movie review

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 Filmmaker's Review: The Rite (2011)
Shoddy writing and empty performances by everyone except for Sir Anthony Hopkins meant that this film was pretty much a failure from the very beginning. With a main character who cannot seem to hold the storyline together nor is sure of himself, the audience fails to put their faith in him and therefore, it makes it very difficult to see the storyline as something that he can have an impact on.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Horror
The Ring (2002) Movie Review
After watching the movie The Ring (2002), I noticed the first dialogue that we're treated with. It is a girl saying that she "hates television". This sets up the theme for the movie. The fear of Western Technology. Now I say Western, because Japanese Horror stems from European Horror.
By Rand Einfeldt6 years ago in Horror
A Film Addict Reviews! The Babysitter
Horror movies aren’t usually my cup of tea. I don’t like the thrill of being scared but oddly enough I enjoy scaring people on Halloween. So when someone suggests that I watch a horror movie, I deny it. This is one of those cases where the film isn’t so much horror, it’s more comedic.
By Anakin Shaw6 years ago in Horror
My Grudge With 'The Grudge' (2020)
Dear Vocal Readers, Oh, horror movies, how low they have come. If this was anybody's idea of a scary movie, I pray for them and would love to sit them down and show them what the genre was meant to be (something like John Carpenter's The Thing for example). But for those who love to be tortured by crap movies, this is the movie for you. Don't get me wrong, I love a stupid horror movie. But this my friends, was far beyond the caliber of movies like Truth Or Dare. At least that movie made me want to look away from the screen because of its gore and violence. This movie had me and everyone else in the theater doing one thing: laughing.
By Kacie6 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Alive' Starring Angus MacFadyen (Not the good Netflix 'Alive')
This review is something of an experiment. I am hoping that by the end of this writing I will know for sure whether or not I actually like or don’t like the newly released horror movie, Alive starring Angus MacFadyen. I am genuinely of two minds on the movie. On one hand, I watched all the way to the end and I really wanted to know how it all turned out. On the other hand, the lead performances are mediocre at best and only the clumsy mystery at the center of the story kept me watching.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Horror
Lights Out - A Movie Review
Beware of the figure looming in the shadows when you turn the lights out. Turning out the lights in 2016, Lights Out was released to theaters. An estranged family is forced to rekindle when an unusual occurrence is brought forth. An unknown figure looms in the shadows whenever the lights are turned out. It’s only a matter of time to figure out this supernatural entity attached to their mother.
By Marielle Sabbag6 years ago in Horror
V.C. Andrews' Gates of Patadise - Film Review
A new creative team tackle the fourth instalment of the Casteel Family Saga - Gail Harvey takes on the directorial role (also making her the first female director on the Casteel series) and screenwriters Richard Blaney and Gregory Small pen the adaptation.
By Ted Ryan6 years ago in Horror
Why Many Are Wrong About ‘Antebellum’
Upon finishing Antebellum, I needed about half an hour to gather my thoughts. I then needed another two hours when I saw the overall critics and audience consensus on Antebellum was definitively disappointed. Did I miss something? Are these people all discussing the same film I just watched?
By MovieBabble6 years ago in Horror
The Haunting of Molly Hartley - A Movie Review
I don’t know if I am going crazy or if its because the plotline is changing so many times. The Haunting of Molly Hartley is a 2008 film about a teenage girl trying to move on after a traumatic experience. Going to a new school does not help. It’s not soon until Molly learns sinister news about herself that may afflict her eighteenth birthday.
By Marielle Sabbag6 years ago in Horror
Film Review: Unfriended: Dark Web
Found footage horror films haven’t changed much since classic like The Blair Witch Project, Cloverfield, and Paranormal Activity first put the genre on the map. However, there’s an interesting subgenre popping up more and more often – the type of found footage horror flick that unfolds completely over computer screens, browser windows, Skype chats, and the like. Nacho Vigalondo’s Open Window is an early example of the idea at work, but 2014’s Unfriended officially took it into the mainstream when it globally raked in a cool $60 million dollars. Unfriended: Dark Web is the much anticipated sequel… but does it actually deliver or would you be better off swiping left and spending your screen time elsewhere?
By Christina Dee6 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Shortcut'
Shortcut is short and that's the best thing about this teen-centric horror movie. That's not to say that Shortcut is unwatchably bad, it's not. Shortcut is perfectly serviceable as a creature feature. If you like goofy monsters and lots of dark corners in which to shine torches and flashlights, Shortcut has you covered. If you are looking for genuine scares, you will want to look elsewhere.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Horror
The Boobs of Blood
Just got done re-watching the classic 1980s exploitation horror flick Mausoleum, starring ex-evangelist turned actor Marjoe Gortner, and the delectable Bobbie Bresee, a sadly short-lived scream queen of drop-dead gorgeous Eighties glamour...and demonic tits; in this movie at least. If you can believe that.
By Tom Baker6 years ago in Horror