Real Life Horror
The documentary WELCOME TO LEITH, directed by Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K. Walker, may well be the finest “horror” movie of 2015
2009: A Look Back in Bedlam
Here it is, my second annual look back at many noteworthy events in the world of horror film and literature
MOLE
A digitally lensed indie from 2001 that has yet to receive the attention it deserves. MOLE is certainly one of the strongest subway-set horror films of its era
AMERICA’S DEADLIEST HOME VIDEO
These days it’s difficult to recall just how fresh and innovative this shot on video feature was back in 1992. It was an early attempt at found footage moviemaking, and still holds up reasonably well.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
This phenomenally successful no-budgeter proves two things: 1). That audiences are always up for a good scare, and 2). Marketing-wise there’s no substitute for old-fashioned hype
TRIBULATION 99
The ultimate conspiracy movie, a mind-roasting collage of found footage documenting CIA intervention in South America during the 1980s, presented as a nutty account of an alien invasion
FRANKENSTEIN’S ARMY
Oh, good: another found footage horror movie! This one at least has a somewhat unique set-up that doesn’t involve airheads running through forests. Rather, the setting here is WWII-era Germany, where a mad doctor is performing horrific experiments whose aftermath is captured by a Soviet cameraman