Reviews

Hidden Horror: A Celebration of 101 Underrated and Overlooked Fright Flicks by Dave Alexander, Aaron Christensen, Jimmy Seiersen, J. Luis Rivera, Jon Kitley, Robert Freese, Chris Alexander, Jude Felton, Tony Timpone, Freddie Young, Erika Instead, Molly Celaschi

thecirclek's review

4.0

Some good essays and recommendations. Many titles wouldn't be considered obscure to a horror fan, but I didn't mind that at all. A good range of recommendations, though skewing somewhat heavily toward American movies. I've already sought out several titles that I'd not heard of before, and several others I'd heard of but was pushed toward by the reviews. The only downsides were 1) that many reviews contained spoilers about the end of the movie, which just seems odd if you're writing a review to someone who theoretically hasn't seen it before and 2) a handful of the essays contained some questionable, sexist remarks. The review for Humanoids of the Deep repeatedly directs contemptuous remarks at the women who starred in the movie and lauds the film's misogyny as a fun selling point.