movie review

Movie reviews for horror fans; from gruesome bone-chillers to dark horror thrillers, a showcase for frightful films that seek to entertain and to terrify.

Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'Salem's Lot' (1979)
Jesus fuck, why the hell was this so scary when we were kids? It's easy to forget the 'Leave It To Beaver' TV acting of the 70s. Mind you, this was considered premo acting back in those days. It's like my review of Suspiria (1977). It doesn't make sense now that acting has evolved and needs to be more genuine. Back in the days, theater acting was considered more appropriate while today it would only seem hammy. That being said, the acting is still good enough for horror, even by today's standards, so fuck it, it's fine.
By Reed Alexander3 years ago in Horror
My Favorite Horror Films
Halloween is one of the best days of any year. All the amazing costumes, candy and horror films that you can ask for. The list of horror films worth watching grows every single year but here are the top 5 that always stick with me no matter what time of year it is.
By Reel Vibes3 years ago in Horror
Vivarium - A Movie Review
We’ve been driving for hours and we still end up at the same house. Vivarium is a 2019 film. Looking for a house in a nice neighborhood, Gemma and Tom follow a strange realtor into a neighborhood. Attempting to leave, they’re trapped in an endless line of houses in the same neighborhood. If they want to be free, they must raise a child.
By Marielle Sabbag3 years ago in Horror
Fright Night (1984)
Charlie Brewster (William Ragsdale) has a problem. His next-door neighbor, the suave, sophisticated, and undoubtedly wealthy antique dealer Jerry Dandridge (Chris Sarandon) is a vampire. He lives with a huge, lumbering manservant (Jonathan Stark), and Charlie sees him carrying what looks to be a coffin out from their creepy Adams Family-style home to the waiting van outside. All this while watching his favorite creature feature host, Peter Vincent (the late Roddy McDowall) on "Fright Night," host bad vampire movies while trying to get some nookie from his girlfriend Amy (a young Amanda Bearse).
By Tom Baker3 years ago in Horror
You're Next - A Movie Review
Stay away from the windows. Someone is out there! You’re Next is a 2011 film. The Davidson family gets together for dinner. Except, it’s not the happy evening they were hoping for. Attacked by mysterious killers wearing ominous masks, one family member unexpectedly fights back.
By Marielle Sabbag3 years ago in Horror
Halloween Ends - Movie Review
"What on earth did I just watch?!" Is what I told myself upon leaving the cinema. Halloween Ends completely missed the charm of the original movie. What was once a very simple, straight to the point slasher, where a unstoppable killer storms through Haddonfield on a murderous rampage is now a convoluted romantic thriller about Laurie's grand daughter, Alison, falling for a bad boy psychopath! I'm not even kidding you folks, Halloween Ends focuses far more on this new character named Corey, who slowly becomes psychotic upon meeting Michael Myers in a creepy sewer. After escaping the infamous serial killer, Corey slowly starts to lose his sanity and essentially becomes a copy-cat killer of The Shape, only he has an even cheaper Halloween mask from the local dollar store. What's even worse is just how much screen time is absolutely wasted on this bizarre, yet awful romantic relationship he has with Alison, which honestly takes over the majority of this film's run time! I swear to you this is the actual plot and it's not at all scary.
By Joseph Roy Wright3 years ago in Horror
Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
Produced and directed by a fertilizer salesman, Manos: The Hands of Fate is a film so lacking in any merit, that, to attribute to it the designation of being an actual film in the traditional sense may be overstating things. It's more like an absurd fever dream experienced after eating a heavy Mexican dinner.
By Tom Baker3 years ago in Horror
Bloodfreak! (aka Blood Freak!)
Blood Freak (or maybe Bloodfreak!) is a movie so wretchedly, abysmally awful it should be in a Museum of the Celluloid Atrocities. It's essentially a movie about a biker (director/ producer "Steve Hawkes" who looks like the bastard offspring of Johnny Cash and Elvis) who goes to a party with some freewheeling hippie chick, gets a lecture from her born-again sister, gets a job at a "poultry farm" (I thought those were mainly for chickens, but all we see are turkeys, which seems somehow appropriate, given this picture) and then eats a turkey or chicken meal wrapped in aluminum that causes him to hallucinate he has a giant bird's head. (I'm not making this shit up. Go, watch the film, and see for yourself.)
By Tom Baker3 years ago in Horror
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Halloween is fast approaching. Arrive it will, like a stereotypical witch on a broomstick, in just a few days. I've taken the liberty to revisit a few cinematic friends this month. One of them being the masterful Phantom of the Opera (1925), a definitive adaptation of the Gaston LeRoux gothic mystery classic, made in 1925, silent, and starring the late, great Lon Chaney Sr., the "Man of a Thousand Faces."
By Tom Baker3 years ago in Horror
Smile - Movie Review
Smile begins strong, it has a creepy setting and story which begins with our main character, Dr. Rose Cotter (played by Sosie Bacon) Visiting mental patient of hers, as she is a psychiatrist. This first patient of hers, he believes a monster is following him, and what I like about this is how ambiguous Smile is, for he is not the one who passes curse onto Rose, it is actually her second patient, Laura Weaver (played by Caitlin Stasey) who is haunted by the demon. So it leaves us wondering whether or not Rose's first patient is just crazy, or if he too is cursed by the demon, this and many other questions are never answered, leaving us in the dark with only the fear of the unknown to comfort us! After Laura's suicide in front of Rose, whilst under possession of the demon, this triggers the demon to attach itself to her and soon a bizarre series of hauntings begin to take place!
By Joseph Roy Wright3 years ago in Horror
‘Terrifier 2’ Movie Review
Art the Clown is back in Terrifier 2! This time around, Art (David Howard Thornton) has been brought back to life by dark magic following the events of the first movie. A young woman named Sienna (Lauren LaVera), still struggling with the tragic death of her father years prior, is plagued by nightmares about the infamous Miles County Clown. But when Art begins stalking her and her awkward younger brother, Jonathan (Elliott Fullam) on Halloween night, she’ll have to figure out a way to defeat the killer clown and discover the supposed link between the killer and her family.
By Will Lasley3 years ago in Horror
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul!
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul! Is reputedly the first "horror film" produced in Brazil ( beyond maybe some snuff porno loops produced by organized crime and bandied about in urban legends). It's the product of one José Mojica Marins, a.k.a., the legendary "Coffin Joe," a horror filmmaker of no small repute in his homeland, who has been the subject of countless films, television programs, comic books, songs, you name it.
By Tom Baker3 years ago in Horror