Quick Six Interview: Chuck Wendig Chuck Wendig has written a lot of great stuff. Everything from Young Adult novels (The Atlanta Burns series, the Heartland Trilogy) to more actual adult … Read More
#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – Elle
Elle Michele, a wealthy business woman in France, is attacked and brutally raped in her home. She decides against calling the police for personal reasons and instead handles the issue … Read More
Blindspot Recap: If Beth
The episode starts out with Roman trying to bring Jane back on track with them. He takes her to a lake that was the site of a massive pollution spill … Read More
Black Zoo (1963) – Halloween Horror Picks
In this episode of Pop Culture Beast’s Halloween Horror Picks, I talk about a nearly forgotten horror obscurity that is so strange it almost defies classification – Black Zoo (1963)! … Read More
#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden Handmaiden is such a spider’s web of Hitchcockian paranoia, twists, and intrigue that there is no way to discuss the plot without spoilers; which is the absolute last … Read More
Book: Glitter (Aprilynne Pike)
Glitter Aprilynne Pike Random House Books October 25th, 2016 Things aren’t looking up for Danica. She’s engaged to a man she hates (who also happens to both a murderer and … Read More
Book: The Dispatcher (John Scalzi)
The Dispatcher John Scalzi Audible (Run time: 2h 19m) October 4th, 2016 Tony Valdez is a Dispatcher. It’s a strange job, straddling lines of morality. … Read More
#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – Arrival
Arrival For the last several years we’ve had this trend of a really compelling ‘not too distant future’ science fiction film being released in the fall/early winter. It started with … Read More
What’s Out on Blu-ray 10/04/2016: The Wailing, Fender Bender
The Wailing On the outskirts of a small South Korean village, a mysterious Japanese man moves into a cabin in the woods. Shortly thereafter, an affliction begins to befall some … Read More
Lucifer Recap: Liar, Liar, Slutty Dress on Fire
At the beginning of the episode, we learn that dear old Mum wasn’t holding a knife–it was an ice pick. It also seems that she doesn’t blame Lucifer for her … Read More
The Dentist (1996) – Halloween Horror Picks
In this episode of Pop Culture Beast’s Halloween Horror Picks, I talk about a 90s horror flick from the people who brought you Re-Animator (1985) and Society (1989) that is guaranteed … Read More
#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – Faultless
Faultless Constance’s luck in Paris has run out. She finds herself homeless, blacklisted from her career in the real estate industry, and out of other options. She moves back to … Read More
Book: Certain Dark Things (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Certain Dark Things Silvia Moreno-Garcia Thomas Dunne Books October 25th, 2016 Mexico City is supposed to be the one Mexican city free of vampires. Sanitation does more than just monitor … Read More
#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – Dearest Sister
Dearest Sister A young woman named Nok is brought from her village to the city to help take care of her cousin Ana by Ana’s European husband. Ana is suffering … Read More