The tale of a prodigy cellist who returns to her roots after the death of her elderly mother for whom she was the caregiver, The Perfection maintains a level of polish and class that makes the shocks a little more jarring and the trauma a little sleazier. Steven Weber is so good here he qualifies for minor demigod status, and the story structure operates like an anthology on acid. It’ll put some people off, but that singularity is the appeal. I didn't know "orchestral horror" was a thing.

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It’s a cult-level Expendables of action and horror with Stephen Lang, William Sadler, Fred Williamson, Martin Kove, David Patrick Kelly, and George Wendt. That’s a pretty stout lineup for an invasion/siege hybrid from the old Fangoria films team, and this one delivers all the excessive violence, machismo, gore, one-liners, and cheese you could possibly want. It’s just too much damn fun.

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If you’ve read me before, you know of my affinity for Robert Bronzi, the Hungarian-born movie star who’s a dead ringer for Charles Bronson. His films dabble in all genres, and Cry Havoc is his straight horror slasher that’s set up on a monitored and controlled hunting grounds. This one comes complete with stock ‘80s bad guy Richard Tyson and a killer who’s doing his own pretty cool take on Jason Vorhees. Rene Perez’s work is for all the Canon Film lovers out there.

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The story of Mark Patton, the star of A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge, is one that I didn’t know I needed to hear that much until I actually heard it. This documentary shines a truthful light on one of horror’s most important films; a film that was much maligned until the definitive documentary Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy shed that first different light. This is a powerful and important documentary about an amazing man who’s coming to realize his place in the world of horror and the love of the fans. That’s just awesome to see.

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One of my favorite horror tropes is the insane and inbred country family. You can flavor that one so many different ways, and the creative team of David J. Espinosa and Craig Ahrens give this one the country bed and breakfast touch. Deliciously weird with a vibe all its own, The Crumbs is one of those out-of-nowhere movies that will pick up followers like a Looney Tunes snowball. It’s some exceedingly kooky stuff.

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Family secrets, ancient power, and the connection between the two will tear Patrick Torrington’s family apart if he doesn’t learn how to understand what his late Aunt Thelma was tampering with out there in the wild. It’s a compelling mystery, and in the hands of a true master like Ramsey Campbell it becomes first-rate horror that brushes against the cosmic while you try not to see. Also (in what was frankly a dream come true), I was able to spend forty-five minutes picking the brain of one of the finest living authors of horror fiction in the whole damn world. 2020 certainly wasn’t all bad.

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Frequent Stephen King collaborator, first-rate screenwriter, director, and author Mick Garris delivers a collection of four novellas and one novel in his inimitable “Hollywood Noir” style, each with a drastically different sensibility in the protagonists and perspective. It’s Hollywood on the page, and Mick Garris is the king of it. In another “pinch me” moment, I spoke with Mick about the new book and a slew of other topics. He really is the “nicest guy in Hollywood” like they say.

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The “King of Pain” doubles down on the Fearing Mythos with the story of the Machiavellian arch-villain Tim Jacoby and his lethally obedient right-hand, Tam Washington. Filling in blank spots in the main story while pulling back the curtain on their backstory, this next installment proves that there’s a cubic fuckton of heartbreaking nightmare fuel left in this world that Taff just won’t let you escape.

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I just realized I started the year of 2020 off with a book review with Corona in the title. Bad omen? Not sure…but I digress. Corona Books kicked off my year with a meticulously cultivated and extremely diverse of short horror that truly runs the gamut. Short story collection enthusiasts will tell you the highest praise is when you don’t consume the fare in small chunks. I devoured this collection.

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In the mood for satire so scathing that it becomes horror? What you’ll get here is a political treatise that is both too silly to be taken seriously and too brutally accurate to be anything except terrifying. Is it straight political satire? Absurdist comedy? Monty Python-esque silliness? Or is it just fucked up enough to hit a little too close to home? Thankfully, things are working out differently than the book’s premise, but you may want to continue to hold your breath in spite of that. Real life horror is tricky in that way.

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