of the festival's highlights is a screening of Creep, director/co-writer/co-star Patrick Brice's unnerving indie horror flick.
The scary season is upon us, so here’s the five best horror films now streaming for free on Tubi, reviewed
The world is a scary and disturbing place right now, what with all the death and destruction and the prospect of nuclear war.
Horrible horror: 10 godawful fright flicks that earned a zero rating from me on Rotten Tomatoes
Between 1987 and 2018 I reviewed over 350 horror movies when they were released in Vancouver, and there were some absolute stinkers in there.
10 underrated horror movies ranked “Rotten” on Rotten Tomatoes
Sometimes the scary movies on Rotten Tomatoes get unfairly evaluated, receiving "Rotten" ratings when, in my books, they're "Fresh" as hell.
The 10 best horror films now streaming on Netflix, reviewed
As a life-long fan of horror movies--which started when I was a little kid and got scared spitless by It! The Terror From Beyond Space--I always try to turn people on to the best scary flicks around.
The 10 best horror films now streaming on Tubi, reviewed
The world is a very scary and disturbing place right now, what with all the death and destruction in the Middle East and Ukraine, the prospect of nuclear war, the terrifying hurricanes in the States, and whatnot.
10 horror movies shot in Metro Vancouver: the good, the bad, and the freakin’ godawful
The scary season is upon us again, so here's my freelance reviews of 10 select horror flicks, originally published between 1988 and 2012.
In praise of The Exorcist, one of the greatest horror movies ever made
"The film became something else," mused The Exorcist actor Max von Sydow. "It became some kind of a mental test."
Discovering that Jerry Seinfeld’s taste in VHS horror was pretty lame
By Steve Newton I was just watching an old Seinfeld rerun—a 1996 episode called “The Shower Head” where Jerry and his buddies are forced to purchase “black market” showerheads through Newman because they can’t get enough water pressure to decently rinse their hair—and noticed something interesting. At the part in the show where Elaine corners Jerry’s mom on the … Continue reading Discovering that Jerry Seinfeld’s taste in VHS horror was pretty lame
That time Sigourney Weaver had a gas trying out the Alien flamethrower
By Steve Newton Back in 2015 somebody posted this photo on Reddit of Sigourney Weaver trying out the flamethrower from Alien on the backlot lawn of Shepperton Studios in 1978. They didn't wimp out with CG back then. This was the real deal. Notice no one is standing too close. Director Ridley Scott's decision not to f**k around … Continue reading That time Sigourney Weaver had a gas trying out the Alien flamethrower
Five more recommended horror flicks now streaming on Tubi
By Steve Newton Last year I posted a blog in which I named five of my fave scary movies showing for free on Tubi. Well, now that you've had more than enough time to see all of those several times, here’s my original reviews of five more worthy horror flicks now streaming on Tubi for … Continue reading Five more recommended horror flicks now streaming on Tubi