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It’s no secret that horror is my favorite genre. I am obsessed with horror films. They are by far my favorite kind of movies ever since I was a very, very small child. October is my favorite month of the year, and Halloween is my favorite holiday of the year, and I love the fact that everyone really loves to watch horror movies during the month of October, especially as we get closer to Halloween. So, as a celebration of Halloween (my favorite time of year, my favorite holida

A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of immersing myself—almost entirely—in what has become one of my favorite cinematic events of the year: The Chicago Critics Film Festival . This was its 12th edition, and yeah... I was there for six of the seven glorious days. I saw 13 feature films (some incredible, some not so much) and enjoyed two blocks of terrific shorts, all while soaking in the magic that only the Music Box Theatre  on Southport can provide. Now, for those of y

There are two things in this world that I absolutely love: professional wrestling and zombie movies. So when you put those two things together—if you do it right—you’re going to have something that’s tailor-made for me. And that’s exactly what The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre  is: a perfect blend of body slams and brain splatters, a low-budget, high-energy mix of two of my favorite things. It’s a pro wrestling movie, it’s a zombie movie, it’s got action, horror, c

Taken at the press screening of "Alien: Romulus" right before the film began. In 1979, "Alien" was unleashed upon the world, and the sci-fi/horror genre immediately had a new classic on its hands. Directed by relative newcomer (at that time) Ridley Scott, "Alien" took the world by storm and was the first of several sequels and prequels that would be released pretty regularly throughout the years. Excluding the films with "Predator" in the titles (the less said about those mov