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.
A Filmmaker's Review: "Dark Water" (2002)
I had already seen the Hollywood version of this film with Jennifer Connolly when I was on my way to watch this film on my laptop. However, I didn’t really like the Hollywood production of it and felt like it was a little over the top. The acting was not very good and the way in which it interpreted the story and its atmosphere wasn’t great. This is something I find a lot with Hollywood versions of Japanese films - that they fail to provide the same atmosphere and character intensity as their predecessors. I went on to watch the Japanese version of “Dark Water” (2002) and honestly, it was about a hundred times better than the Hollywood version.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Horror
My Personal List of Classic Horror Movie Faves
Oh, it’s the special time of year again when there’s that feeling in the air, a familiar crispy coolness bringing on the reoccurring wonders of what may lurk behind the veil which appears to be at its thinnest. Oh how I love the way that the fall season brings on one of my favorite Halloween traditions of curling up and getting cozy with a hot drink, some roasted pumpkin seeds and slipping into the world of the wondrously eerie, the macabre, and captivating haunts right from my TV screen. Back in the day, it was from VHS rentals. (Yes, I’m that old)
By Stacey Sikora5 years ago in Horror
The Cabin in the Woods - A Movie Review
I was not expecting to get chased by zombies when you invited me to your cabin. The Cabin in the Woods was released into theaters in 2011. A group of friends goes away for the weekend to a remote cabin. Hoping to have a relaxing time, the dark secrets of the cabin unleash a band of zombies, werewolves, and other terrifying monsters.
By Marielle Sabbag5 years ago in Horror
‘The Pale Door’ Is an Interesting Low-Budget Blend of Horror and Western
Admittedly, the sole reason I was interested in watching The Pale Door was that Joe R. Lansdale’s name was on the poster. If you’ve never heard of him, stop reading and check out some of his stuff now. He has a wealth of literary outputs, stories pertaining to different genres, including horror, Western, crime, science-fiction, coming-of-age drama. Some of these stories are absurdist pulp, others are genuinely moving. Usually, they are both. These stories can involve a melancholic King Kong, a soul-sucking mummy, zombies with Mickey Mouse ears, and so much more. If that doesn’t make you interested in giving his work a gander, I don’t know what will.
By MovieBabble5 years ago in Horror
A Filmmaker's Review: Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
I was actually watching this film when I was supposed to be working and thus, I got nothing done. The film was, at first primitive and slightly odd so I thought about turning it off, but then I saw tarot cards and then I was absolutely sold. The film is about a man who can tell the fortunes of each and every man in his carriage with the only way out for each of them being death. There is a twist that I don’t want to tell you because it gives the game away but Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee are both in it, so you know it’s good.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Horror
Classic Movie Review: 'Scanners
It is incredibly reductive that when many people think of David Cronenberg they think of Scanners. Scanners isn’t a bad movie, per se, but it should not be the first movie or even the second movie that people think of when they think of a master such as Cronenberg. With movies like The Brood, Eastern Promises, A History of Violence and Videodrome, it says something sad about our culture that people just want to remember an exploding head.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Horror
We Need to Talk About Michael Myers...
Arguments such as this have been going on since the beginning of time. Whether they be about political, religious or literary staples, there seems to be a silent agreement to disagree. While I’m unqualified to weigh in on those centuries-old debates, I like to consider myself qualified to lead the charge in one decades-old argument.
By Alesia Brooks5 years ago in Horror
Countdown - A Movie Review
You downloaded an app that tells you when you are going to die? Why? Countdown is a 2019 horror film about a woman who downloads an app that tells users when they will die. Finding out that she only has a couple of days to live, Quinn has to figure out a way to outsmart the app.
By Marielle Sabbag5 years ago in Horror
May - A Movie Review
I love gross. Have you met May? She is the epitome of all gross things. May is a 2002 drama-horror about a socially awkward young woman with a lazy eye. May just wants to fit in with the world. Developing a crush on a man with perfect hands, May’s strange behavior ruins the relationship making her spiral into madness.
By Marielle Sabbag5 years ago in Horror
