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The Ritual: Movie Review

Here’s the second post of this Nevill themed week! If you missed it, I reviewed the book that inspired this movie on Monday.

The Movie

Shot in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania, The Ritual was directed by David Bruckner, written by Joe Barton, and of course, based on the novel of the same name by Adam L.G. Nevill. Starring Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Roert James-Collier, and Sam Troughton, this British horror film was released in 2017 and is now available on Netflix.

A group of old...

The Ritual: Book Review

Hello, lovely reader!

I am doing a themed week this week, I’ll be reviewing The Ritual, the novel, today then the movie adaptation on Thursday!

But first, please be patient as I plug my Patreon.

You: Not this again. Me: I just gotta. My Patreon is a way for you to directly support me as I grow from writing only short fiction, to writing novellas and novels. It also gives you access to exclusive content like behind the scene looks at what inspired my fiction, recordings of me reading m...

The Swarm – Movie Review

Counting down the days until I am at the Colorado Festival of Horror in Denver! One of my favourite parts of horror conventions is the indie film festival that usually accompanies them! Keep an eye out for a special blog post about my experience there!

And speaking of films — what a great transition! — onto my review of a horror movie!

The Movie

A single mother breeds locusts as high-protein food, but has trouble getting them to reproduce — until she finds they have a taste for b...

The Stepford Wives – Novel Review

Hello and welcome back, to me, your blogger, reviewer, writer after a week-long hiatus. Where were you? you ask. and why didn’t you at least give us warning you’d be gone?

Well I had family coming for the entire past week but I had confident that I could get a couple of reviews done in time. But I was wrong, needless to say.

But I am back! Thanks for your patience, and on to the review!

The Author

Ira Marvin Levin was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. He has writ...

Come True – Movie Review

Afternoon everyone!

Looking for a movie recommendation? You’ve come to the right place… well maybe not this one though… In case you’re new to my blog, I keep the majority of the review spoiler-free with anything risky beneath my patented warning line. So read without fear!

The Movie

Written and directed by Anthony Scott Burns, Come True is a 2020 Canadian science fiction horror film starring Julia Sarah Stone and Landon Liboiron.

The film follows eighteen-year-old Sara Dunn, ...

The Good House: Book Review

Hello, hello reader!

I’ve kept the majority of this review spoiler-free, anything spoiler related will be beneath my patented spoiler line!

The Author

Tananarive Due is an award-winning author responsible for Ghost Summer: Stories, My Soul to Keep, and The Good House. Due is also an executive producer on Shudder’s documentary, Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror, and has co-written an episode of “The Twilight Zone” with her husband. She also co-wrote a novel called Freedom in t...

The Empty Man: Movie Review

Why hello, reader. Look at you, being so cute, on this Thursday afternoon.

I figured that I should try at two posts a week since I feel like I am consuming so many horror movies and novels that once a week isn’t quite enough. So here we are, second review of the week!

The Movie

On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.

– The Empty Man IMDb page

The Empty Man is a 2020 supernatural thriller tha...

The Final Girl Support Group: Novel Review

Hello everyone!

I hope you all had a lovely weekend, I spent most of mine doing yardwork again! I also wanted to show you some of the new art I’ve done, which is available on my Threadless shop on a variety of products! These two designs are wolf themed, click to shop now!

Let’s head on to the review! And don’t worry, this book only recently came out so I am keeping this review spoiler-free! I do have a spoiler-line to mention something I really enjoyed in the novel but avoid that ...

Classic Horror Story: Movie Review

I’d like to update everyone on my cats, who are consistently terrorizing me, which I understand is normal for cats.

Zerg and Poe, waiting for their moment

However, they are great to cuddle as I watch movies such as the one I’m reviewing today! This movie just came out recently, so I’ll be keeping this review completely spoiler-free. I did want to call out something cool, but I put that below my typical spoiler line, so if you haven’t seen the movie yet, just avoid it.

The Movie...

True Crime: Novella Review

Hello, hello!

I wanted to let you, yes you, know about my two new designs I have up in my Threadless shop! Let me introduce my wolf skull design. Here it is featured on a tank, but you can get it on sweatshirts, journals, tote bags, and more:

Next is my ethereal wolf moon phases design. Below, you can see it on a t-shirt, but it’s available on mugs, bags, journals, and more.

Now onto the review! Just a warning, there are minor spoilers in here!

The Author