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California \ crossover \ DecoNoir Art \ grossover \ Richmond \ splatterthrash \ Tankcrimes \ United States
Ghoul – Noxious Concotions (Grossover)
I’m fairly surprised I never reviewed Ghoul before. I mean this shit is right up the alley I’ve built around myself and my critics on this site. We’ve branded ourselves so deep the scar went into bone. And with Ghoul we’ve got darkness, irony, vileness, sick art, gross stage presence (with bloody, burlap hoods, […]
Charles Kaufman \ rape revenge \ slasher film \ Troma Entertainment \ Vinegar Syndrome
Mother’s Day (I Love Mommy Rape Revenge Slasher)
Upon release in 1980, Charles Kaufman’s Mother’s Day has confused, enraged and intrigued audiences the world over with its uneasy mixture of crude humor and sheer terror. Made famous by a scathing takedown by Roger Ebert and praise from FANGORIA, the film continues to baffle with its tonal shifts. Either way, it’s an unforgiving […]
blackened doom metal \ Gordiart \ Gothic doom \ Netherlands \ Void Wanderer Productions \ War Productions
Stuporous – Asylum’s Lament (Grandiloquent Gothic Doom)
Ready to get stupefied? Ready to feel stupid? Well this Dutch blackened doom outfit, Stuporous, will leave you feeling just such a way. Uncertain, confused, not smart enough, overwhelmed perhaps, but certainly interested. It took me a few listens to really feel what these multi-instrument masters were doing, but I still felt stupid listening […]
first-person psychological horror \ first-person survival horror \ Nintendo Switch \ PlayStation 4 \ PlayStation 5 \ Pleasantly Friendly Games \ psychological horror \ Steam \ survival horror \ Xbox One \ XBox Series S \ Xbox Series X
No Son of Mine (Shovel to the Head Unwanted Child Horror)
I apologize to the dev for sitting on this one for so long but I was swamped. Ugh. Anyway, it never ceases to amaze me how often indie horror games smash the big names into the ground like so many unwanted children with shovels. If you haven’t figured out yet that’s going to be […]
California \ Crypt of the Wizard \ Hayden Hall \ Headsplit Records \ Memento Mori \ Santa Cruz \ Sick Slice \ sludge death \ sludge metal
Dipygus – S/T (Devonian Beast Sludge Death)
This is one of the few bands that came in the promos in the past year that really nails their themes and aesthetic to a degree that deserves attention alone. I’m not sure entirely how to define what you’re about to get out of this, either, but it’s a mixture of center of the […]
Agipunk Records \ Bologna \ darkwave \ Goth \ Italy \ Liz Van Der Nüll \ post-goth \ post-punk \ vampire punk
Horror Vacui – S/T (Post-Goth Punk Goth)
Yes, Goth stuff. I’ve been making more of an effort to find such things for review, because I just don’t get enough. When’s the word going to get out there already that this site covers all things dark? Maybe Goth labels are simply not as proactive with publicity? That would fit the aesthetic more, […]
horror comedy \ Michele Soavi \ Severin Films \ zombie comedy \ zombie horror
Cemetery Man (Grotesque and Sublime Zombie Horror Comedy)
The last great hope for Italian genre cinema, Michele Soavi’s Dellamorte Dellmore (christened Cemetery Man by October Films upon it’s US release in 1996) feels like the end of an era on celluloid. This beautiful, haunting and elegiac story of love and loss in land haunted by the undead has been tough to find […]
Atlantico \ Barranquilla \ Colombia \ Julián Felipe Mora Ibanez \ molten puke death metal \ putrid death metal \ Xtreem Music
Funeral Vomit – Monumental Putrescence (Molten Puke Death Metal)
You ever wonder what it would be like to vomit at a funeral? Or is this a question about a funeral for vomit? Can one grieve over vomit? Or, rather, is it perhaps that the entire cortège is releasing vomit at a funeral? These are only some of the questions that come to mind. […]
blackened speed metal \ blackened thrash \ Guadalajara \ Inframetal Records \ Jalisco \ Juan Carlos García Gutiérrez \ Mexico \ Necrohexx \ witch metal
Phantom – Handed to Execution (Neck-Wrecking Witch Metal)
As before, let me say it, I usually don’t review an album after release except in rare cases where something moves me enough. Mexico’s Phantom is just such a rarity. Now, that might be a bit deceptive since there’s nothing entirely new here, this is speed and thrash metal, after all, but the rare […]
4Divinity \ Invader Studios \ Leonardo Interactive \ Nintendo Switch \ PlayStation 4 \ PlayStation 5 \ Sci-fi Horror \ Steam \ third-person horror \ Xbox One \ XBox Series S \ Xbox Series X
Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle (Self-Aware Area 51 Sci-Fi Horror)
Having played the original, Daymare 1998, I was pretty stoked to hear about a sequel, or rather prequel since this is taking place four years prior. If you’re not familiar with its predecessor, it was a homage to the Resident Evil series, taking many of its ideas, purposefully, from the franchise, equaling what is […]
