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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.
'Child's Play': A Remake Better Than The Original
The first Child's Play film was released in 1988, I will have been two years old at the time. I think I may have actually seen the first Child's Play film when I was only about five or six, of course not very age appropriate, but its knife-wielding main character is an image from old school horror that remained fixed in my mind for many years. That film was a massive box office success at the time, and in traditional Hollywood fashion, it spawned a total of six movie sequels, and a TV series. Each sequel was of varying quality, but for the most part, you didn't watch these for storyline quality, you watched them because of the absurdity behind the idea of a serial killing doll. The general conceit of how the Good Guy doll came to be a murderous psychopath was that the soul of an actual murderous psychopath was able to possess the body of one of these dolls in order to escape an attacker. So the idea of a remake of the original, only two years after the sixth film in the original series was released (Cult of Chucky), was both interesting, and worrying, for fans.
By Steveoswheels7 years ago in Horror
'Get Out' vs. 'Us:' The Peele-Off
In his short directorial career, comedian Jordan Peele has created two hit horror flicks, namely Get Out (which won an Oscar in 2018 for Best Original Screenplay) and 2019s Us, starring Lupita Nyong’o. Both received critical acclaim and touched on similar topics, but ultimately they are very different beasts. So how do they differ, how are they similar, and what is that special Jordan Peele magic?
By Craig House7 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Tales of Terror: The Haunted Apartments' (2005)
I stumbled upon this horror gem by typing in "Japanese horror" in YouTube's search bar. That's right, the FULL movie is on YouTube. Tales of Terror: The Haunted Apartments was directed by Akio Yoshida and released in 2005.
By Sabri'A Price7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'Dagon' (2001)
The movie was awful and campy and tropey as fuck! AND IT WAS FUCKING AMAZING AND I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT!!! My god, seriously, stop what you're doing and go watch this bizarre shit show. Make a fucking riff party out of it! Get a couple bottles of booze, some good friends, order pizza, SIT THE FUCK DOWN, and watch this movie.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
Top Ten Classical Horror Remakes
Before yelling that remakes are disgusting, pause and think. Usually, they aren’t that bad, and they give a new touch to the good old classics. And they are quite good for a spooky night during some camping trip in Saskatchewan or Ontario—you just turn them on, and evening entertainment is ready. And how sure can you be anyway, maybe your favorite movie was a remake after all?
By Amelia Flynn7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'The Signal' (2007)
Yeah, it was pretty entertaining, being just on the horror side of horror/comedy. It's a lot like Yellowbrickroad in many ways as it's a slow descent into madness. I bring up, Yellowbrickroad a lot and for damn good reason. It's one of the best examples of cerebral horror movies. Check out the review below.YellowbrickroadANYWHO!... back to "The Signal." It just gets wackier and wackier. Yeah, it's really bloody violent, and people are marauding around killing each others, but it's not simple or unhinged like The Crazies, it's almost silly like everyone thinks they're in a fucking cartoon.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'White Noise' (2005)
You know, it's not a bad movie, but it's just so lukewarm compared to movies in its class. I'd compare this one to Stir of Echoes, and every time I do, I'm just going to end up saying, watch that instead. We can pretty much cut to the punch line here. Everything this movie does, Stir of Echoes does better, just with fewer shameless jump-scares.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
The Imperfect Perfection
The Perfection is yes, far from perfect, however so worth it. I know it’s cheesy, but it is how I’m feeling and let me tell you why. I got a little hint about watching The Perfection, on Facebook of course. One of the horror groups I’m involved in mentioned it. I looked it up, and decided right then and there, “why not?”. So, I get on Netflix and check out the film. Mind you, I have no idea what it’s about or who’s in it. I just know that it was recommended by a few horror fans. Yes, I’m expecting some gore, a disturbing plot, and a few twists. However, what I experienced was not even close to what I was expecting.
By Nicole Renee "ItsFearHerself"7 years ago in Horror
