Select Page

Appetizer

  • Heart Eyes Appetizer Review

    This is a fun movie. It’s a slasher, which aren’t my favorites, but it’s fun. They do it tongue in cheek. Since it was focused on Valentine’s Day, it takes the best rom-com tropes and mashes them with the best slasher horror tropes and come up with something that works. I’d watch it again and…

  • Presence

    This is billed as a haunted house movie. I don’t want to give anything away, but this is one of my favorite movies of the last several years. The POV is interesting and follows a family around a house. Many long shots. It’s not a regular spooky story, but is a great build up.

  • I, Frankenstein – Horror Lasagna Appetizer review

    This is not the typical horror movie we watch at Horror Lasagna. But because its a Frankenstein movie and is told as a sequel to the book, it falls under horror. It’s not scary or horrific – it’s more of a blockbuster action flick. That doesn’t mean it’s bad, just doesn’t make it rank high…

  • The Crazies (1973) and The Crazies (2010)

    The Crazies (Codename: Trixie) was a George Romero film he put out between Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead. While not quite zombies, the virus unleashed on the population make them act a bit like zombies. For a Romero fan, you need to watch it. But I don’t think it’s one…

  • Splinter

    A splintery life form re-animates creatures it infects. A group of car jacked hostages  along with their car jackers get trapped in a gas station. You can guess what happens. Well done. Get it on Amazon

  • The Wolf Man (2020)

    The new Wolf Man has a lot to live up to. Not the least of which is almost 100 years of culture heaped upon the movies. Does the new movie live up to all of that? To start, it’s a creature movie. Not a slasher. Not a demonic possession. Creature horror seems to be one…

  • The Stand (2020)

    I resisted watching the new version of The Stand for a long time. Mostly because I loved the book (the uncut version) and loved the 90’s mini-series. I hadn’t heard many good things about this new one, so I didn’t bother watching it. I was wrong, I should have watched it earlier. Produced by Owen…

  • Comparison of Wolf Man movies

    Below is not an exhaustive list of werewolf movies. It’s not meant to be. I wanted to get ready to see the newest version of Wolf Man which is the newest film in the Universal Dark Universe (2017’s the Mummy and 2020 Invisible Man are the others). There are quite a few The Wolf Man…

  • It’s a Wonderful Knife

    A fun take on the Christmas slasher. Better than most. Billed as part comedy – though I didn’t really feel much comedy. The twist of wishing you were never born and how the killer continues seems a bit of a stretch, but I like that it’s different. And its a slight twist in it. Overall…

  • Nosferatu (2024)

    If the original Nosferatu (see here) is a Symphony, this is more like a goth song by the Cure. Since it is directed by Robert Eggers (The Witch) you can expect wonderful cinematography and exquisite set pieces that drip with authenticity and are gorgeous to look at. He definitely delivers. The use of camera not…

  • Nosferatu comparison

    Some history – Nosferatu is considered the first vampire horror movie. It was a loose adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, which landed them in hot water. the Stoker estate sued them for using Bram’s story. They changed the name to Nosferatu and the film has become a classic in its own right. A problem with…

  • A Christmas Carol by Cleveland Theater Company

    Every year, a group of very professional stage actors, performs Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”. this is a lavish production with great sets and costuming. They even get some special effects in to  help set the mood.   All of the actors onstage are fantastic. Not just Scrooge. Each of the other characters are captured […]