These are typically combination reviews, where I cover a franchise, a topic or some other selection of films which have a common theme. There are also interviews and general film articles to be found here. The reviews will also appear, on their own, in the appropriate place on the review indices.
Major projects
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- 31 Countries of Horror
- 31 Days of Classic Horror
- 31 Days of Horror
- 31 Days of Vampires
- 31 More Countries of Horror
Interviews
- Aaron B. Koontz delivers the whole Scare Package
- Aaron Mull and The Dolly Madison Murders
- Anthony C. Ferrante on ten years of ‘Sharknado’
- Bari Kang: “Close to the world, but not of the world”
- Catching up with Nathan Shepka
- Doug Roos: “I just love practical FX so much.”
- Jordan-Kane Lewis and the Art of the Mini-Feature
- Joshua Sowden opens up The Book of the Witch
- Kevin Stevenson goes Upstairs
- “Leech on the Beach!” – the making of Mind Leech
- Mark Stirton: More Highland than Hollywood
- Nathan Shepka: “There’s no better lighting than a sunset in Scotland”
- Ryan Hendrick and Mercy Falls
- The Universe of Lars Henriks, Part 1: The Cthulhu Trilogy
- The Universe of Lars Henriks, Part 2: From Bearkittens to COVID, and beyond
Phoenix FearCon
- Phoenix Fear Film Festival 2006
- Phoenix FearCon 2008
- Phoenix FearCon 2011
- Phoenix FearCon 2012
- Phoenix FearCon 2012: The nearly picked
- Phoenix FearCon 2014
- Phoenix FearCon 2016
- Phoenix FearCon 2020
- Phoenix FearCon 2021
- Phoenix FearCon 2022
- Phoenix FearCon 2024: The Final Fearcon?
- Phoenix FearCon at the 2025 Albuquerque Film Festival
Annual Top 10’s
- Top 10 Films: 1999-2024 lists
- Top 10 Films: 2016
- Top 10 Films: 2017
- Top 10 Films: 2018
- Top 10 Films: 2019
- Top 10 Films: 2020
- Top 10 Films: 2021
- Top 10 Films: 2022
- Top 10 Films: 2023
- Top 10 Films: 2024
Sharks
- Shark Week 2016: Tales of the SyFy seas
- Shark and Awe: Shark Week 2017 on the SyFy Channel
- Shark Absorbers: Shark Week 2018 on the SyFy Channel
- Shark Week 2022: Chum Assembly Required
- The Sharknado franchise
Franchise reviews
- The Alien franchise
- The Angel Guts series
- Bad Boys, Bad Boys – whatcha gonna do?
- The Barn + The Barn Part II
- Beetlejuice + Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
- Blade-s of Gory: When vampires were cool
- The Dabbe franchise
- Dogfight: Top Gun vs. Top Gun: Maverick
- Down with the Siccin-ess… – the new wave of Turkish horror
- The Enola Holmes films
- The Evil Dead trilogy
- The Final Destination franchise
- The Friday the 13th franchise
- The Guinea Pig series (1985)
- Harry Potter
- The Hellraiser franchise
- The Hobbit trilogy
- Jack Reacher, v1.0
- The John Wick films
- Keep On, Carrying On
- The Lord of the Rings trilogy
- The Matrix universe
- Midnight Diner
- The Mission Impossible franchise
- The Mr. Vampire series
- The Ong Bak trilogy
- The Prophecy franchise
- The Psycho franchise
- The Red Riding trilogy
- Romero’s Dead Trilogy
- The Sharknado franchise
- The Skinford films
- The Star Trek franchise
- Takashi Miike’s Black Society Trilogy
- Trainspotting vs. T2 Trainspotting
- The Tremors franchise
- The Twilight Saga
- The Warlock trilogy
- The Witchcraft series
- Yippie-ki-yay: Looking back at the Die Hard franchise
- The YRF Spy Universe
Box sets
- Bad Brothas – Mean Muthas
- Brains That Wouldn’t Die collection
- Cult Classics, Collection 2
- Drive-In Cult Classics
- Drive-In Cult Classics, Volume 2
- Drive-In Cult Classics, Volume 3
- Flesh Feast
- Horror Classics, Vol. 5
- Horror Classics, Vol. 7
- Horror Classics, Vol. 10
- Hostile Hauntings box-set
- Hotter Than Hell
- Mental Maniacs box-set
- Midnight Horror Collection: Bloody Slashers
- Serial Psychos box-set
Other specials
- An alternative Top 20 Most Rewatched Action Scenes Ever
- Anthony Wong mini-festival
- Apocalypse Soon: Left Behind and The Omega Code
- Battle of the Bruces
- Bear With: When Grizzlies Go Bad
- Bill Zebub and his films
- Censor vs. Censor
- Charles Band triple-bill
- The Color Purple vs. Tess
- Conspiracy Theories
- Dario Argento four-pack
- Death Game vs. Vicious and Nude vs. Knock Knock
- Dog Soldiers: Britain’s version of Aliens
- Donnie Yen double-bill
- Drive-In Dinner Double-Bill: I Drink Your Blood + I Eat Your Skin
- A Farewell to Tartan Video
- Film Blitz goes ape…
- The Films of Lone Gunslinger Pictures
- Firestarter (1984) vs. Firestarter (2022)
- Ghostbusters (1984) vs. Ghostbusters (2016)
- Grindhouse: On its 10th anniversary
- Halloween (1978) vs. Halloween (2007)
- Junta Yamaguchi has time on his side
- Lucy Lawless vs. Lawless animals
- Mattress-cide: Killer bed films
- The Mothra Chronicles
- No, Jennifer’s Body STILL sucks…
- No, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World STILL sucks…
- The One Pound Fiftieth Element
- Pacific Rim vs. Atlantic Rim
- Phoenix Philm Phight!
- Public Domain horror: is it taking the Mickey?
- Raped by a Ghost
- Return of War of the War of the Worlds
- The Rise and (Irresistible?) Fall of Edgar Wright
- Salem’s Lot (1979) vs. Salem’s Lot (2004)
- The Shining vs. Doctor Sleep
- Starship Troopers and 300: Fascism in action?
- Three by Besson
- Three ‘Disturbing Outsider’ films
- A tribute to Rutger Hauer: 1944-2019
- Try That in a Small Town: Road House vs. Road House
- Uwe for Boll-ywood: The Competent (and other) Films of Uwe Boll
- War of the War of the Worlds
- Wasteland (2013) and Eradication (2022)
- The Weird Hype Cult of Everything Everywhere All at Once
- When Chinese Animals Attack-Fest 2024, featuring Sharktopus
- “You c—!” The Ten Best Cinematic Uses Of The Ultimate Taboo Word