Category: Film Reviews

By Scott Dorward “It’s such fun being a night person…” Frightmare (UK, 1974) Pete Walker is a British national treasure. Admittedly, he is the kind of treasure you hide in the cupboard under the stairs…

By Scott Dorward Hagazussa (Austria, 2017) As regular listeners of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias may have noticed, I love folk horror. For someone who has lived in cities almost all his life, there…

By Scott Dorward The Baby (USA, 1973) One of my goals with the October Horror Movie Challenge is to watch films that reflect the wide range of horror cinema. This means seeking out productions that…

By Scott Dorward After Midnight (USA, 2019) Last year, I watched Jeremy Gardner’s The Battery as part of my October Horror Movie Challenge. While I am thoroughly burnt out on zombie films, The Battery was…

By Scott Dorward Isle of the Dead (USA, 1945) Throughout the 1940s, Val Lewton was the mastermind behind some of the greatest horror films ever made. It is unusual to credit a producer in this…