I’ve got to hand it to M. Night Shyamalan because for a man who’s career was teetering on the abyss not too long ago he’s come back in spectacular form. And who’d thought that being given less money to make movies would be a HUGE reason why. When you take into account Lady in the […]
When I heard that Netflix was releasing a new horror movie I went a little psycho (in the best possible way). Then I learned it was called Ghoul I dared to think that maybe something wicked this way would come and touch me with some horror movie goodness. Then I learned it was Indian–not Native […]
I didn’t see the first Goosebumps because–in hindsight–I don’t believe in horror for children. By which I mean I grew up in the Seventies and distinctly remembering going to the theater with my brothers and some friends to see Arnold. I haven’t seen it since but recall it revolving around a dead guy marrying a […]
It goes without saying I didn’t particularly like the firsr trailer for Shane Black’s The Predator. It played a bit too much like AVP: Requiem (which is insult enough) but for some reason felt the need to imply some kid somehow gained the ability to control a Predator space craft, which one-upped the former movie […]
I was particularly unimpressed with the teaser trailer for Halloween (2018). Then again, they call them ‘teasers’ for a reason. The full trailer is better but not by a lot. Reason being, if you were in the water with a shark, would you wave a bloody steak in front of it? Probably not, yet there’s […]
Before I begin, I have not been a fan of the Transformers franchise since the first one. Once you get over they’re robots changing into cars, trucks and fighter craft there just isn’t that much there. Which would be bad enough if the movies weren’t–to varying degrees–chock full of cynicism, contempt for the viewer, sexism […]
I’ve never been a fan of Dario Argento–or giallo movies in general for that matter–possibly because there always seemed to be so much going on on top of the feeling that horror lovers were supposed to like them by default, never mind that I never thought that they were particularly good. Or perhaps I should […]
I need to see this movie. I read a week or so ago that the trailer was shown in a theater in Australia and it freaked everyone out (though to be fair it was prior to a showing of Peter Rabbit, with an audience likely made up mainly of children and their parents). What I find […]
The trailer for the Happytime Murders is admittedly funny, but the idea of children’s television characters acting inappropriately has a long history in television and movies. Here’s a scene from the ‘Smiletime‘ episode from Angel (1999). And Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) revolved around cartoon characters interacting with the ‘real’ world–as opposed to puppets–though the same […]
Spike Lee can be a very controversial director, though I typically find his movies somewhat difficult to watch. This is due less to the subject matter–though he can be a bit pedantic at times–than he has certain stylistic tendencies (such as putting the actors on dollies and pulling them through a scene) that typically feels […]
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