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.

'Us': Movie Review
With his breakout success in 2017, Get Out director rolls out yet another ambitious film. Quickly joining the ranks of select filmmakers that can sell out theatres based on their name, there is a connotation and expectation now that comes with the tagline “A Jordan Peele film.”
By Joshua Martenstyn7 years ago in Horror
'Get Out' (2017): A Fanboy Reflects
SPOILERS for those that haven't seen the film. I’m not a horror fan. As a student of film, I am of course aware of the tropes and have watched a few horror films in the past. But, to be honest, I’m too much of a coward to watch most. I assumed Get Out would be a similar situation. That proved, however, to not be the case.
By Sam Gamble7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'Dark Waters' (1994)
The opening of this movie sets the bar so low, you don't expect much of this movie. That makes it pleasantly surprising that the rest of the movie is pretty good. Of course, the rest of this movie is still begging to be riffed, but it's still a pretty good movie. The ending is a bit predictable, the practical FX are absolute garbage, and the rubber monster is downright silly, but everything else is okay.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
A Filmmaker's Guide to 'Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil' (Netflix Original Film)
(In order to get the most out of this article, it is recommended that you watch the film Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil beforehand at least once over).
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Horror
'Velvet Buzzsaw' (2019)
Critique is so limiting and emotionally draining.I’ve always wanted to do something long-form, beyond opinion.Dip my toe into an exploration of origin and essence.A metamorphosis of spirit into reality.I’ve… I’ve never had the vehicle until now.
By Peter P7 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Porno'
Porno is a mixed bag of horror and comedy. Porno is a horror comedy that involves a small town movie theater that is cursed by a sex demon, though owned by a religious fanatic. One night, after the owner has gone home, and the teenage staff is going to watch a movie, when a crazed homeless man bursts into the building and runs through a wall.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'Leviathan' (1989)
Decided to re-watch Leviathan. I don't know, I always have a soft spot in my heart for the monster movies from my childhood. Or maybe that's cancer... whatever.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
My Review of the Movie 'Bone Tomahawk'
I heard some great reviews of Bone Tomahawk back in the day. Those reviews were years ago and I had put the movie on my watch list on Netflix a while back. I totally forgot about the movie until recently. My girlfriend and I didn't really have anything to watch and I noticed on Netflix. It was categorized as a horror movie but it looked like a western.
By Brian Anonymous7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review Shit's All Over 'Day of the Dead: Bloodlines' (2018)
You don't have to read past the spoilers. Don't watch this flaming pile of red hot bloody diarrhea... SPOILERS!!! You know what? I really thought this goddamn movie was going to move beyond the "almost rape" scene at the beginning. I'm fucking serious. I am done, and I mean FUCKING done, with movies that center their plot around rape. But it had me fooled, because the female lead escaped without actually getting raped, and because her rapist was promptly eaten by a zombie. So, I let it go. I shouldn't have.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
'Halloween' (2018)
He’s no longer dormant.He only knows how to keep moving and to keep killing.And he will kill again unless he’s captured. Exactly 40 years ago the film Halloween, directed by John Carpenter, was released. A milestone in the slasher genre. It was in this film that Laurie Strode (a very young Jamie Lee Curtis) escaped from the psychopath Michael Myers in the nick of time. And so the legend about Myers arose. And now, 40 years later, the followup appears. To my surprise, this is already the 11th movie in the Halloween universe. No idea what happened in the other episodes because I never bothered to watch them. And even though I feared this would simply be a continuation of the same concept (and it sure is) and that I would have a “haven’t-I-seen-this-before” feeling, I have to admit it. I kind of liked this movie.
By Peter P7 years ago in Horror
'Velvet Buzzsaw' (2019) Review (Spoilers)
Velvet Buzzsaw is a movie that popped out of nowhere and had many people excited when first announced in January. What many thought would be an intense gripping thriller is more of a work of satire than a horror movie of any sorts. Though the movie has thriller/horror concepts and scenes it never truly feels like that's what the film is supposed to be.
By Brett Shupe7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'Train to Busan' (2016)
You know, I have to say, I was expecting this to be the next movie on the zombie bandwagon with a typical "cookie-cutter plot." I was expecting just your typical zombie movie in another language. That, in of itself, would have been fine. But I'm just so fucking sick of the typical zombie movie. Nothing has really impressed me since the remake of Dawn of the Dead. Which, by the way, is my all-time favorite zombie movie and number five on my all time favorite horror movie list. I needed Train to Busan to deliver in a serious way... and it fucking did.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror