Crucible of Horror

Crucible of Horror aka Velvet House (which sounds like a twee indie band) and The Corpse features Alfred from the Batman films, Michael Gough, as the gruff, abusive Mr. Walter Eastwood. He’s a grim-faced English patriarch who issues edicts to his family down to the nearest minute, about what time they should assemble for dinner. The brute reads private letters addressed toContinue reading “Crucible of Horror”

American Descent

A found footage, revenge torture vetsploitation teen detective story quintuple threat, American Descent is quite ambitious and for the most part interesting. That being said, it’s not without considerable flaws. Found footage is undoubtedly effective at generating scares with its immediacy and intimacy, and at a very low cost. However it’s a bit like a fighter with aContinue reading “American Descent”