Ten years later: Victor Crowley lives, and the fourth film in the Hatchet series, aptly titled Victor Crowley, just so happens to be the best one. Everything about it works, from its blood splattering deaths and dismembered limbs, to its fast-paced, campy tone. It may also be the funniest. Goddammit, Hatchet fans, you’re in for a treat.…
I decided to check out The Boogey Man on the recommendation of Paul Farrell (@paulisgreat2000 – look him up) and was very pleasantly surprised by what I found. This underseen gem from 1980 is a slasher film that also bears hallmarks of possession and theological horror, all rolled into one surprisingly effective package. The Boogey…
A Perfect Circle has released its new single, “The Doomed.” The track is the first music to be heard from the multi-platinum outfit’s highly anticipated 2018 full-length. “Fourteen years have passed since we released eMOTIVe,” said singer Maynard James Keenan. “A new release is long overdue. In light of this current difficult and polarized social,…
For better or for worse, I’ve never been an earplugs-at-concerts kind of guy, so when (not “if”) I eventually lose part of my hearing when I’m older, surely I’ll have METZ to blame/thank in part. Canadian punks and noise rockers METZ made a lot of noise up on The Outer Space Ballroom’s stage…and I mean a…
Hearing A-ha’s “Take On Me,” one might think of its black and white pencil sketched video, those lock step keys that infiltrate your brain, or maybe even Chris Kattan’s croon from Corky Romano. (OK, so maybe not that last one.) Needless to say, the synth-pop jam dominated the world as one of the biggest songs of the…
Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) and Atticus Ross have a proven track record of creating lush soundscapes for films. Their work, to name a few, has provided the soundtrack for Gone Girl, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and The Social Network, which helped the duo pocket both a Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Their collaborations…
Sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick may have died in 1982, but his futuristic, dystopian tales are still bending minds and influencing our culture. The highly anticipated Blade Runner 2049 just hit theaters this past weekend, starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, and is the sequel to the Ridley Scott film adapted from Dick’s Do Androids Dream…
Watching a live Best Coast show feels like attending a booze-soaked bonfire on the California coast. It’s warm and uplifting on the surface, but deep down you’re hiding insecurities and uncertainties while staring at strangers bathed in orange. Singer Bethany Cosentino puts herself out there, from her feelings of anxiety and sadness to her self-awareness…
Riley Sager’s Final Girls modernizes a horror trope and spins it into a character piece about what happens after horror hits home. The “final girl,” a notion well known to slasher fans, is the sole survivor of a horror film. She’s the one woman who bests the killer to survive whatever horrifying ordeal was laid out…
Nostalgia doesn’t seem to go out of fashion and Spotify is banking on it. The service recently introduced “Your Time Capsule” playlists, which aim to send you straight back to high school with the tap of a finger. Spotify is boasting “two hours of iconic throwback tracks,” which according to my personal lineup is mostly…