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Richard Petro / 21 October, 2025

January 4th, 2000 saw the animated television adaptation of Jamie Rix's cautionary child-horror series Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids, and to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the show (and 35th of the book), we are ranking the 13 episodes from the very first season!

Richard Petro / 18 October, 2025

We are sadly at the end of the line, the last of the Amicus Portmanteau films. Will these stories haunt your sleep in a good way or a bad way?

Richard Petro / 17 October, 2025

Roy Ward Baker returns after Asylum, in a film with some magic art, vampires, and insurance scams, but can it compare to his previous instalment?

Richard Petro / 16 October, 2025

Asylum had its work cut out for it coming off the heels of such a well-loved instalment in Tales From The Crypt, so can it hold its own?

Richard Petro / 15 October, 2025

Probably the quintessential and most longstanding of the Amicus portmanteau films, how does Tales from the Crypt hold up on rewatch and does it deserve the reputation it has?

Richard Petro / 14 October, 2025

A devilish house has quite a history involving witchcraft, killers, vampires and more, oh my!

Richard Petro / 13 October, 2025

Two years after taking a train ride with Dr. Shreck, Amicus released Torture Garden. Let's see how the Burgess Meredith hosted film compares to their initial anhtology outing!

Richard Petro / 12 October, 2025

All aboard a train of frights as we ride along with Dr. Schreck and enjoy the beginning of a week dedicated to the Amicus Portmanteau films!

Richard Petro / 09 October, 2025

It's spooky season again, so what better time than to revisit some good ol' horror film posters?

Richard Petro / 07 October, 2025

Another year, another anniversary for something that I could swear came out not that long ago. It's the 20th Anniversary of the silver screen debut for one of cinema's most loved duos, as Wallace and Gromit battle possibly their biggest foe yet.

Richard Petro / 02 October, 2025

To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Charles Schulz's Peanuts, we are looking at our favourite strips from the three months of its debut year!

Richard Petro / 28 March, 2020

We take a look at one of the best remembered segments of Arthur, one that teaches you about books on good and evil, experimental cooking, and reminds you that having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card!

Richard Petro / 14 February, 2020

Bart discovers a personal ad made by Krabappel in the papers and creates a man to answer and lead her on, only for the fun and enjoyment in his prank to quickly dissolve when he realizes just how much sadness he's caused his teacher.

Richard Petro / 24 December, 2019

Merry Christmas to everyone out there from us at Chillpetro! To celebrate, we are looking at all the wonderful places Santa may accidentally end up, like the hometown of Pac-Man, his family, the Ghosts and others in this Christmas special for the early 80s series. What a sentence.

Richard Petro / 24 November, 2019

It's getting chilly out there again, so it's the perfect time to remind you to call Mr. Plow. That's his name. His name again is Mr. Plow.

Richard Petro / 30 October, 2019

The Bat. The Cat. The Penguin. The End.

Richard Petro / 29 October, 2019

How does one truly pick out of Miyazaki's ouvre? As it turns out, painstakingly and with lots and lots of doubt.

Richard Petro / 27 October, 2019

Tis the season for some great Halloween fun, and here's one that is little seen but worth the comfy night in. Just be careful what books you read after.

Richard Petro / 20 October, 2019

Is there anything that could be said about The Princeess Bride that hasn't already? Not really, no.

Richard Petro / 11 October, 2019

Before he was known worldwide for one of the greatest and most successful trilogies of all time, Peter Jackson was making films that were quite different, and his zombie gorefest is one for the ages.

Richard Petro / 8 October, 2020

Charles Laughton's (sadly) only feature film still stands as a brilliant piece of work, and one of the best, and most haunting, of the 1950s.