Article
The Friday The 13th Film Power Rankings
Hey there, campers. Are you ready for another scintillating installment of our horror franchise power rankings, this time for the blood-curdling series…
Articles by Alex Kirschenbaum
Article
The Jason Voorhees Power Rankings
Jason Voorhees, the Friday The 13th masked mass murderer who has terrorized horny teenagers at camp sites for generations, has had many…
Article
The Friday The 13th Soundtrack Song Power Rankings
With yet another Friday the 13th upon us, it’s high time to dig into a now fairly-outmoded Hollywood practice, the synergistic soundtrack…
Article
The Rock
After spending decades proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that he was far more than just James Bond, seven-time 007 Sean…
Article
Werewolf of London
With a full moon gracing us just in time for Halloween 2020, this critic decided to revisit one of the less-loved Universal…
Article
Alphabet City
The appealingly atmospheric crime thriller Alphabet City (1984) debuts on Blu-ray this fall courtesy of Fun City Editions. Directed by Amos Poe,…
Article
Fade To Black
Fade To Black, released 40 years ago today, is a deliciously demented, and surprisingly tragic, slice of meta-cinema. The tale of a…
Article
Money Plane
This past summer’s VOD Lawrence Brothers sensation Money Plane marks a bit of a digression as a recommendation from this fan. It…
Article
Mid-Quarantine Cinema
Four months ago, we assessed the possible futures of post-quarantine cinema. Premium Video On Demand (PVOD) was on the upswing, after apparently…
Article
The Bill & Ted Character Power Rankings
“The only true wisdom comes in knowing that you know nothing.” -Socrates There’s a reason screenwriters Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson made…
Article
JustWatch Comes To Trailers From Hell!
Excellent news, TFH maniacs! Trailers From Hell now comes equipped with a JustWatch function for every single trailer commentary. What is JustWatch,…
Article
Wild At Heart
David Lynch’s demented crime fantasy Wild At Heart was unleashed upon an unsuspecting nation 30 years ago today. A violent, angry road…
Article
Flatliners
Late great visual stylist Joel Schumacher’s death-defying science fiction thriller Flatliners (1990) turns 30 today. It’s a classic, positively Frankenstein-ian examination of…
Article
Real Genius
Grab some popcorn and pull up a chair, it’s a moral imperative that we celebrate the 35th birthday of Martha Coolidge’s science…
Article
The Lost Boys
“One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach … All the damn vampires.” -Grandpa (Barnard Hughes), The Lost Boys…
Article
Palm Springs
Let’s get this out of the way right off the bat: Groundhog Day can never be touched. The “time loop” narrative conceit…
Article
The Possible Futures Of Post-Quarantine Cinema
So what might movie watching look like after some brilliant scientists have innovated a widely-available vaccine for COVID-19? Do you want the…
Article
Bride of the Monster
Before we delve too deeply into the weeds, this viewer finds it imperative to make two big caveats. First, any finished movie,…
Article
From Beyond
Indescribable shapes both alive and otherwise were mixed in disgusting disarray, and close to every known thing were whole worlds of alien,…
Article
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Happy Friday the 13th, Campers! It’s time to talk about the high water mark of the Friday the 13th saga, Friday the…
Article
Beetlejuice
There never has been (nor will there ever be) anything quite like Beetlejuice, that inimitable horror comedy concoction hailing from the demented…
Article
The Muppet Movie
“A frog and a bear, seeing America!” -Fozzie Bear, The Muppet Movie There was a time, not too long ago, when the…
Article
Pet Sematary (1989)
Spoilers for all three Pet Sematary films abound throughout this review. Read on, if you dare. TFH Guru Mary Lambert‘s excellent, intense…
Article
Lords of Chaos
Writer/director (and former Bathory drummer) Jonas Åkerlund’s new black metal murder dramedy Lords of Chaos has really stuck with this critic since I…
Article
Misery
Author’s Note: Some spoilers populate this review, because it’s impossible to thoroughly appraise Misery without unpacking some of the film’s more macabre elements. The…
Article
The Halloween Film Power Rankings
John Carpenter’s immortal 1978 Halloween was never built to have one sequel, let alone eight (plus two movies in a remake series). Though it…