Horror Villain of the Week: Esther Coleman
Born with a rare hypopituitary disorder, Esther Coleman aka Leena Klammer is a grown woman who looks like a 9-year-old girl. She manipulates families into adopting her, tries to seduce the husband of the family, and kills everyone if things don’t go her way.
Horror Villain of the Week: Samara Morgan
Born with supernatural powers that can cause animals and people around her to go insane and kill themselves, Samara Morgan was eventually murdered by her adopted parents but came back as a vengeful ghost that unleashed a cursed video on the world that allows her to kill anyone who sees it after 7 days.
Horror Villain of the Week: Albert Shaw
Albert Shaw aka The Grabber terrorized a Denver suburb in the 70s, kidnapping young boys and locking them in his basement before ultimately killing them.
Horror Villain of the Week: Rose O’Hara
The leader of the True Knot cult, Rose the Hat and her followers hunt down and kill children who have the Shining, absorbing their psychic essence called “steam” which allows them to live for centuries and maintain and enhance their psychic powers.
Review: All About Evil
Now available on Shudder, Natasha Lyonne stars in the 2010 cult horror movie All About Evil, which is an homage to cult and midnight movies as theater owner Deborah Tennis boosts attendance with a series of original horror shorts, but the audience is unaware that Deb is actually murdering people and filming it for her “art”.
Review: Jurassic World: Dominion
Being billed as the “conclusion to the Jurassic era” and closing out the Jurassic Park/World storyline, Jurassic World: Dominion has some fun moments and the very welcome return of the OG Jurassic Park trio of Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum but is overall kind of a bloated finale that is neither truly terrible nor particularly great.
Review: Scare Zone
A real killer stalks a haunted attraction, picking off the staff one by one, in the slasher horror movie Scare Zone, which was partially filmed on location at Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights.
Review: Top Gun: Maverick
There have been numerous “legacy sequels” of varying degrees of quality over the last few years but Top Gun: Maverick easily stands out as one of, if not the, best ones yet with, among other things, some truly jaw-dropping aerial action.
Review: Chip N Dale: Rescue Rangers
Beloved to almost every 90s kid, The Disney Afternoon has already seen one fantastic reboot in the former of the excellent new Ducktales and now Chip N Dale gets their shot at a comeback with the absolutely hilarious and thoroughly meta new Disney+ movie, Chip N Dale: Rescue Rangers.
Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
A fun but somewhat messy ride, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness continues to explore the alternate universes of the MCU and pits Doctor Strange and his new ally America Chavez up against a powerful magical threat that threatens all of reality.