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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.
Movie Review: 'The World Ends at Camp Z'
World Ends at Camp Z is a low budget zombie movie that, though it may look like a horror comedy, takes its premise deathly seriously. Directed by Ding Wang, what looks like it should be a wild horror comedy quickly establishes itself as a dire waiting game as interchangeable characters are introduced, bicker in desperately unfunny fashion, and wait for zombies to show up and make a meal of them.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Horror
Why 'Jaws 2' Is Technically A Slasher Movie
The movie Jaws created a sensation when it was released in the summer of 1975. In all the vast and unknown depths of the ocean...how could there have only been ONE? Jaws was an event. It was the first movie to ever hit $100 million at the box office with people queuing around blocks to the movie theater, coining the phrase "blockbuster." It tapped into the primal fear of the unknown of what lurked beneath the waves. It even resulted in fewer beachgoers that year. Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water in 1978, the terror would continue in Jaws 2.
By Culture Slate4 years ago in Horror
Amazon Original Sci-Fi ‘The Vast Of Night’ is a Love Letter to The Twilight Zone
The Vast of Night (2019) Story Analysis The Vast of Night (2019) was a surprise for me when I flipped it on my Amazon account. I wasn't entirely sure what to expect and frankly, I had done little to no research. I selfishly wanted it to grab and pull me in, otherwise, I wasn't going to spend time on it.
By Fiona Percival4 years ago in Horror
Studio 666: Deadly Good or Dead on Arrival?
Looking around the mostly empty movie theater, I wondered if anyone else had come to see Studio 666 directly after church like my husband and I did. Maybe not as common an after-church event as a meal with the family or a nap, but hey, we are unique.
By The Nerd Habit4 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Studio 666' Gets Horror Comedy Right
Studio 666 walks a remarkably slim tight rope between comedy and bloody horror and manages brilliantly to stay upright. This wildly fun and playful horror movie starring the rock band, The Foo Fighters, is such a jovial delight that even when someone dies horrifically you can sense they did so with the glee of a child enjoying a theme park ride. Dave Grohl and company are having an absolute ball sending up horror tropes and playing them straight for scares at the same time and I loved every moment of it.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Horror
The Guest, review
Being autistic I never had any friends, it is just hard to get people to understand you: especially with high functioning autism that I have so my ONLY SOLICE after the merciless bullying I received was to go home and watch movies with the dream of being a critic. I was always that guy who would come out of the movies picking apart every detail, for instant in the new matrix movie a dead give away Neil Patrick Harris is the villian would be his glasses they are blue and the blue pill is the pill that keeps people in the matrix, he talks with a soft even tone much like every other villian towards Neo and he is the secondary face shown in the trailer, so with those I had a 99% positive rate that he would be the villian before it even came out in theaters. Anyway in this article what I really want to talk about is the little guy. Sure there are many people running reviews on big name films but why not throw the little guy a bone once in a while after all even the small dogs deserve a treat, I mean not every show dog has to be big.
By SnickersWriting4 years ago in Horror
The 2015 Horror Film ‘The Invitation’ Modernizes the Philosophies of Memento Mori
Impressions of the Film I've loved The Invitation (2015) since the first viewing and have gone back to rewatch it at leisure. But I wanted to take today to go over what meaning and discovery I find within this modern cautionary tale of death, grief, and how the desire to live is also how we all live with death at any moment. But to quote the RogerEbert.com 2016 review:
By Fiona Percival4 years ago in Horror
Speedy Read Horror Review
In this Speedy Read Horror movie review, I will be going over Netflix’s “requel” Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022. *I want to start by saying that these are just opinions and thoughts I have on the film. I appreciate all films even ones that I make criticisms on. Art is subjective.*
By Ashley McGuire4 years ago in Horror
How Friday the 13th (1980) Isn’t Just a Slasher, It’s a Murder Mystery
Impressions of the Film I began to watch this film because I figured if anything, it'd be for the benefit of understanding all of the social references and influences that likely stemmed from this film. Grinning at myself as the tropes of sexually active teenagers are universally punished in a stabby-stabby bath of blood. Particularly for Baby-Face Kevin Bacon on screen.
By Fiona Percival4 years ago in Horror
NEW DRAFT - How The Woman In Black Film Should Be a Christmas Story
The Original Book and Its Author Susan Hill In 1983 The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story was published under Hamish Hamilton and authored by Susan Hill. This was a product of Susan's writing mid-career as her first novel, The Enclosure was published in 1961 at the age of sixteen years old.
By Fiona Percival4 years ago in Horror
Netflix’s The Old Ways Divides Everyone on Opinion
Impressions of the Film The first time I watched this film I did remember feeling like it was too slow of a plot for a horror flick. The development of the demonic possessions seemed to be outshone by multitudes of interpersonal conflict between this small cast of characters. The actual “Scare” scenes were few and far between. I raised an eyebrow and did a “pause-check” at about 60 minutes to see how much longer to go in the film. Not usually a good sign for a horror moviegoer when you’re not invested in “what will happen next.”
By Fiona Percival4 years ago in Horror
