Horror
There’s nothing in the world like a movie full of single-minded intent and purpose. It’s the way that writers and directors push us down a one-lane path toward an unwieldy, dangerous truth that reveals a film’s entire existence. And no film genre in the world encapsulates this portentous feeling – emoted in the film by […]
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I’m wondering if A Quiet Place is going to become the new Friday the 13th franchise, deposited almost yearly into theaters to scare teen audiences. They share the same distributor – Paramount, who gave us the first eight Friday the 13ths, seven Paranormal Activitys, and is also giving us the eighth Mission: Impossible movie next […]
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Oh, man. This was the one I was waiting for; if you’re a horror fan like me, how can you not love a Friday the 13th-style slasher film from the point of view of the murderer? Did you ever wonder how he manages to stay out of sight until the last second or catch up […]
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Horror movies are always more fun when there’s a kid as the villain, and that’s exactly what we get with Radio Silence’s new film, Abigail. Supposedly a reimagining of Dracula’s Daughter, Abigail has enough of its own spirit to divorce itself almost completely from its origins thanks to Radio Silence’s beyond-dark sense of humor and […]
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Full disclosure: I’m an arachnophobe. Straight up. Yes, I understand their importance in the food chain, and hooray for them eating mosquitoes and all, but small or large, spiders to me just… euuughhh. So, how was Kiah Roache-Turner’s Sting for me? Honestly, fairly enjoyable while tweaking discomfort levels up just enough maintain a steady atmosphere […]
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I love horror movies. (My wife can tell you that they’re often my favorite thing to throw on when I go to sleep, often to her chagrin.) They can be fun and entertaining, and they offer you the thrill of being scared without being in danger, if that’s your thing. But it always goes the […]
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The Korean ghost story Exhuma gets your spine tingling in all the right places. Writer/director Jang Jae-hyun creates a world in which spirits work through the unwitting and are fought by rituals, lowly funeral directors, and globe-trotting specialists. It’s portrayed as just an everyday action, like going to a strip mall to fix your vacuum […]
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When looking at a film like Last Night at Terrace Lanes, you have to remember that movies like this aren’t big Hollywood productions. Director Jamie Nash and company are swinging for the fences with about one-thirtieth of the budget, and you have to admire the follow-through, even though it may not be an out-of-the-park hit. […]
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In 2019, there was a viral Japanese film called One Cut of the Dead which featured a single-take short zombie film, but the film’s scope pulls back in the second and third acts to show the making of it. We see the various meetings, casting choices, rehearsals, and family drama that wind up creating more […]
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Blumhouse Productions has two horror films opening this weekend – one on large screens, one on Amazon Prime. The large-screen adventure should’ve been swapped for a streamer while Totally Killer should’ve been given a chance at reaping decent spooky season box office numbers. Never taking itself seriously while maintaining high levels of suspense and thrills, […]
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