Really Awful Movies

The Last House on the Left

With no apologies to fans of Scream, The Last House on the Left is Wes Craven’s second best, a masterpiece that’s a cut below the all-time great A Nightmare on Elm Street because of the latter’s sublime creativity. This one’s a gut-punch, as unrelenting and uncompromising as they come. And one of the more harrowingContinue reading “The Last House on the Left”

When Evil Lurks

Why Shudder opted for bichrome Children of the Corn-styled thumbnail art, rather than the terrifying Dali-esque almost AI rustic vibes (above) to push When Evil Lurks is anyone’s guess. It might be that the subscription video service wanted to lure in viewers of more conventional slasher fare, a fool’s gambit, as streaming site subs areContinue reading “When Evil Lurks”