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Movie reviews for horror fans; from gruesome bone-chillers to dark horror thrillers, a showcase for frightful films that seek to entertain and to terrify.
‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Review — A Masterful Horror Sequel
When was the last time you watched a truly amazing horror sequel? They are a rare breed, but if you’re in the mood to see one in the theater, you may very well have that opportunity.
Jonathan SimPublished 3 years ago in Horror‘Spiral: From the Book of Saw’ Movie Review
Spiral, a new spinoff of the highly popular Saw franchise, is about a Jigsaw copycat targeting police officers in New York. Detective Zeke Banks (Chris Rock), an officer who is resented by his peers after he turned in a dirty cop, as well as living in the shadow of his father (Samuel L. Jackson), the former police chief, must track down the killer and solve the mystery, along with his new partner, Detective William Schenk (Max Minghella).
Will LasleyPublished 3 years ago in HorrorSinister 2 - A Movie Review
What’s that noise? Oh, the ghost kids like to watch movies in the basement. Sinister 2 is a 2015 remake of the original 2012 film. Examining the ghostly events, and arranging to put everything to an end, Deputy So-and-So discovers a family living inside a cursed house. Thinking that they are safe, little do they know that a demon is watching them.
Marielle SabbagPublished 3 years ago in HorrorLet Me In - A Movie Review
Can vampires be our friends? Friendship is anything. Be friends with whomever you want. Let Me In transformed from a bat into the movie theaters in 2010. Two young outcasts meet and build a friendship. Learning a dark secret about Abby, Owen is torn between two sides. Deciding to be friends, they open each other’s worlds for the better.
Marielle SabbagPublished 3 years ago in HorrorMovie Review: 'Saw 5' Still Scary and Violent After All These Years
In my review of Saw 2 I said that Jigsaw wasn't immortal. I was wrong. No, he doesn’t rise from the dead but through his unending game, his work, his philosophy, and teaching, he is far from gone. As we wend our way toward Saw 6, the final in my series of Saw reviews, Saw 5 sets the table for the Jigsaw philosophy to live forever. Saw 5 is not as carefully thought out as Saw movies that came before it. It is however as suspenseful and surprising as any of the Saw movies and that goes a long way.
Sean PatrickPublished 3 years ago in Horror‘Spiral’: All 9 ‘Saw’ Movies Ranked From Worst to Best!
Hello. I want to play a game. There are nine Saw movies in front of you. The newest one is Spiral: From the Book of Saw, which has just landed in theaters. Are you going to watch the film without any context or are you going to suffer through the endless Saw sequels first?
Jonathan SimPublished 3 years ago in HorrorMovie Review: 'Saw 4' Showed How a Great Series Maintains Momentum
Saw celebrates humanity while exploring its degradation and destruction. The point of the series has always been about the character of Jigsaw, played by Tobin Bell, teaching the lecherous and lethargic to appreciate the gift of life. It's a bizarre and ingenious idea for a horror film and, in its fourth installment, Saw brought both closure and new beginnings to its stories of human misery, sadness and redemption.
Sean PatrickPublished 3 years ago in HorrorMovie Review: 'Spiral' Doesn't Quite Live Up to the Legacy of Saw'
It’s rather appropriate that Chris Rock would use the Saw horror franchise as a means to send a message regarding Police Reform. The Saw franchise is one of the most thoughtful and conscientious franchises in the history of American horror. The film's messages regarding valuing your life and paying dearly for your sins make it one of the strangest and most fascinating franchises Hollywood has ever produced.
Sean PatrickPublished 3 years ago in HorrorMovie Review: 'Amityville Poltergeist'
In the competition for worst movie of 2021, it’s thus far no contest. The bizarre cannibal rape movie, Scavenger remains untouched as the worst thing I’ve seen this year. Amityville Poltergeist is the one movie thus far that can come close to challenging the title. Amityville Poltergeist however, is not nearly as hateful in it’s terribleness as Scavenger is. Amityville Poltergeist is more incompetent than Scavenger, somehow, but the fact that it doesn’t feature an unending sexual assault and appears to have a three act structure, keeps Scavenger ahead in pure awfulness.
Sean PatrickPublished 3 years ago in Horror‘Spiral’ Review — A Serviceable Bloodbath
The newest installment in a franchise that had its so-called “final chapter” eleven years ago is here. Spiral: From the Book of Saw is a horror film and the latest spin-off of the long-running Saw franchise. The film marks the return of veteran Saw director Darren Lynn Bousman, and we have James Wan and Leigh Whannell as executive producers.
Jonathan SimPublished 3 years ago in HorrorMovie Review: 'Saw 3'
Spiral: From the Book of Saw is now in theaters, as of May 14th, 2021. The film attempts to carry on the tremendous legacy of the franchise begun by director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell in 2004. Spiral isn’t bad, but it is on the lower end of any ranking of the Saw franchise from best to worst. I happen to be a Saw apologist, to the point where I have never ranked the Saw movies from best to worst, worst to best, simply because, aside from 2017’s Jigsaw, blech, all the Saw movies are really good.
Sean PatrickPublished 3 years ago in HorrorMovie Review: 'Saw 2'
Spiral: From the Book of Saw opens May 14th, 2021. As part of a series looking at the franchise, I am watching and reviewing the Saw movies. I've already published reviews of Jigsaw (2017), Saw 3D (2010) and the original Saw (2004). With this review, I am picking up the franchise again and looking them, one movie at a time while placing them in the context of when they were released.
Sean PatrickPublished 3 years ago in Horror