The original Grizzly (1976) was clearly at attempt to capitalize on the success of Jaws (1973), changing the setting from a seaside resort town to an unnamed national park in the United States (it was filmed in Georgia) and the threat from a shark to a grizzly. In and of itself, it’s a pretty unremarkable […]
I recently discovered the trailer for Porno, and it’s looks to be pretty good. Typically horror-comedies lean too far one way or the other, ending up neither fish nor fowl. For instance, I enjoy An American Werewolf In London (1981) but a lot of the humor falls flat. In fact, if it weren’t for the […]
Typically the only thing learned from a teaser trailer is next to nothing (which is why they’re called ‘teasers’). Though there’s more here than meets the eye because it’s described thusly by IMDB: “A quiet drifter is tricked into a janitorial job at the now condemned Wally’s Wonderland. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out […]
Dave Franco’s – the brother of James – feature debut is an auspicious horror movie (Kinda, as far as the horror is concerned? I’ll go into that a bit deeper in a moment) called The Rental. What’s so impressive about his movie is how well it’s shot. It has a distinct visual sense as well […]
I’m a huge aficionado of H.P. Lovecraft’s writing (the man? Not so much), and Stuart Gordon has adapted more of his work than any other director I’m aware of. As a filmmaker he seems to get the randomness, the chaotic nature that lies at the heart of Lovecraft’s work, as well as an aficionado of […]
I enjoyed M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense immensely. The point being, when every other director – including Shyamalan himself – seemed to think that a movie isn’t quite complete without some Twilight Zone-esque twist that they apparently think adds greater significance to everything that’s came before it. And when it works, it’s pretty interesting […]
I don’t quite know what an “Exclusive Official Trailer” is though I have to admit that I really want to see Jiu Jitsu because – while it doesn’t look particularly good – it does look damn interesting. It’s very much Predator (1987), combined with Mortal Kombat (1995) with a smidge of (the extremely underrated) Without […]
Sometimes a filmmaker can wear their influences on their sleeve, which can be a good thing, particularly when they take from the people that inspired them and create something uniquely their own. Though what’s often the case is that they end up mimicking the work of someone at the height of their powers, and it […]
Why isn’t this movie called “Chaos Rising” again? Anyway, the history of Lionsgate’s Chaos Walking has been a pretty – pardon the pun – chaotic one. The first cut of Doug Liman’s movie was considered unreleasable which is interesting because “first” anything implies “second” or even “third” so the studio couldn’t just recut Liman’s cut […]
Dune Drifter looks interesting despite having a poster that looks just like that of Mad Max, except from a different angle and from the back. And who isn’t aware of the 900-lb gorilla that is Dune? Then there’s the fact that the story of Dune Drifter is more than a little bit reminiscent of Wolfgang […]
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