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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.
The Babysitter: Killer Queen
Brief synopsis: After surviving a traumatic satanic, murderous night two years earlier, high-schooler Cole, finds that he is the butt of ridicule and shunned by most of his peers because no one believes his story of a night of horror, murder and mayhem.
By Q-ell Betton6 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Rent A Pal' IFC Midnight as Midnight Movie Hit on Its Hands
Rent A Pal starring Wil Wheaton and Brian Landis Folkins is a trip. Set in 1990, this story about a man who rents himself a friend on a VHS tape has atmosphere for days and a pair of lead performances with electrifyingly weird intensity. Themes of loneliness, depression and mental illness linger like a hazy fog that rarely lifts. Moments of joy are punctuated by creeptastic moments of dark comedy and despair.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'The Turning' Fails as Literary Adaptation and Modern Scare-Fest
The Turning stars Mackenzie Davis (Tully) as the new Governess, Kate, at one of those only in the movies, dusty old mansions where every creaky floorboard is likely a malevolent spirit looking to slam a door. Kate has just been hired to replace a Governess who left abruptly, you get no points for guessing what happened to her, though the movie pretends that the fate of the previous Governess is a mystery.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'The Grudge' 2020 Sequel or Remake or Just Not Good?
Is The Grudge a remake? A Sequel? A reimagining? Who cares? The Grudge is bad and that is the simple fact of this far too soon rehash of something that hasn’t even had the time to develop any notable fan nostalgia. The Japanese original made waves at the international box office in 2002 and was snapped up for a quickie, Americanized remake in 2004 starring Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michele Geller.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Horror
Haunter - A Movie Review
Is it me, or didn’t I already do the laundry yesterday. And the day before that? Haunter is a 2013 thriller about a teenager who is the only one in her family aware of a mysterious situation. Stuck in a time loop, Lisa notices changes that never occurred before. Lisa steps in to figure out this mystery to get herself and her family to safety.
By Marielle Sabbag6 years ago in Horror
Killer Christmas Flicks!
Enjoy! Krampus (2015) I thoroughly enjoyed “Krampus”, which is of course not to be confused with low-budget horror flick “Krampus: The Christmas Devil” (2013), which spawned several sequels, or the other number of short films that have come out in the past decade which all wield the same “Krampus” title (I know you weren’t confused but felt it needed to be mentioned). This movie has everything a non-traditional Christmas movie loving fan could want: a dark (yet ‘jolly’) atmosphere, a great cast that was terrifically directed, awesome special and practical effects, and uhhhh, oh yes, plenty of death! The movie was very reminiscent of early-to-mid 1980’s creature features, and had an ending that unsettling (in the best way). I had no complaints about this film, and it immediately took a place in my favorite ‘non-traditional happy-go-lucky’ Christmas movies list. Definitely check this one out if you have yet to see it.
By Bryan Powell6 years ago in Horror
A Filmmaker's Guide to: “Psycho” (1960)
In this chapter of ‘the filmmaker’s guide’ we are going to explore some of the films that have changed our outlook of the possibilities in cinema in some way, shape or form. These can include, but are not limited to: revolutionary cinematography, narratives that challenge the social structure and the common view, trademark styles of auter cinema, brilliant adaptations of novels and other works, films of philosophical value and films that touch our hearts and souls with their incredible underlying messages and morals. Within each of the films in this chapter there is a certain something that makes them special and a certain something that makes them linger long after we have watched them for the first time. Lasting impressions are difficult to create, but I think that the films we will briefly touch on in this chapter are some of the films we will never ever forget.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Horror
A Filmmaker's Guide to: “The Exorcist” (1973)
In this chapter of ‘the filmmaker’s guide’ we are going to explore some of the films that have changed our outlook of the possibilities in cinema in some way, shape or form. These can include, but are not limited to: revolutionary cinematography, narratives that challenge the social structure and the common view, trademark styles of auter cinema, brilliant adaptations of novels and other works, films of philosophical value and films that touch our hearts and souls with their incredible underlying messages and morals. Within each of the films in this chapter there is a certain something that makes them special and a certain something that makes them linger long after we have watched them for the first time. Lasting impressions are difficult to create, but I think that the films we will briefly touch on in this chapter are some of the films we will never ever forget.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Horror
‘The New Mutants’ Movie Review
The New Mutants is a spinoff of Fox’s X-Men film franchise about some of the younger and lesser known mutants within that universe. A teenage girl named Danielle (Blu Hunt) is the sole survivor of a mysterious freak disaster and is brought to a special institute run by Dr. Reyes (Alice Braga), who informs Danielle that she is actually a mutant. At her institute, Reyes studies the behavior of young, struggling mutants and helps them control their abilities. But when the other patients (Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Henry Zaga) begin to experience nightmarish hallucinations, they start to realize that Reyes’ facility isn’t exactly what it seems.
By Will Lasley6 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Entwined' Greek Horror Thriller is Too Familiar
You want some advice, dear reader? If someone tells you that a person or place is cursed, believe them. This goes double if you are a character in a movie. Generally speaking, a curse always exists in a movie. Any time elderly towns-people warn some young whipper-snapper that such and such castle is cursed or ‘no one goes into the curse forest,’ no one listens and people end up dead. We’ve seen it thousands of times and the new foreign thriller Entwined has only a minor twist on the convention.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Horror
Dark Water - A Movie Review
I don’t know if we should move into this apartment. I hear voices. Dark Water is a 2005 remake of the Japanese film of the same name. After going through a divorce, Dahlia moves into a rundown apartment building with her young daughter. It’s not long until they learn about the haunting tales that have happened.
By Marielle Sabbag6 years ago in Horror
