Zombie beavers?! Why? That being said, I guess a movie that features zombified beavers shouldn’t be too much of a surprise to me, yet it is. Mostly, I don’t understand the choice of animal. I would think that zombie house cats would actually be more interesting. They’re certainly more common than beavers in most places, […]
“Take A Heaping Tablespoon Of An Actor Taking A Role Way Too Seriously, Add A Pinch Of Weirdness, And You Have A Half-Baked Vampire Tale” The ‘Argento’ in this case is Dario, the Italian giallo director best known for films like “Susperia,” “Phenomena” among many others. His latest work, “Argento’s Dracula” could have been a […]
This turned up a week or so ago. Positive buzz is pretty high, though I am not sure why. After all, mirrors as conduits for malevolent spirits isn’t a new idea. Off the top of my head I recall “Mirrors,” its sequel as well as “The Boogey Man”– why do they call it ‘Boogeyman‘ anyway? As […]
If this movie had just zombies, I would have been satisfied. A bit underwhelmed perhaps, but satisfied. The effects work–of prime importance for any film featuring the walking dead–looks OK, though to be honest you can’t see all that much, even with the Red Band trailer, which I have posted. But when you add robots […]
“It’s not f@cking Roman, you muppet!” You gotta love a movie with heart. And brains, lots of brains, most of which end up exploding from someone’s skull at some point. “Cockneys Vs. Zombies” is the first newfangled zombie film I felt introduced the walking dead in a fresh and interesting manner. It also begs for […]
There are only so many horror tropes to draw on: Killer aboard spaceship knocking people off; killer robot aboard spaceship knocking people off; killer robot mutant aboard spaceship knocking people off; alien aboard spaceship knocking people off; vengeful host of alien, which lives on in a now killer robot, knocking people off. Replace ‘spaceship’ with […]
“The hints of potential–and they’re there–in “The Hills Run Red,” are too fleeting to invest the time to uncover.” Some movies, such as Dario Argento‘s “Susperia,” scare me. I feel this way despite having seen it too long ago to remember any detail (though I do recall a young woman crawling through a tunnel lined […]
“Stitches” is worth seeing, but–other than the gore effects–there’s not much going on.” I have never quite understood why people find clowns particularly threatening (though I perfectly understand why mimes, their evil cousins, might makes some uneasy), which isn’t the same as the phobia known as coulrophobia. I mean they’re hardly subtle, and wearing those […]
“Paul W.S. Anderson is a successful director, yet paradoxically many of his films are barely watchable.” I have read that George Romero was originally offered the first ‘Resident Evil,’ though his treatment of the property was eventually rejected. It’s worth noting that I haven’t read or seen that treatment, so I have no basis for […]
“”Curse Of Chucky” is at heart a very smart movie. Unfortunately, much of that smartness is surrounded by a typical horror film.” Don Mancini‘s “Curse Of Chucky” takes the “Child’s Play” franchise back to its origins, relying more on scares and suspense than the camp of the last few entries (which were entertaining, but began […]
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