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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.
'Annabelle Comes Home' Movie Review
Annabelle Comes Home, the third in the spinoff series of The Conjuring, features Judy Warren (Mckenna Grace), daughter of Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga), who possesses a psychic connection to the dead, much like her mother. When her parents are gone for the evening, Judy is left in the care of her loving babysitter, Mary Ellen (Madison Iseman), and Mary Ellen's friend, Daniela (Katie Sarife). But due to circumstances which I won't spoil, the Warrens' artifact room, in which they store all objects that are cursed, possessed, haunted, etc. locked away, is opened, and the cursed doll known as Annabelle is removed from her case, welcoming evil spirits into the house.
By Will Lasley7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'Shellmont County Massacre' (2019)
I'll give them this, for an independent film that was made with zero budget, they had the right idea. Actually, for a brief moment, they bordered on brilliance. I really wish they'd seen the movie inside their movie, and developed that instead. I'll have to get to that in the spoilers, but suffice to say, it was a really solid moment in what was otherwise a generic slasher. It proves they can do better.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
Classic Movie Review: 'The Virgin Spring', 'The Divine Comedy' and The Seven Deadly Sins
The classic on this week's episode of the Everyone's a Critic Movie Review Podcast is Ingmar Bergman's remarkable 1960 revenge film, The Virgin Spring. Mainstream audiences know The Virgin Spring as the movie that famously inspired Wes Craven to make his violent, mysoginist, hateful, horror debut The Last House on the Left.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Midsommar' Is the Best Movie of 2019
Midsommar absolutely wrecked me. Writer-director Ari Aster is a visionary artist, and his vision here is among the most disquieting and disturbing that this reviewer has seen since, no joke, Cannibal Holocaust. I have a controversial opinion of Cannibal Holocaust, I think it is rather brilliant. I have long thought of how amazing it would be to see a great director take on such challenging material. Ari Aster has done that, he’s taken highly subversive ideas and imagery, and applied a master's eye to them, and the result is a stunning work.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'The Sand' (2015)
All right, this movie got a bad wrap. The way people talk about it, I was expecting full blown Birdemic or even Troll 2. Okay, it was bad, but basically it was bad because the CGI was fucking shit. This is a shoe-stringer from an independent studio. I expect the kind of quality that I'd get out of Gravitas or Uncorked. AND, on the rare occasion those studios produce a gem.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Annabelle Comes Home' Relies on Too Many Jump Scares
Annabelle Comes Home is a unique dichotomy. This is arguably the best that The Conjuring franchise has delivered thus far in terms of tension and intentions and yet, it’s still not very good. Despite offering better characters and a tiny bit more rationale for why villainous ghosts and demons act as they do, Annabelle Comes Home still fails due to an over-reliance on jump scares and a lack of ambition in storytelling.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Horror
'Well That Was a Mistake'; A Bad Movie Review of 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead' (2006, Lloyd Kaufman)
Bad food, zombies, sex, obscene obesity, shit, mindless violence, musical numbers and extremely malicious poultry. Sounds like Mc Donald's on a Friday night, but no it is in fact a brief description of Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006, Lloyd Kaufman).
By Craig York7 years ago in Horror
