I LOVE this teaser. It’s genuinely more creepy than some entire movies (which shouldn’t be a surprise considering the movie–and I assume this teaser–was directed by Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Hush, Ouija: Origin of Evil) because it’s all about projecting a haunting, vaguely sinister atmosphere. Proof that what you don’t see can be as scary as […]
While I readily admit that a remake of Dario Argento’s giallo classic Susperia is a pretty good idea–despite not being a fan of remakes in general–I’m not terribly fond of the trailers so far released. They–particularly the first full trailer–feels too restrained, too subtle, too retro Horror (which I define as a horror movie that […]
If you were to make your moviegoing decisions based upon reviews you’d likely haven’t seen Sylvain White’s Slender Man. And that’s okay because it’s not a terribly good movie. The antagonist–Slender Man itself (a character Angus Scrimm did much better in the Phantasm movies pre-Internet meme) is a cypher in that you have no idea […]
I recall debating someone about the teaser trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s remake of Susperia a few months ago on Twitter, about how I found it not particularly scary. In fact, I still think that the producers should have went with an update of the original commercial, literally note for note. Though having seen the full […]
You have to hand it to A24. After all, this is the same studio that released Hereditary so it wouldn’t shock me if after that bit of retro-horror they’d rest on their laurels and go with something a little more conventional. And you’d be wrong because it’s followup is Slice, a movie apparently about a […]
I don’t know why I’m so annoyed with the trailer for the last Sharknado–fittingly titled The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time (not to be confused with Amityville 1992: It’s About Time, which I recall being a pretty good movie). After all, none of the Sharknado movies ever pretended to be realistic, which is good when you consider […]
Netflix dropped the trailer for the second season of Marvel’s Iron Fist a few hours ago, and it looks… okay. I don’t mean that to imply that I didn’t enjoy it or Iron Fist’s first season–I did–though I thought the Season Two trailer didn’t necessarily give enough new information to intrigue me (particularly as someone […]
You might not be aware that but Jordan Peele, the director of the breakout hit Get Out, is preparing it’s follow up, Us, also for Blumhouse. It’s also a horror movie–or perhaps should I say ‘social thriller’–starring Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke (both most recently seen in Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War) What the […]
I’ve never thought that Matt Ryan’s portrayal of John Constantine was a particularly good one, though I don’t blame him more than the casting. For a start, Constantine is the comics is physically lanky and more roguish than Ryan played him. Ryan says all the right things, but never quite does so convincingly. Then there’s […]
I’ve always wanted to like the Puppet Master movies more than I actually do. Unlike Chucky and Gizmo the antagonists/protagonists of the Puppet Master films not only can’t talk, but also aren’t particularly expressive physically so it makes relating to them–beyond being interesting practical effects–a little difficult. And while a lot of that may be due to […]
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