John Knautz and Trevor Matthews’ Girlhouse starts as an extremely effective fashion, giving us a glimpse of the man before the monster. And if the movie had continued along that path it might have been a horror classic. Instead it moves along another track, and introduces us to the movie’s protagonist, Kylie Atkins (Ali Cobrin) […]
Travis Steven’s Girl On The Third Floor is a pleasant surprise, a horror movie that manages to take tropes that are familiar to people who’re fans of the genre, yet manage to be it’s own thing. For instance, I can see instances of the work of David Cronenberg (Videodrome in particular) and Michael Winner (The […]
Vivarium was directed by Lorcan Finnegan, and he happens to be a director I’m familiar with, having seen his 2016 movie, Without Name. Speaking of Without Name, it was okay though the concept when all is said and done was more interesting than the execution. Now Vivarium…this looks interesting! It reminds me vaguely of The […]
Nicholas McCarthy’s The Prodigy is a much better movie than I expected it to be, though having seen his 2012 movie The Pact it shouldn’t have surprised me too much. What does is, when its all said and done, how derivative The Prodigy is of Richard Donner’s 1976 The Omen, except on a smaller scale. […]
Like assholes, likely everyone has an opinion…as to why Ava DuVernay is directing New Gods for DC Films. What brought this line of inquiry to mind was the a story from Comicbooknews about DuVernay directing a show called DMZ (starring the breathtaking Rosario Dawson). The last big-budget feature she directed was Disney’s A Wrinkle In […]
Niels Arden Oplev’s reboot of Flatliners (2017) is one of those reboots that managed to be better than the original. Which isn’t saying too much since Joel Schumacher’s movie wasn’t too great, mainly due to its mix of music video esthetics and schmaltz that has not aged too well. The reboot eschews the music video […]
There’s likely no movie monster that’s received as much interpretation (and reinterpretation) as Dracula, which is an illustrator of how much the character resonates with audiences. Which is also a double-edged sword in that when you reach a certain point in terms of being a part of the cultural zeitgeist, there’s little else you can […]
I recall reading somewhere where Nick Cage referred to as an “A list” actor and while he may be many things I’m not at all sure that’s one of them. Reason being, he’s too quirky, too cognizant that movie making is a job above all else, which means he’s going to be in a lot […]
I don’t know about you but I really dig vampires, especially when they’re in the fashion of Near Dark and 30 Days Of Night. Reason being, they’re not the more traditional. romantic interpretations of the vampire myth, with fears of crucifixes and churches. These modern day horrors tend to more science-adjacent, typically coming by their […]
I have never heard of 2016’s Don’t Hang Up till a few days ago and I wonder how it is I haven’t heard of it. It’s a taut little thriller revolving around three guys who spend an inordinate amount of time making prank calls to people for clicks (it goes without saying they’re filming their […]
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