Halloween Boutique Psychotronic Reviews

Animated films seem to be as common as live action movies nowadays. But out of the blue, an immediate classic, brilliant in its own way, appears and transcends animation to just be one of the best films ever made. The Latvian film, FLOW (2024), happens to be one of those movies. Winning best Oscar for animated motion picture and nominated for foreign film as well, FLOW finally reach...

The Fantastic Four has been brought to theaters multiple times, but each time the films have been critically panned … until now. The new Marvel Studio production, THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, has received fabulous reviews and is Disney’s hope to rebuild the comic book film franchise for their company. From IMDB: “Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their...

James Gunn is one of the most prolific and successful screenwriters and directors out there. After bringing the Marvel films, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, to the big screen, he was hired as the head of DC films to set up and bring to life the world of Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman. After successful products like THE SUICIDE SQUAD (2021) and PEACEMAKER (2022), he’s back with the true kic...

Some pretty solid independent horror films are always the surprises each year. A small budget horror film from Connecticut, USA, just arrived entitled CANDLEWOOD, based off local legends. From IMDB: A mixed family moves from the city to a remote village, buying a house unseen. Unwelcoming locals and a real urban legend threaten their new life as they confront the property's dark history. Your podc...

They say the stunt man gets no respect.  Out of all the things that are in movies, they are unrecognized at the Oscars.  Many times folks have tried to push for an award and category for the stunt men and women and yet each year it never happens.  THE FALL GUY, a film from 2024, actually turns the stuntman into one of the main characters. From Rotten Tomatoes:  “He's a stuntman...

With January 2025 underway, it is time to visit what is coming this year to cinemas, video-on-demand platforms, as well as those genre films that are going straight to disc. Also, what's new in video games, television, and genre novels? Last year, 2024 was a heck of a good year and there were a lot of great flicks. This year once again there seems to be a lot of great ones coming. Plus also more s...

We take a different approach to the podcast today with some genre news. Instead of reviewing a film or book, we instead go through some of the news of the past year and discuss in detail some of the most interesting things we've heard. We talk about some upcoming adaptations of Red Sonja, Tomb Raider, Swan Song, among others. News about Lord of the Rings and the James Gunn DC Universe. Listed also...

So the Halloween Boutique Psychotronic Reviews podcast decided to do an episode on the 2009 movie WATCHMEN but our discussion went a bit long as we discussed the background to the movie, and its source material. So we decided to break it into two episodes. The second is all about the movie itself. Directed by Zack Snyder, written by David Hayter and Alex Tse, and starring Malin Akerman, Billy Crud...

Detective Comics, better known as DC, has delivered some of the most iconic superhero characters of all time such as Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, and Harley Quinn. In 1986, the first issue of Watchmen appeared which was something altogether different. A violent, transgressive, political, and sexual take on superheroes, the series (now a graphic novel), was troubling to some but loved by others....

Pride month is wrapping down. So for the last film for our theme month where we are reviewing lesbian arthouse movies, we take a look at the definition of an arthouse film. The movie, ELENORE MAKES LOVE, from 2015, is a short hour long feature with the feel of the type of film that showed daily in New York City during the heyday of black and white erotic films. And yet, like many of them, it prese...

For our theme month where we are reviewing lesbian arthouse movies for pride month, we take a look at a very interesting film about the creator of Wonder Woman and the women in his life. The film is a well received film entitled PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN (2017) Professor William Marston (Luke Evans) is a professor at Harvard University with his wife Elizabeth (Rebecca Hall). When stud...

Pride month and lesbian arthouse films continues. For our second film in the themed month of the podcast, we take a look at a 2017 release called BECKS (2017). Rebecca (Lena Hall) is an aspiring folk singer. When her girlfriend has an affair, Rebecca, broke and apartmentless, heads back home to St. Louis to live with her widowed mother, Ann (Christine Lahti). Soon Rebecca gets a music gig at her o...

Welcome to Halloween Boutique Psychotronic Reviews theme month. June has been designated as Pride Month for the LGBT community. So to fit with the month, once again the podcast has decided to review various art house lesbian films as we did last year. To start off with, we are doing something a bit different. Let’s do a fun comedy and mainstream film to begin before we get into the true arthouse....

The podcast decides to try to do something different with our latest episode. Genre movies, books, video games, disc reviews, interviews, anime, art house film - that's been our regular format. But with 2023 just wrapping up, and almost all of 2024 still to come, we decided to take a look at various films between the two years and recap and deconstruct what we know. 2023 was a pretty mediocre year...

Cyberpunk?  It’s one of the most unique science fiction subgenres.  Even though it hasn’t become as popular as space opera or hard science fiction, it has its hardcore fans that have made it remain in the public eye.  Japan, alone, it has actually become one of the most popular science fiction story arcs.  The movie DREDD (2012), like many American cyberpunk films, was not a bo...

DC movies have received varying degrees of success as each is released and turns into a box office smash or a disappointment.   When James Gunn took over as the head of the latest re-boot of the universe of the comicbooks to film, his first project was THE SUICIDE SQUAD (2021), a standalone sequel to the original from 2016.  Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) once more puts together a supe...

On episode 585 of the podcast , we reviewed and discussed the new horror film FOLLOW HER (2023). All of us felt the film was a hidden gem and definitely a movie everyone should watch. With its twists and turns, a second watch is as good a first as things that were missed are not clearly seen. For this episode we were lucky to get actress/screenwriter Dani Barker and director Sylvia...

We may be a week late as life happens, but we are back.  For our fourth lesbian arthouse film during Pride Month of June, Halloween Boutique Psychotronic Reviews takes a look at the drama ANATOMY OF A LOVE SEEN (2014).  A movie where a film takes place within a film. Zoe (Sharon Hinnendael) and Mal (Jill Evyn) are two popular actresses who star in a new film together.  Playing lesbi...

For our third lesbian arthouse film during Pride Month of June, Halloween Boutique Psychotronic Reviews searches for the obscure and foreign.  NUDE AREA (2014), a film from the Netherlands, is a curious piece of art as it has no dialogue at all.  None.  And yet as a moving picture, it captures a very poignant idea that the director/screenwriter wanted. Naomi (Sammy Boonstra) one day...

For our second lesbian arthouse film during Pride Month of June, Halloween Boutique Psychotronic Reviews has decided to look at one of the more popular films in the genre.  DISOBEDIENCE (2017) was noted by many critics in its initial release as a potential award winner during the year’s end.  Though it wasn’t nominated much nor win many, the film was critically praised by both audiences...

Welcome to Halloween Boutique Psychotronic Reviews theme month.  June has been designated as Pride Month for the LGBT community.  So to fit with the month, once again the podcast has decided to review various art house lesbian films as we did last year.  To start off, we discuss the 2017 film ALLURE. Laura (Evan Rachel Wood) works as a home cleaning service for her father and his co...

The independent horror film, THEY WAIT IN THE DARK (2023) , has been getting some rave reviews including a write up in the New York Times.  Director Patrick Rea is no rookie when it comes to horror films.  He’s directed some fine films in the genre this last decade including NAILBITER (2013), ARBOR DEMON (2016), and I AM LISA (2020).  THEY WAIT IN THE DARK as stated on IMDB:  A...

Welcome to Horrorphilia Jason’s best of the year show. After scores of new horror releases watched over the year, I’ve narrowed it down to my favorite 30. Also, I’ll have a few honorable mentions and some hidden gems recommended.

With the HBO Max television series THE LAST OF US just arriving for viewership, fungi is now the new start to the apocalypse.  Mushrooms, cordyceps, and spores somehow infect a person and then the world ends.  The 2021 horror film, THE SPORE, has a very interesting concept for sure a scenario.  From IMDB:  “The lives of ten strangers intersect through a terrifying chain of even...

Co-host Mike has said “Don’t ever bet against James Cameron.”   And based off his success rate bringing in the box office, no one should.  In 2009, AVATAR became one of the most acclaimed and biggest movies in cinematic history.  Years later, in 2022, the sequel, AVATAR:  THE WAY OF WATER, was finally released at Christmas time, and in a matter of weeks it surpassed TOP GU...