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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.
4 Reasons Why the 'Child’s Play' Franchise Is the Best Horror Franchise Today
As we all know, the Chucky franchise has been alive for 30 years now and has kept quite a reputation with its audience. As the horror film writer/director Don Mancini continues to push this universe to a broader scale, the franchise appears more open for opportunities. After the announcement of a TV series in continuation of the franchise in the works, there’s a lot of anticipation for this to happen being that the events in the latest Chucky film, Cult of Chucky,proves it. This is sheer evidence that Chucky is very much alive and still has room for growth. As of right now, Chucky is the only conscious classic horror icon today that fans expect to expand in terms of film/series. The truth is... Chucky isn’t going anywhere for a while, even with that pointless remake in the works. Regardless of how unsubstantial the Child's Play remake may be, that doesn’t necessarily mean that Chucky is totally done for. As long as the story in the original remains fresh and eventually comes into fruition, then the franchise is in a safe place. I have plenty of reasons why the Child’s Play franchise is indeed the best horror franchise today, but for now, four good doozeys will do. Hopefully you’ll understand why Chucky deserves to be on screen a while longer.
By Zaire Cistrunk7 years ago in Horror
Movie Review 'The Drone'
The Drone is one of the silliest nonsense horror movies of recent memory. The film ranks next to movies like Zombeavers or the Korean horror movie, The Wig, which features killer hair extensions, as a movie with a dopey beyond dopey premise. The Drone features exactly what the title promises, a drone. Only this particular drone happens to have the spirit of a dead serial killer inside of it.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'The Banshee Chapters' (2013)
Hunter S. Thompson and a journalist team up to fight aliens from another dimension ... Not literally, but pretty much. The character of Thomas Blackburn is pretty much just Hunter S. Thompson. Kinda how that one stoner kid from Freddy V. Jason was really just supposed to be Jason Muse.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'Yellowbrickroad' (2010)
Great low budget film! I’m calling it right now. This is a Reed Alexander "Must Watch." And here’s the thing, it’s partially found footage which I HATE. But here it doesn’t matter. I mean, the characters are supposed to be a professional film crew so I absolutely wouldn’t forgive them for that "Shaky Camera" bullshit. Here’s the thing though. It was more of a hybrid. While there is a lot of first-person filming, that starts to fade away as the movie progresses and eventually completely disappears. Eventual it’s almost like some mysterious antagonist if filming the crew from the outside.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'Bird Box' (2018)
Let me preface this by saying I've never been impressed with Sandra Bullock as an actress. From Speed to Miss Congeniality, I've always looked at her acting career in general as meh. In my opinion, the only award she ever deserved was a Razzy.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
Weird and Pissed Off Mini-Reviews Vol. 1
Navigating the seemingly endless library of horror entertainment is a chore that so few want to take on. Dozens of movie streaming services, a myriad of independent developers, and fairly unrestricted self-publishing platforms make finding worthwhile horror movies, games, and books a chore.
By Mark LoProto7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'We Are Still Here' (2015)
This movie was trying my fucking patience. It was so melodramatic and brooding for the first 20 minutes. It was almost a French art film. Fuck, I think there were four lines total in the first 20 minutes. You can barely pick out a fuck thing about what's going on. Most of it's inferred. I appreciate that they treat you like an adult and expect you to figure it out rather than prattling on in some exposition, but Jesus fucking Christ, throw me a bone here. This movie came DAMN close to almost failing the 30 Minute Rule. I mean it was 27 minutes or some shit before demons started crawling out of the walls. Too fucking close...
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'Jason X' (2002)
I honestly can't understand why fans of the franchise hate on Jason X so much. They act like the first seven movies are somehow amazing masterpieces in horror. A long ass time ago, I did a full review of the first one and most of the first seven. Friday The 13th (1980)
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
'Friday the 13th'—Beating a Dead Horse and Having Fun With It
Friday the 13th, the original film, is a very interesting topic. It created one of the most iconic series in pop culture history, but at the same time it’s nothing more than an average b-movie riding on the success of Halloween. Even Victor Miller, the writer of the movie, has stated that it was meant to be a rip-off of the classic slasher. Now hearing that, you may think that I don’t like this movie. Don’t get me wrong, I love this movie. I love the whole damn series. I own every movie and I watch them religiously, even the reboot (which isn’t as bad as most people say it is). It’s just interesting that this monster of a series had such a humble beginning. But enough about that. You’ve seen the title. You’re probably thinking, “are you gonna shit on the greatest horror franchise of all time?” And yes, yes I am. But in a great way. As you’ve figured out by now, I’m talking about how Friday the 13th is beating a dead horse and having fun with it.
By Joey Quiggins7 years ago in Horror
'Hereditary' - A Movie Review
I am still trying to re-adjust my jaw from having it fall to the ground so many times. Trailers. You either love them or hate them. Some give away too much, while others hide twists so well that you swear you walked into the wrong theater.
By Marielle Sabbag7 years ago in Horror
