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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.
'Beneath Us' Movie Review
Beneath Us is about a very timely subject: immigration. More specifically, it’s about undocumented immigrants and their inherent struggles. Two brothers, Alejandro (Rigo Sanchez) and Memo (Josue Aguirre), have come to America looking to make some money to support their families back in Mexico. They, along with some other undocumented workers (Roberto “Sanz” Sanchez, Thomas Chavira, Nicholas Gonzalez), are hired by an affluent white couple, Liz and Ben Rhodes (Lynn Collins, James Tupper), to do some work on their house. But Liz and Ben decide to use this opportunity to indulge in their more sadistic tendencies, and they demean and torture the poor workers. Knowing that they can’t contact law enforcement, Alejandro, Memo, and the rest must figure out a way to survive and escape.
By Will Lasley6 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'The Endless' (2017)
I ended up watching this because a friend recommended it after I surprisingly enjoyed Color Out Of Space (2019). The 2010's brought us a huge uptick in seriously quality Lovecraftian horror, many of which made it on to my 'All Time Top Horror' list.
By Reed Alexander6 years ago in Horror
Scary Disney: Dumbo: The Roustabouts, The Crows and the Pink Elephants
Dumbo, the flying elephant with incredibly large ears is a classic film with a few little flaws that will always stay in your memory. In a circus in Florida all the mothers receive their babies from the storks, Mrs Jumbo, receives a small baby with large ears who her friends mock. They tease him and call him Dumbo because of his large ears but Mrs Jumbo ignores this and loves him for who he is. One day at the circus a group of children bully Dumbo to which Mrs Jumbo becomes enraged and hits one of the children. The ringmaster calms her down and has her locked up. This saddens Dumbo who later on finds a mouse and becomes friends with him. Timothy Mouse cheers him up and they get drunk together. They wake up in a tree the next morning and come across a flock of crows who encourage Dumbo to fly. Dumbo perks up and they go back to the circus, he performs an act and stuns the world and becomes the most famous elephant in the world. His mother is let out of the cage and Dumbo flies high, free and happy. A few scenes in the movie leave us thinking, what was Walt thinking?
By Sara Sparrow6 years ago in Horror
'Blue Velvet': Frank Booth's Strange Mind
David Lynch's Blue Velvet is a largely acclaimed film, and deservedly so. It's one of those films that's not so easy to characterize — perhaps even more so than Lynch's other films. It's definitely on the weird side, but not so overpoweringly weird that it's ultra-artsy. It may not be an outright horror movie yet it definitely has creepy moments throughout. Plus, who would say Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper) wouldn't fit in somewhere in horror's mad villain pantheon? He definitely is not a good guy, and says and does some things that are downright freaky. So, even though Wikipedia brands this a "neo-noir mystery film," there's enough disturbing stuff going on which make Blue Velvet disturbing.
By Wade Wainio6 years ago in Horror
'Come to Daddy' Movie Review
From longtime horror film producer, but first time director, Ant Timpson, Come to Daddy is the classic tale of a son, Norval (Elijah Wood), attempting to reconnect with his estranged father (Stephen McHattie), who abandoned him and his mother when Norval was little. However, Norval’s dad is extremely competitive and macho, and in an effort to gain his respect, Norval keeps trying to impress him. But their pissing contest goes horribly awry, and it leads down a dark and twisted rabbit hole.
By Will Lasley7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of C.H.U.D. (1984)
This movie is pretty bad, but for what it is, it's actually quite good. And I don't mean 'so bad it's good,' I mean actually good. And I'm not grading on a curve here. Don't misunderstand me, there is so much about this movie that is jut flat out bad that it should fit into the category of good-bad movies. In fact, I struggle to place it anywhere else. It's a bit of a paradox, a movie being both good and bad while not technically being good-bad.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
The invisible man.. my review
Ok so this film were so I begin, it is oh so very predictable honestly it starts with the villains girlfriend Cecilia’s fleeing, and it is this that sends the abusive, sociopathic, and overly possessive Griffin (our main antagonist) into a spiral of pure deranged, and utter manipulative path of pure sociopathic and possessive REVENGE!!!. he does this by faking his own suicide and then having his brother getting involved to collaborate his story, and then he dons a suit lined with billions of tiny cameras so as to physically disappear from the whole world, and then he sets of on his plan to gaslight his ex who for her perceived “betrayal” of him. Honestly credit were credit is due I think this movie does a great great great job of portraying the post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that many abuse victims go thru after they escaped there abusive relationships, and this movie very cleverly combined the hollow man-esque science with abuse victim mentality and remake of a black and white horror film and u got a recipe for a genius film.
By Dylan Radford7 years ago in Horror
'Swallow' Movie Review
Swallow is the story of Hunter Conrad (Haley Bennett). She has just married a very attractive and successful man (Austin Stowell), and they have a baby on the way. But it soon begins to dawn on her that her husband is controlling every aspect of her life, and she starts to feel the walls closing in on her. As a result of her stress, she develops a very unhealthy habit on a whim: pica, the compulsion to eat inedible objects. As those around her try to help her, it quickly becomes clear that she still has some repressed demons from her past.
By Will Lasley7 years ago in Horror
My review of "Constantine"
I remember seeing the trailers for Constantine back in 2005. It seemed like an interesting movie but I never got the chance to watch it. I've had several chances to watch this film but there was always something that got in the way. Fortunate for me there's this thing called Netflix started streaming this movie 15 years after it came out. After finally getting to watch this movie, I can say I understand why some people liked it so much.
By Brian Anonymous7 years ago in Horror
'VFW' Movie Review
VFW is about a group of aging veterans hanging out in their local VFW bar: Fred (Stephen Lang), Walter (William Sadler), Abe (Fred "The Hammer" Williamson), Lou (Martin Kove), Doug (David Patrick Kelly), and Thomas (George Wendt). While the gang is celebrating Fred's birthday, a teenager (Sierra McCormick) seeks shelter from an unknown assailant. They then learn that she stole from a gang leader (Travis Hammer), whose new drug H.Y.P.E., has thrown the whole city into chaos. Now the bar is under siege from a band of raving H.Y.P.E. tweakers, and it's up to the old pros, along with a newly-returned younger solider named Shawn (Tom Williamson), to fend off the lunatics.
By Will Lasley7 years ago in Horror
