This is the third in the Purge movie series, which depicts a horrific "future" America where an annual holiday known as The Purge is used to "cleanse" the people for the rest of the year. Basically, on Purge day, all laws are suspended for 12 hours and people just go around killing each other. Funny thing is, no one mentions anything about insider trading or tax…

Told through found footage, this horror movie shows a Maryland seaside community's deadly July 4th outbreak of a mutant parasite in the water supply. The host of the footage is a fresh-faced news reporter (Kether Donahue) who witnessed the events firsthand and managed to survive without being infected. The gore is definitely top-notch, but the "story" is rather lacking. It's literally just a series…

This new feature film adaptation of Stephen King's 1986 novel of the same name takes a much different approach than the 1990 TV mini-series. The dark and gritty tone make it one of the creepiest movies of the last several years. If you are unfamiliar with the story by now, there is something wrong with you. Basically, a group of kids band together in…

Everything you thought you knew about shark movies should just be thrown out the damn window. Billed as a 3-D movie (the awful blue and red kind), Jaws 3 goes to great lengths to point stuff at the screen. The main character Mike Brody is played by Dennis Quaid. He and his younger bro character, Sean, are the only link back to the other…

Here we go again with the giant shark attacking swimmers on vacation and the one local sheriff who can stop it. This time around, Spielberg wanted nothing to do with the production, but the producers were eager to cash in on the massive box office success of the first movie. Returning cast included Roy Scheider (the sheriff), Lorraine Gary (the sheriff's wife), and Murray…

It's almost one of those "so bad it's good" horror movies, except it never really succeeds at anything. After being killed in action in Kuwait, Sam Harper's body is returned to his family, only to wake up on 4th of July as an undead, crispy critter that wants to kill a few people who aren't being good 'Muricans. He slays a pervy dude first…

It's never safe to go back in the water and most kids stayed very far away from the beach after this movie came out. Stephen Spielberg crafts a terrifying tale from the novel by Peter Benchley about a great white shark hunting near a summer tourist island. Not only is it one of the best summer horror/suspense movies, but also my favorite 4th of…

So, you thought you'd have to wait until October to get some new horror movie reviews? You were dead wrong. Starting on July 1st, I'll be reviewing seven movies to celebrate the carnage that is our Independence Day. Here is the tentative list of mayhem: Uncle Sam (1996) Jaws (1975) The Purge: Election Year (2016) The Bay (2012) Jaws 2 (1978) You Are Not…