Macon Blair’s remake of The Toxic Avenger is just as funny, goopy, and satiric as any Troma classic, now with more plot and character. I’m in Toxic Love with the new Toxic Avenger.
Author Archives: Bob Foster
Ebony & Ivory [2025]
Two men descend into madness on an island. What the hell is The Lighthouse? Nah, I’m talking about the *totally* true story of when Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder made… Ebony & Ivory, also the title of this wild and weird odyssey from Jim Hosking.
The Institute [2025]
Adapted from a Stephen King novel, a gifted boy is kidnapped to the titular mysterious location to hone his psychic skills in the adequate MGM+ TV series The Institute.
Night of the Reaper [2025]
A college student returns home for a weekend and gets roped into babysitting, too bad a masked figure has targeted the same home in the surprising and satisfying Night of the Reaper, premiering on Shudder on September 19.
Caught Stealing [2025]
A bartender unwillingly ends up caught between various criminals in Darren Aronofsky’s wildly entertaining crime caper. Oh, there’s a cute cat, too!
HELL HOUSE, LLC: LINEAGE [2025]
The Hell House, LLC leaves behind the found footage format in its fifth entry, Lineage. Unfortunately, it also leaves behind tension, scares, and plot in writer-director Stephen Cognetti’s “final” entry to the franchise.
NOSEEUMS [FRIGHTFEST LONDON 2025]
A collegiate Black woman visits a friend’s lakehouse, unearthing secret histories and man-eating bugs in Raven Carter’s Noseeums, presented through Frightfest 2025.