Blumhouse Productions

Mark your calendars, folks: Only 364 days until the next annual Purge. Or so it promises at the end of this sequel to last year’s Ethan Hawke-starring home invasion movie “The Purge”, which at the very least was a serviceable thriller with a couple of decent twists and turns. No such thought was afforded “The […]

Taking a page from the book of what not to do with a horror picture, director Mike Flanagan seems less concerned about being an innovator in the genre than he is about learning from the mistakes of filmmakers who’ve butchered some potentially creepy concepts in the past. In a category where it’s almost impossible not […]

The hype surrounding director/co-writer Mike Flanagan’s Oculus had me believing it was going to be a thrill-a-minute scarefest from which there was no return. After watching the film, I came away from it with a greater appreciation for its storytelling. It wasn’t a “so scary, I jumped out of my seat” kind of film; instead, […]