The zombie genre may be on it’s last legs, pardon the pun. Z Nation? Gone. The Walking Dead is talking about more spinoffs–one (Fear The Walking Dead) has been on for a few years now–though the mothership series is pulling in it’s lowest ratings in years. And is there really any mystery why? Zombie shows […]
Alien: Containment is one of the six–though I have also read there may be seven–shorts made commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Alien. And it’s not that good. I don’t mean for a moment to imply that it’s not well-shot and convincingly production designed. No. Alien: Containment‘s problem is that it doesn’t do anything that we […]
I recently caught The Bye Bye Man on Netflix, and the good thing is that it’s not irredeemably bad. Which still means that it’s bad, just not so bad you get angry at yourself for having watched it. It has all the elements of a really entertaining, well-done movie but the most essential element of […]
We need this movie because until the sequel to Zombieland comes along zombie movies are for the most part grim affairs. And I really enjoy The Walking Dead, but at the same time it helps to mix things up. And coming from Jim Jarmusch (Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai, Coffee And Cigarettes, Dead […]
Owen Egerton’s Mercy Black is a much better movie than you’d think for one that forgoes a theatrical release and ends up on Netflix (The Cloverfield Paradox, anyone?). It’s a familiar story, but well-told revolving around urban myths in the vein of Candyman, though is more reminiscent of the very read murder done in the […]
The Conjuring movies–which includes Annabelle–aren’t terrible by any stretch. though they’re not that good as far as horror movies go, either. In fact, they’re passable entertainments and that’s it. They’re stylistic exercises and care less about generating genuine thrills and chills than appealing to as many people as possible. And that’s okay because the purpose […]
For me Guillermo Del Toro is one of those directors who’s name alone is virtually a guarantee I’ll see his movie because Del Toro typically brings an earnestness to his projects that is comparable to no other director. Even when he misfires, his work is never too far from the target. That being said, I […]
I have a joyous, almost childish love for horror. It’s such a cathartic medium for me but like anything else, when it’s done well it’s a joy to behold. But when it’s not…things can be a bit uninspired. And Flay looks…meh. Not terrible by any means, but nothing particularly memorable either.
Steve Beck’s Ghost Ship is a 2002 horror feature released through Warner Bros. and is a gloriously ridiculous movie. I wouldn’t call it a good movie necessarily, though it’s enjoyable (which is an important distinction). And as I mention in my review, it’s an oddly joyous–I don’t mean that in terms of happiness, but in […]
I enjoyed Get Out, the introduction of Jordan Peele as a director. While it was a confident debut, it was also somewhat derivative. Us is another matter entirely. It possesses the same confidence of Peele’s debut, but moves with an elan bordering on bravado because let’s be clear, Us is more complex and that it […]
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