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Your Host: Wheel of Misfortune and No Whammies!

Your Host: Wheel of Misfortune and No Whammies!

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 6, 2025Your Host, Horror, D.W. Medoff, Jackie Earle Haley, Jamie Flatters, Joelle Rae, David Anglund, Ella-Rae Smith, TortureComment

Spiral: Latest Installment in the SAW Horror Franchise at Once Faithful and Novel

Spiral: Latest Installment in the SAW Horror Franchise at Once Faithful and Novel

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekJune 2, 2021Spiral, Saw, Darren Lynn Bousman, Franchise, Horror, Torture, Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, Cop drama, Jigsaw, Serial killers, Tobin BellComment

The Retreat: Gory Revenge Horror Skirts Uncomfortably Close to Easy Exploitation

The Retreat: Gory Revenge Horror Skirts Uncomfortably Close to Easy Exploitation

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekMay 21, 2021The Retreat, Horror movies, Pat Mills, LGBTQ, Tommie-Amber Pirie, Sarah Allen, Rossif Sutherland, Celina Sinden, Lesbian, Gay, TortureComment