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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: 'Fantasy Island'is Corporatized Horror Trash
Fantasy Island is a tedious attempt at reviving familiar I.P with a ‘twist.’ What if we take a forgettable 1970’s TV show and make it a horror movie? Clever? The result certainly is not clever or interesting. Rather, the remake of Fantasy Island as a Blumhouse horror movie with a sub-B-List cast reeks of corporate interference and of a director who is more hack than actual director, only capable of forgettably transmitting corporate dictates into a bland screen product.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Horror
‘The Invisible Man’ (2020) Movie Review
Inspired by the classic novel by H.G. Wells, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man is the story of Cecilia (Elisabeth Moss) and her ex-boyfriend, Dr. Adrien Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen). Dr. Griffin is a brilliant scientist, but a very abusive partner. After Cecilia finally escapes, he kills himself. But after some unseen being starts tormenting her, Cecilia deduces that he is not only alive, but has also figured out a way to turn himself invisible. Everyone thinks she’s hysterical, including her sister (Harriet Dyer) and her good friend James (Aldis Hodge), a police officer who harbored her while she was hiding from Adrien. Now, Cecilia must not only prove that Adrien is alive, but stop him before he hurts anyone else.
By Will Lasley6 years ago in Horror
The Lighthouse Movie Review
The slow burn is an unapologetic style of filmmaking; it doesn’t aim to appeal to a broad audience, nor does it conform to popular trends. After debuting to the masses with 2015’s The Witch, director Robert Eggers has brought us “The Lighthouse”, a masterful creation that ranks among the creepiest and most suspenseful films ever made.
By Robert Cain6 years ago in Horror
'Brahms: The Boy II' Movie Review
Brahms: The Boy II is a fairly loose sequel to The Boy from 2016. After a traumatic experience, young Jude (Christopher Convery) is rendered mute. His parents (Katie Holmes, Owain Yeoman) decide to move to what was the guest house on a grand estate; the same estate formerly occupied by the Heelshire family in the first film. Jude finds the doll, Brahms, in the woods behind the house, and he quickly becomes attached to the doll. But strange, sinister things begin happening around the house, and nobody can figure out who's doing them.
By Will Lasley6 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'Polaroid' (2019)
It's weird that I ended up watching this movie right after the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street (Elm Str). They have a lot of odd similarities. I think the person who wrote this movie, might have been trying to come up with a new adaption on the Elm Str. concept, and just phoned it in. I mean, a child murderer, with supernatural powers, uses them within a very strict mythos, to murder the children of the people who killed him.
By Reed Alexander6 years ago in Horror
Netflix's Horror Movie: 'Girl on the Third Floor'
Girl on the Third Floor was released in the movies in the United States on March 25, 2019. The 93-minute psychology horror movie is now being streamed on Netflix. It is listed in the network's top 10 films in the United States. It has received an 80 percent score among critics. Some people who have seen the movie posted on social media that it is "the scariest movie" they have ever seen. Others say they sleep with the lights on at night after watching the movie.
By Margaret Minnicks6 years ago in Horror
'The Lodge' Movie Review
From Austrian directing duo Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz, The Lodge is the story of brother and sister Aidan (Jaeden Martell, aka Jaeden Lieberher) and Mia (Lia McHugh). Their parents are separated, and when their father, Richard (Richard Armitage), informs their mother, Laura (Alicia Silverstone), that he intends to marry his girlfriend, Grace (Riley Keough), she commits suicide. The kids now resent both Grace and their father, as they blame them both for what happened to their mom. When their dad tells Aidan and Mia that Grace will be joining them at their lodge in the mountains for Christmas, the two siblings are furious, so when Richard has to go back to the house for a couple days, tensions run high and are only made worse by their isolation.
By Will Lasley6 years ago in Horror
'Fantasy Island' (2020) Movie Review
Blumhouse’s new take on the beloved TV show from the 70’s and 80’s takes it into much darker territory. In this film, five strangers (Maggie Q, Lucy Hale, Ryan Hansen, Jimmy O. Yang, Austin Stowell) are given the chance to visit a magical, remote island in which, supposedly, they are able to live out their greatest fantasy. After being greeted by their host, Mr. Roarke (Michael Peña), he shows them around the resort and informs them that they will be granted their wishes the next day. However, their fantasies aren't exactly what they had hoped for, and the island itself seems to be harboring a dark secret.
By Will Lasley6 years ago in Horror
