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Normally I would construct a synopsis of sorts for a review but in the case of Dis, the 60 minute avant-garde horror film by Writer/ Director Adrian Corona, I think there is magic to be had in going in blind and experiencing the film in all its peculiar glory.
The only slither of plot you should know is this: Bill Oberst Jr (in another commanding and outstanding performance) plays Ariel, an ex-soldier with a past, who is hiking through the woods when he encounters figures both demonic and surreal and seemingly straight out of a Stanley Kubrick film.
Some readers may know Dis as the city nestled between sixth and nine circles of Hell in Dante’s Divine Comedy. It was a city of sexual perverts, blasphemers and other such sinners. And trust me, that’s just the beginning of the hidden meanings throughout this strange little film.
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Normally I would construct a synopsis of sorts for a review but in the case of Dis, the 60 minute avant-garde horror film by Writer/ Director Adrian Corona, I think there is magic to be had in going in blind and experiencing the film in all its peculiar glory.
The only slither of plot you should know is this: Bill Oberst Jr (in another commanding and outstanding performance) plays Ariel, an ex-soldier with a past, who is hiking through the woods when he encounters figures both demonic and surreal and seemingly straight out of a Stanley Kubrick film.
Some readers may know Dis as the city nestled between sixth and nine circles of Hell in Dante’s Divine Comedy. It was a city of sexual perverts, blasphemers and other such sinners. And trust me, that’s just the beginning of the hidden meanings throughout this strange little film.
- 10/28/2017
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Reviewed by Jesse Miller
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Watching Writer/ Director Megan Freels Johnston's The Ice Cream Truck is like venturing through a lucid nightmare. The main character of the dream operates with a logic that makes sense to the dreamer, but everyone around this person and every sequence is punctuated with the sense that something truly disturbing is lying in wait.
On the day Mary Marsh (Deanna Russo) moves back into her neighborhood, she deals with Stepford-like neighbors, a creepy furniture moving bloke and then there's the case of The Ice Cream man, who slowly drives up and down the streets of this neighborhood in his 1950's styled truck accompanied by an old fashioned tune set to haunt your dreams.
As Mary waits for her husband and two children to arrive from interstate, she navigates the strangeness that is suburbia, going to local parties, meeting young gardeners. All the while the Ice Cream Truck lurks.
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Watching Writer/ Director Megan Freels Johnston's The Ice Cream Truck is like venturing through a lucid nightmare. The main character of the dream operates with a logic that makes sense to the dreamer, but everyone around this person and every sequence is punctuated with the sense that something truly disturbing is lying in wait.
On the day Mary Marsh (Deanna Russo) moves back into her neighborhood, she deals with Stepford-like neighbors, a creepy furniture moving bloke and then there's the case of The Ice Cream man, who slowly drives up and down the streets of this neighborhood in his 1950's styled truck accompanied by an old fashioned tune set to haunt your dreams.
As Mary waits for her husband and two children to arrive from interstate, she navigates the strangeness that is suburbia, going to local parties, meeting young gardeners. All the while the Ice Cream Truck lurks.
- 8/25/2017
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Late last night and the night before,
TommyKnockers! TommyKnockers!
Knocking at my door!
Coming out in 1987 at the height of his addictions, The TommyKnockers is Stephen King’s angriest novel, its story and nightmarish imagery fuelled by the manic energy of cocaine.
One of its main characters, Jim Gardner, is a self-loathing drunk teetering on the edge of suicide when he gets a vision that his good friend and past lover, back in the quaint town of Haven, Maine of course – has found something buried in the Earth. Something that compels her to dig deeper and unearth the secrets contained within.
For the first few hundred pages or so, we’re with Gard as he wanders through black out after black out, trying to make sense of the lost time while trying to function as a once-successful poet.
We come into the story when...
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Late last night and the night before,
TommyKnockers! TommyKnockers!
Knocking at my door!
Coming out in 1987 at the height of his addictions, The TommyKnockers is Stephen King’s angriest novel, its story and nightmarish imagery fuelled by the manic energy of cocaine.
One of its main characters, Jim Gardner, is a self-loathing drunk teetering on the edge of suicide when he gets a vision that his good friend and past lover, back in the quaint town of Haven, Maine of course – has found something buried in the Earth. Something that compels her to dig deeper and unearth the secrets contained within.
For the first few hundred pages or so, we’re with Gard as he wanders through black out after black out, trying to make sense of the lost time while trying to function as a once-successful poet.
We come into the story when...
- 8/20/2017
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Reviewed by Jesse Miller,
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The first in what will be the Dark Universe, a cinematic world sharing new takes on Universal’s creatures, The Mummy is a weird mix of classical horror and adventure tropes with the Tom Cruise Actioner that is spectacle and action.
The first half of the film establishes the creepy nature of The Mummy herself, Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella), while introducing us to our present cast, among them the roguish soldier Nick Morton (Tom Cruise), who stumbles upon Ahmanet’s prison beneath the surface.
Things are suitably creepy in this first half. There’s ghostly hallucinations, soul-sucking and strange seductive daydreams, all wonderfully presented with impressive set design and exciting visuals.
The film shifts into horror as the audience and Nick Morton learn more about this Ahmanet while she’s on a quest of her own, to find her chosen. There’s jump scares...
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The first in what will be the Dark Universe, a cinematic world sharing new takes on Universal’s creatures, The Mummy is a weird mix of classical horror and adventure tropes with the Tom Cruise Actioner that is spectacle and action.
The first half of the film establishes the creepy nature of The Mummy herself, Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella), while introducing us to our present cast, among them the roguish soldier Nick Morton (Tom Cruise), who stumbles upon Ahmanet’s prison beneath the surface.
Things are suitably creepy in this first half. There’s ghostly hallucinations, soul-sucking and strange seductive daydreams, all wonderfully presented with impressive set design and exciting visuals.
The film shifts into horror as the audience and Nick Morton learn more about this Ahmanet while she’s on a quest of her own, to find her chosen. There’s jump scares...
- 6/15/2017
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Reviewed by Jesse Miller
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The sequel to The Hatching, Ezekiel Boone’s Skitter is the type of skin-crawling creature feature that definitely deserves its place among other fantastic creature fare, such as Eight Legged Freaks!, Tarantula – or one of my personal favourites, Richard Ryan’s ode to B-movie horror Funnelweb.
Set across the Us to China to Brazil and more, this globe-trotting thriller takes place after the event that was The Hatching, where thousands upon thousands of spiders have hatched from within bodies across the world, plunging life as we know it into chaos.
The people that are left behind, from civilians to military personal to scientists, have to decide what to do with the spider threat that still exists. Meanwhile, something big is found in Japan – a writhing, glowing enormous egg sack that could bring about another wave of flesh-eating spiders.
Man oh man, this was one hell of a ride.
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The sequel to The Hatching, Ezekiel Boone’s Skitter is the type of skin-crawling creature feature that definitely deserves its place among other fantastic creature fare, such as Eight Legged Freaks!, Tarantula – or one of my personal favourites, Richard Ryan’s ode to B-movie horror Funnelweb.
Set across the Us to China to Brazil and more, this globe-trotting thriller takes place after the event that was The Hatching, where thousands upon thousands of spiders have hatched from within bodies across the world, plunging life as we know it into chaos.
The people that are left behind, from civilians to military personal to scientists, have to decide what to do with the spider threat that still exists. Meanwhile, something big is found in Japan – a writhing, glowing enormous egg sack that could bring about another wave of flesh-eating spiders.
Man oh man, this was one hell of a ride.
- 6/10/2017
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Synopsis: Claire (Stefanie Estes) and her husband Aaron (Zack Ward) find themselves moving back into Claire's childhood home only to have the abusive and traumatic memories of her mother come back to haunt her. As her husband starts to get more work, Claire finds herself mixed up in a fog of past and present with a mysterious figure haunting her memories. What is this small figure that is trying to reach out to her, and what does it want?
Directed by: James Cullen Bressack
Written by: James Cullen Bressack & Zack Ward
Starring: Stefanie Estes, Zack Ward, with Shannen Doherty and Tom Green.
The first thing that I noticed about Bethany is that it’s beautifully – and I do mean beautifully – shot. Every frame, every bit of lighting is excellent, effectively establishing mood and character and hooking me into the moment of the scene.
We open on an unspecified time,...
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Synopsis: Claire (Stefanie Estes) and her husband Aaron (Zack Ward) find themselves moving back into Claire's childhood home only to have the abusive and traumatic memories of her mother come back to haunt her. As her husband starts to get more work, Claire finds herself mixed up in a fog of past and present with a mysterious figure haunting her memories. What is this small figure that is trying to reach out to her, and what does it want?
Directed by: James Cullen Bressack
Written by: James Cullen Bressack & Zack Ward
Starring: Stefanie Estes, Zack Ward, with Shannen Doherty and Tom Green.
The first thing that I noticed about Bethany is that it’s beautifully – and I do mean beautifully – shot. Every frame, every bit of lighting is excellent, effectively establishing mood and character and hooking me into the moment of the scene.
We open on an unspecified time,...
- 4/7/2017
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Synopsis: A small town strip club owner must defend her bar; her strippers and her life when violent infected patron’s show up on the final closing night and all hell breaks loose.
Oh my goodness, where do I begin?
Peelers, much in the vein of Zombie Strippers, is a horror-comedy that really goes and pushes hard for an R rating. Its gooey, it’s gory, it’s crude and it pushes these aspects throughout the running time constantly.
To that extent, I was equally grossed out one moment and laughing the next, constantly surprised that the film went to such a lengths for shocks and comedic effect.
Writer Lisa DeVita and director Seve Schelenz seem to be on board with one another as to what the tone of Peelers should be, because as much as it is a horror comedy, it never loses sight of the balance throughout.
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Synopsis: A small town strip club owner must defend her bar; her strippers and her life when violent infected patron’s show up on the final closing night and all hell breaks loose.
Oh my goodness, where do I begin?
Peelers, much in the vein of Zombie Strippers, is a horror-comedy that really goes and pushes hard for an R rating. Its gooey, it’s gory, it’s crude and it pushes these aspects throughout the running time constantly.
To that extent, I was equally grossed out one moment and laughing the next, constantly surprised that the film went to such a lengths for shocks and comedic effect.
Writer Lisa DeVita and director Seve Schelenz seem to be on board with one another as to what the tone of Peelers should be, because as much as it is a horror comedy, it never loses sight of the balance throughout.
- 3/17/2017
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By Jesse Miller
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It’s been eight years since we’ve seen Jason Voorhees on the big screen in Platinum Dunes’ 2009 effort, simply titled Friday the 13th, and though production was set to go ahead in 2017 for a new sequel, the trip back to Camp Crystal Lake has been delayed.
Recently writer Nick Antosca (Hannibal) sent out a link to a draft of his approach to the franchise, titled Friday the 13th 3D, and I’m just going to come out now and in all honestly write that this could’ve been the best entry in the franchise since, hell, I’m going to say the first film.
Antosca’s Friday the 13th 3D takes place in 1988, eight years after the first film came out, at the new Camp Crystal Lake, established on the other side of the lake far away from the original site where Missus Voorhees...
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It’s been eight years since we’ve seen Jason Voorhees on the big screen in Platinum Dunes’ 2009 effort, simply titled Friday the 13th, and though production was set to go ahead in 2017 for a new sequel, the trip back to Camp Crystal Lake has been delayed.
Recently writer Nick Antosca (Hannibal) sent out a link to a draft of his approach to the franchise, titled Friday the 13th 3D, and I’m just going to come out now and in all honestly write that this could’ve been the best entry in the franchise since, hell, I’m going to say the first film.
Antosca’s Friday the 13th 3D takes place in 1988, eight years after the first film came out, at the new Camp Crystal Lake, established on the other side of the lake far away from the original site where Missus Voorhees...
- 3/8/2017
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A father and son team of coroners are planning to close up shop for the night when the local police drop a Jane Doe in their laps and requests a cause of death for the press by the next morning. With no time to argue, they get to work on dissecting what's going on.
The Autopsy Of Jane Doe plays out almost like a theater production, with two leads playing off of each other in the one location trying to uncover this bizarre situation they are in while the story also explores their relationship.
In that regard, it is absolutely masterful in its execution of tension as the film goes on and things get stranger and stranger.
Praise has to be thrown to the film makers here for their attention to detail and shocking reveals. Every twist, every turn of events, every little thing...
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A father and son team of coroners are planning to close up shop for the night when the local police drop a Jane Doe in their laps and requests a cause of death for the press by the next morning. With no time to argue, they get to work on dissecting what's going on.
The Autopsy Of Jane Doe plays out almost like a theater production, with two leads playing off of each other in the one location trying to uncover this bizarre situation they are in while the story also explores their relationship.
In that regard, it is absolutely masterful in its execution of tension as the film goes on and things get stranger and stranger.
Praise has to be thrown to the film makers here for their attention to detail and shocking reveals. Every twist, every turn of events, every little thing...
- 1/29/2017
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Don’T Breathe, the new horror film by Fede Alvarez is one of those rare thrillers that understand how to utilise everything at its disposal to tighten the tension and build suspense.
I think it’s a film Hitchcock would be proud of, from its clever use of sound and visuals to delivering even a bit of a twist on the home invasion setting we’ve seen time and time again.
You’ve got a great cast in that Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette and Daniel Zovatto are playing criminals – but there are grounds to be sympathetic for them. And the way these core three actors play them, minus Zovatto of course, who is having a lot of fun playing a grade A dick from the get-go, you can’t help but feel for them.
Sure, they’re getting what is coming to them when...
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Don’T Breathe, the new horror film by Fede Alvarez is one of those rare thrillers that understand how to utilise everything at its disposal to tighten the tension and build suspense.
I think it’s a film Hitchcock would be proud of, from its clever use of sound and visuals to delivering even a bit of a twist on the home invasion setting we’ve seen time and time again.
You’ve got a great cast in that Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette and Daniel Zovatto are playing criminals – but there are grounds to be sympathetic for them. And the way these core three actors play them, minus Zovatto of course, who is having a lot of fun playing a grade A dick from the get-go, you can’t help but feel for them.
Sure, they’re getting what is coming to them when...
- 12/25/2016
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Reviewed by Jesse Miller,
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The best thing about approaching any Joe Hill novel is that you're never quite sure what you're in for.
Where Heart Shaped Box was about the possessive power of music, N0S4A2 was about motherhood, Christmas time and - oh yeah - creatures not unlike vampires.
When The Fireman arrived on my doorstep, it's cover artwork and titles in a blaze of orange, I imagined that the story here would be more than what it says on its blurb about a disease called Dragonscale that has wiped out most of the world with its symptoms that result in people setting alight.
Harper Willowes is our thirty something protagonist and shortly after the novel begins, she finds herself pregnant in a world gone to hell. As if things couldn't get worse for Harper, she discovers she is infected with the 'scale. And so begins...
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The best thing about approaching any Joe Hill novel is that you're never quite sure what you're in for.
Where Heart Shaped Box was about the possessive power of music, N0S4A2 was about motherhood, Christmas time and - oh yeah - creatures not unlike vampires.
When The Fireman arrived on my doorstep, it's cover artwork and titles in a blaze of orange, I imagined that the story here would be more than what it says on its blurb about a disease called Dragonscale that has wiped out most of the world with its symptoms that result in people setting alight.
Harper Willowes is our thirty something protagonist and shortly after the novel begins, she finds herself pregnant in a world gone to hell. As if things couldn't get worse for Harper, she discovers she is infected with the 'scale. And so begins...
- 12/1/2016
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Reviewed by Jesse Miller
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Back when the sneaky buggers at Lionsgate revealed that the upcoming Adam Wingard (You’re Next) directed The Woods was a new Blair Witch film; I almost fell out of my chair. Making a sequel to a 1999 film after all these years is a ballsy move – but more importantly, where could you possibly go with the story?
The answer is: I can’t tell you. This is something you’re going to want to see for yourself.
What I will tell you is the plot: James, the younger brother of Heather, finds new evidence of Heather out in the woods where she disappeared and sets out with his girlfriend, Lisa and his two other friends, Pete and Ashley.
Along the way, they’re joined by another couple Lane and Talia, who know a bit about the history of the place and tag along for...
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Back when the sneaky buggers at Lionsgate revealed that the upcoming Adam Wingard (You’re Next) directed The Woods was a new Blair Witch film; I almost fell out of my chair. Making a sequel to a 1999 film after all these years is a ballsy move – but more importantly, where could you possibly go with the story?
The answer is: I can’t tell you. This is something you’re going to want to see for yourself.
What I will tell you is the plot: James, the younger brother of Heather, finds new evidence of Heather out in the woods where she disappeared and sets out with his girlfriend, Lisa and his two other friends, Pete and Ashley.
Along the way, they’re joined by another couple Lane and Talia, who know a bit about the history of the place and tag along for...
- 9/22/2016
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Reviewed by Jesse Miller
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Krampus:The Devil Devil Returns
Synopsis: Five years after the murder of his wife and disappearance of his daughter, former police officer Jeremy Duffin is brought back to help in the hunt for a yuletide monster that punishes children that have been "naughty." As the monster becomes more erratic and unpredictable, Jeremy learns the truth about the disappearance of his daughter and the fate that has been bestowed upon him by an unlikely source. Can Jeremy finally end the nightmare Christmas monster that has terrorized this town for years?
Returning as Writer/Director to the world he created, Jason Hull has brought us all an early gift for Christmas in the form of this beast of a sequel to his 2013 feature Krampus: The Christmas Devil.
Also returning is A.J Leslie, now looking a little grizzled, as he’s brought back into the mix after...
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Krampus:The Devil Devil Returns
Synopsis: Five years after the murder of his wife and disappearance of his daughter, former police officer Jeremy Duffin is brought back to help in the hunt for a yuletide monster that punishes children that have been "naughty." As the monster becomes more erratic and unpredictable, Jeremy learns the truth about the disappearance of his daughter and the fate that has been bestowed upon him by an unlikely source. Can Jeremy finally end the nightmare Christmas monster that has terrorized this town for years?
Returning as Writer/Director to the world he created, Jason Hull has brought us all an early gift for Christmas in the form of this beast of a sequel to his 2013 feature Krampus: The Christmas Devil.
Also returning is A.J Leslie, now looking a little grizzled, as he’s brought back into the mix after...
- 9/22/2016
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Reviewed by Jesse Miller,
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Synopsis: Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in an abandoned police station and reluctantly agrees to try to help them defend themselves and escape to the sanctuary they so desperately need.
There’s been a lot of zombie apocalypse material in the horror genre these days that it might be easy to pass over a title just because you’ve seen it all been done before.
Should you come across Daylight’S End, however, be sure to give this adventure a look, as it’s a well-polished action horror that strives to do something out of the ordinary.
Directed by William Kaufman and written by Chad Law, Daylight’s End is a slick, energetic piece that knows which notes it...
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Synopsis: Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in an abandoned police station and reluctantly agrees to try to help them defend themselves and escape to the sanctuary they so desperately need.
There’s been a lot of zombie apocalypse material in the horror genre these days that it might be easy to pass over a title just because you’ve seen it all been done before.
Should you come across Daylight’S End, however, be sure to give this adventure a look, as it’s a well-polished action horror that strives to do something out of the ordinary.
Directed by William Kaufman and written by Chad Law, Daylight’s End is a slick, energetic piece that knows which notes it...
- 9/1/2016
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Synopsis: Three tortured young women seek revenge against their predator.
From the mind of Sandy Chukhadarian (who worked on such material like Entourage and Rome) comes the nasty little horror film Psychos, a revenge story that’s got its focus on the minds of its victims and their journey through hell.
The film opens with a pair of officers investigating the bloody remains in a house. Something has gone horribly wrong here and this In Media Res cold opening is quite effective, as it sets up a neat little hook for the rest of the film to dive into.
From there on, we meet three distinctly different ladies. You have Norma (Melissa Elena Jones), Jj (Deniele Cloutier) and Sasha (Angelica Chitwood), all tied together by their horrific past in which they were tortured as young girls.
We find them drifting through society – Norma as a socially inept teacher,...
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Synopsis: Three tortured young women seek revenge against their predator.
From the mind of Sandy Chukhadarian (who worked on such material like Entourage and Rome) comes the nasty little horror film Psychos, a revenge story that’s got its focus on the minds of its victims and their journey through hell.
The film opens with a pair of officers investigating the bloody remains in a house. Something has gone horribly wrong here and this In Media Res cold opening is quite effective, as it sets up a neat little hook for the rest of the film to dive into.
From there on, we meet three distinctly different ladies. You have Norma (Melissa Elena Jones), Jj (Deniele Cloutier) and Sasha (Angelica Chitwood), all tied together by their horrific past in which they were tortured as young girls.
We find them drifting through society – Norma as a socially inept teacher,...
- 8/24/2016
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Reviewed by Jesse Miller,
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The cheekily titled 2Jennifer is the sequel to James Cullen Bressack’s horror-comedy To Jennifer, which told the story of infidelity and a lover mad with (blood)lust.
2 Jennifer, starring Lara Jean Mummert, Erin Marie Hogan, Erin Killean and Felissa Rose, is something else entirely. It’s a black comedy, it’s an uncomfortable horror, it’s a weird meta-film about making a film in Los Angeles – and it’s a successful blend of all three of those genres.
The story goes that Spencer, a dude who you’ll suspect from the very start has issues, arrives in La to make a sequel to James Cullen Bressack’s To Jennifer. Yes, we are film-within-a-film territory now, going the New Nightmare route of terror, with the horror being a little too, well, real and self-referential.
From there on, the film has spirit. There’s a...
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The cheekily titled 2Jennifer is the sequel to James Cullen Bressack’s horror-comedy To Jennifer, which told the story of infidelity and a lover mad with (blood)lust.
2 Jennifer, starring Lara Jean Mummert, Erin Marie Hogan, Erin Killean and Felissa Rose, is something else entirely. It’s a black comedy, it’s an uncomfortable horror, it’s a weird meta-film about making a film in Los Angeles – and it’s a successful blend of all three of those genres.
The story goes that Spencer, a dude who you’ll suspect from the very start has issues, arrives in La to make a sequel to James Cullen Bressack’s To Jennifer. Yes, we are film-within-a-film territory now, going the New Nightmare route of terror, with the horror being a little too, well, real and self-referential.
From there on, the film has spirit. There’s a...
- 8/10/2016
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Reviewed by Jesse Miller
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You may recall a little short film called Lights Out that floated around the Internet a while back.
That short film played on a primal fear of the dark that we all share and utilized it to tell a quick little atmospheric feature that was chilling.
Well, James Wan noticed that short film too and bringing the original director – David F. Sandberg - on board, and now with a bigger budget and canvas to paint on, we have a full length feature to disappear into the dark with.
Here's the skinny: I walk into any horror film with equal doses of jaded cynicism and excitement. I've seen a lot of scares from a lot of different playbooks so I've become, for better or worse, savvy to most tricks and jump scares.
Lights Out is truly scary, never letting a moment pass without soaking it...
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You may recall a little short film called Lights Out that floated around the Internet a while back.
That short film played on a primal fear of the dark that we all share and utilized it to tell a quick little atmospheric feature that was chilling.
Well, James Wan noticed that short film too and bringing the original director – David F. Sandberg - on board, and now with a bigger budget and canvas to paint on, we have a full length feature to disappear into the dark with.
Here's the skinny: I walk into any horror film with equal doses of jaded cynicism and excitement. I've seen a lot of scares from a lot of different playbooks so I've become, for better or worse, savvy to most tricks and jump scares.
Lights Out is truly scary, never letting a moment pass without soaking it...
- 8/6/2016
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Reviewed by Jesse Miller
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Stephen King's take on the zombie apocalypse has been in development since I was fresh out of high school - and me, being the King nerd I am, have been eagerly awaiting an adaptation of a pretty entertaining thriller for the good part of my twenties.
Now that we're here after all these years, how does the adaptation play out?
It's okay.
Cell sees two familiar faces from another great King movie "1408" - John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson - team up once again to take on another rollicking King tale, this time dealing with the end of the world.
Jackson and Cusack are in solid form, doing what the script demands of them to the best of their abilities.
The problem is the script is a part of the problem of the movie. It ticks off the plot lines of the novel,...
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Stephen King's take on the zombie apocalypse has been in development since I was fresh out of high school - and me, being the King nerd I am, have been eagerly awaiting an adaptation of a pretty entertaining thriller for the good part of my twenties.
Now that we're here after all these years, how does the adaptation play out?
It's okay.
Cell sees two familiar faces from another great King movie "1408" - John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson - team up once again to take on another rollicking King tale, this time dealing with the end of the world.
Jackson and Cusack are in solid form, doing what the script demands of them to the best of their abilities.
The problem is the script is a part of the problem of the movie. It ticks off the plot lines of the novel,...
- 8/6/2016
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After I saw the first Conjuring film, I was excited. Given the amount of stories from Ed and Lorraine Warren, you could, if developed right, have a great little franchise on your hands.
So when The Conjuring 2 was announced, with Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga and James Wan all back, I was sold.
The Conjuring 2 jumps across the pond to London, England and we are introduced to the Hodgson family, who start to be tormented by the spirit of an elderly man. Enter: Ed and Lorraine Warren – and the investigation begins!
The film has a delightful cast, from Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga (both apart and together) to Frances O’Connor and the excellent child actors, who pull their weight wonderfully.
The film also features a great supporting cast, with Simon McBurney and Franka Potente representing opposing viewpoints, almost as a duel between skepticism and belief, that the real life case had throughout its duration.
Chad and Carey Hayes return to write the script, along with David Leslie Johnson and the story is another solid old-fashioned ghost story, with some twist and turns in the story that surprise and delight.
James Wan has a great eye for film. This is a fantastically shot film, with some sequences being wonderfully inspired. Wan always had a keen sense to build dread and horror and he conjures up some great imagery here throughout.
That being said, Wan has always been a bit over-the-top with his horror and the same can be said for The Conjuring 2 in places, notably the finale. It hurts the film, I think, because it’s a little bit silly when the film is so calculating and old fashioned. Thankfully, these moments are few and far between.
In fact, James Wan’s ability to build to the scare and then let the audience relax is impressive. He got me a few times by surprise, which I am always thankful for when it comes to horror films.
Yes, The Conjuring 2 runs at 135 minutes but never does it feel bloated or dragging. I felt the time flew past quite quickly and never felt that a scene could’ve been trimmed to cut any fat.
So what you’ve got here is a fantastic sequel, which builds dread and horror effectively while developing an emotional and engaging story with its characters. I walked out of the film satisfied and keen for another.
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After I saw the first Conjuring film, I was excited. Given the amount of stories from Ed and Lorraine Warren, you could, if developed right, have a great little franchise on your hands.
So when The Conjuring 2 was announced, with Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga and James Wan all back, I was sold.
The Conjuring 2 jumps across the pond to London, England and we are introduced to the Hodgson family, who start to be tormented by the spirit of an elderly man. Enter: Ed and Lorraine Warren – and the investigation begins!
The film has a delightful cast, from Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga (both apart and together) to Frances O’Connor and the excellent child actors, who pull their weight wonderfully.
The film also features a great supporting cast, with Simon McBurney and Franka Potente representing opposing viewpoints, almost as a duel between skepticism and belief, that the real life case had throughout its duration.
Chad and Carey Hayes return to write the script, along with David Leslie Johnson and the story is another solid old-fashioned ghost story, with some twist and turns in the story that surprise and delight.
James Wan has a great eye for film. This is a fantastically shot film, with some sequences being wonderfully inspired. Wan always had a keen sense to build dread and horror and he conjures up some great imagery here throughout.
That being said, Wan has always been a bit over-the-top with his horror and the same can be said for The Conjuring 2 in places, notably the finale. It hurts the film, I think, because it’s a little bit silly when the film is so calculating and old fashioned. Thankfully, these moments are few and far between.
In fact, James Wan’s ability to build to the scare and then let the audience relax is impressive. He got me a few times by surprise, which I am always thankful for when it comes to horror films.
Yes, The Conjuring 2 runs at 135 minutes but never does it feel bloated or dragging. I felt the time flew past quite quickly and never felt that a scene could’ve been trimmed to cut any fat.
So what you’ve got here is a fantastic sequel, which builds dread and horror effectively while developing an emotional and engaging story with its characters. I walked out of the film satisfied and keen for another.
- 6/16/2016
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Dinner With The Dwyers is a horror comedy short plays like a pilot to an edgy sitcom that balances a bit of pitch-black humor with horror thrown into the mix.
Directed by Edward Payson and featuring an enthusiastic cast, among them Sleepaway Camp’s Felissa Rose, the short film gleefully toys with the conventions of both the sitcom and the horror film as it tells a quick tale about a daughter (played by Tiffani Fest) who brings home her new boyfriend (Jared Michael Degado) to meet her parents (Marv Blauvelt & Felissa Rose).
The short film is an odd delight, as it toys with sitcom and horror film conventions along the way. The laugh track, sound effects and comedy lets you know the film in no way takes itself seriously and invites you along to have a few laughs.
I appreciated its tone and sense...
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Dinner With The Dwyers is a horror comedy short plays like a pilot to an edgy sitcom that balances a bit of pitch-black humor with horror thrown into the mix.
Directed by Edward Payson and featuring an enthusiastic cast, among them Sleepaway Camp’s Felissa Rose, the short film gleefully toys with the conventions of both the sitcom and the horror film as it tells a quick tale about a daughter (played by Tiffani Fest) who brings home her new boyfriend (Jared Michael Degado) to meet her parents (Marv Blauvelt & Felissa Rose).
The short film is an odd delight, as it toys with sitcom and horror film conventions along the way. The laugh track, sound effects and comedy lets you know the film in no way takes itself seriously and invites you along to have a few laughs.
I appreciated its tone and sense...
- 6/1/2016
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If you’re going to watch The Witch, might I suggest that you avoid promotional material and just go in completely and utterly blind? The film suffers from being overhyped. That’s not to say it’s not good – far from it, it’s a hypnotic and deeply unpleasant film – but I think the hype and quotes on posters will raise expectations and sometimes that deflates a film for a lot of people.
The Witch is an old-fashioned horror film. It’s not obsessed with loud musical stings and other such cheap scares; it’s obsessed with getting under your skin and truly getting to you in the hopes that it haunts your dreams.
It’s so subtle and methodical in its scares and pacing that it feels almost Kubrickian. It let’s the moment simmer, it lets the moment breathe and it uncannily...
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If you’re going to watch The Witch, might I suggest that you avoid promotional material and just go in completely and utterly blind? The film suffers from being overhyped. That’s not to say it’s not good – far from it, it’s a hypnotic and deeply unpleasant film – but I think the hype and quotes on posters will raise expectations and sometimes that deflates a film for a lot of people.
The Witch is an old-fashioned horror film. It’s not obsessed with loud musical stings and other such cheap scares; it’s obsessed with getting under your skin and truly getting to you in the hopes that it haunts your dreams.
It’s so subtle and methodical in its scares and pacing that it feels almost Kubrickian. It let’s the moment simmer, it lets the moment breathe and it uncannily...
- 5/26/2016
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If you’re itching for some more Mick Taylor and you’ve seen all the films and read the two origin books available, why not target and track down the miniseries event Wolf Creek?
Leading a team of writers, original writer-director Greg Mclean partners up with Australian streaming service Stan and delivers a thrilling six episode event that chronicles Mick’s savage attack on innocent folk out in the outback once more. Only this time, it’s different.
Eve (played by Lucy Fry) has had to endure watching her family die at the hands of Mick while vacationing in the outback. She survives the assault and teaming up with the honourable local cop Sullivan Hill (Dustin Clare), she sets out to get her revenge on Mick Taylor.
It’s an odd situation to be in as a viewer when you approach the miniseries. Mick...
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If you’re itching for some more Mick Taylor and you’ve seen all the films and read the two origin books available, why not target and track down the miniseries event Wolf Creek?
Leading a team of writers, original writer-director Greg Mclean partners up with Australian streaming service Stan and delivers a thrilling six episode event that chronicles Mick’s savage attack on innocent folk out in the outback once more. Only this time, it’s different.
Eve (played by Lucy Fry) has had to endure watching her family die at the hands of Mick while vacationing in the outback. She survives the assault and teaming up with the honourable local cop Sullivan Hill (Dustin Clare), she sets out to get her revenge on Mick Taylor.
It’s an odd situation to be in as a viewer when you approach the miniseries. Mick...
- 5/25/2016
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Welcome to Black Springs, a small idyllic town perfect for the summer vacation. Between the lakes, hot springs and mountain hiking, it's perfect for any tourist looking to escape to paradise.
And yet, beneath the surface, the town harbors an ancient curse.
Katherine Van Wyler, an ancient spectre, walks the streets of Black Springs freely. Chained around the body, eyes and mouth sewn shut and reeking of decay, she enters the houses of the people at any given time of day.
For the people of Black Springs, this is every day life. Surveillance is installed throughout the town, monitoring Katherine and the town has it's own app just so the people know where she is at all times.
Everyone knows about the Black Rock witch that cursed the town when being burnt at the stake. Everyone knows that you can't leave the town once...
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Welcome to Black Springs, a small idyllic town perfect for the summer vacation. Between the lakes, hot springs and mountain hiking, it's perfect for any tourist looking to escape to paradise.
And yet, beneath the surface, the town harbors an ancient curse.
Katherine Van Wyler, an ancient spectre, walks the streets of Black Springs freely. Chained around the body, eyes and mouth sewn shut and reeking of decay, she enters the houses of the people at any given time of day.
For the people of Black Springs, this is every day life. Surveillance is installed throughout the town, monitoring Katherine and the town has it's own app just so the people know where she is at all times.
Everyone knows about the Black Rock witch that cursed the town when being burnt at the stake. Everyone knows that you can't leave the town once...
- 5/3/2016
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Based upon the 1983 horror The House on Sorority Row, this remake loosely takes the original’s idea of a prank gone horribly wrong and delivers a new take on the moral dilemma among its cast of colourful characters.
So after a prank to get back at a cheating boyfriend of one of the sorority girls goes wrong and she’s accidentally murdered, the other sisters and the boyfriend all vow to keep her death a secret and label it to the authorities as a disappearance.
Eight months later, something or someone is not too pleased with the secret, as they are killing off the group of girls one by one in rather nasty and effective ways. But which one of them is the killer? And have they lost their mind with guilt?
Sorority Row has a lot of things going for it. It’s...
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Based upon the 1983 horror The House on Sorority Row, this remake loosely takes the original’s idea of a prank gone horribly wrong and delivers a new take on the moral dilemma among its cast of colourful characters.
So after a prank to get back at a cheating boyfriend of one of the sorority girls goes wrong and she’s accidentally murdered, the other sisters and the boyfriend all vow to keep her death a secret and label it to the authorities as a disappearance.
Eight months later, something or someone is not too pleased with the secret, as they are killing off the group of girls one by one in rather nasty and effective ways. But which one of them is the killer? And have they lost their mind with guilt?
Sorority Row has a lot of things going for it. It’s...
- 3/31/2016
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By Jesse Miller
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Intruders takes the basic horror-thriller premise we all know about a girl trapped in her house with psychopaths and turns it on its head. What if the girl couldn’t escape from the house because she suffered from agoraphobia? And what if the intruders were about to get more than they bargained for?
Beth Riesgraf is Anna, the girl in question. Riesgraf turns in an amazing performance, which is equal parts vulnerable victim and fierce warrior. There are so many layers to the performance that the material might, in other hands, feel contrived or over the top. This isn’t the case with Miss Riesgraf, who operates at such a level that every wandering emotion – the fear, the shock and ultimately the defiance to her captors – is believable. It’s a hell of a performance.
She’s backed up by a strong supporting cast that features Rory Culkin,...
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Intruders takes the basic horror-thriller premise we all know about a girl trapped in her house with psychopaths and turns it on its head. What if the girl couldn’t escape from the house because she suffered from agoraphobia? And what if the intruders were about to get more than they bargained for?
Beth Riesgraf is Anna, the girl in question. Riesgraf turns in an amazing performance, which is equal parts vulnerable victim and fierce warrior. There are so many layers to the performance that the material might, in other hands, feel contrived or over the top. This isn’t the case with Miss Riesgraf, who operates at such a level that every wandering emotion – the fear, the shock and ultimately the defiance to her captors – is believable. It’s a hell of a performance.
She’s backed up by a strong supporting cast that features Rory Culkin,...
- 2/27/2016
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A teacher buys a kindle that can tap into an alternate universe where his favourite (long dead) authors are still writing. A judge finds names drawn into the sand on his beach – names that are tied too dead folk soon after in the local paper. Hauntings, bad people, evil cars, jet black comedy – they’re all here in Stephen King’s The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, his sixth collection of short stories.
So come on down to Stevie’s bazaar and see what he’s selling. On offer here are twenty tales, some brand new and others previously published in various different magazines.
This thick collection sees King doing what he does best – capturing every day folk and putting them through hell, either literally or otherwise.
It’s all here: Drama, Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Black Comedy and for the most part, it all works.
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A teacher buys a kindle that can tap into an alternate universe where his favourite (long dead) authors are still writing. A judge finds names drawn into the sand on his beach – names that are tied too dead folk soon after in the local paper. Hauntings, bad people, evil cars, jet black comedy – they’re all here in Stephen King’s The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, his sixth collection of short stories.
So come on down to Stevie’s bazaar and see what he’s selling. On offer here are twenty tales, some brand new and others previously published in various different magazines.
This thick collection sees King doing what he does best – capturing every day folk and putting them through hell, either literally or otherwise.
It’s all here: Drama, Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Black Comedy and for the most part, it all works.
- 2/1/2016
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Lemon Tree Passage is an Australian Horror-Thriller that is set around the local ghost story that goes like this: A tormented biker that was struck and killed in a hit and run now apparently haunts the backroads of a small Australian town.
Three American Backpackers, Maya (Jessica Tovey), Amelia (Pippa Black) and Sam (Nicholas Gunn), meet a couple of Aussie larrikins, Geordie (Tim Phillips) and Oscar (Andrew Ryan), that recite the spooky urban legend to the trio and off they all go to test the theory. Unsurprisingly, horror ensues.
Lemon Tree Passage starts off strong. There’s a few good scares, the cast are all particularly strong and the atmosphere is quite effective, due to some superb cinematography.
The problem comes later as the story progresses. The plot developments come off feeling more than a little silly and contrived, dispensing of the great atmosphere...
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Lemon Tree Passage is an Australian Horror-Thriller that is set around the local ghost story that goes like this: A tormented biker that was struck and killed in a hit and run now apparently haunts the backroads of a small Australian town.
Three American Backpackers, Maya (Jessica Tovey), Amelia (Pippa Black) and Sam (Nicholas Gunn), meet a couple of Aussie larrikins, Geordie (Tim Phillips) and Oscar (Andrew Ryan), that recite the spooky urban legend to the trio and off they all go to test the theory. Unsurprisingly, horror ensues.
Lemon Tree Passage starts off strong. There’s a few good scares, the cast are all particularly strong and the atmosphere is quite effective, due to some superb cinematography.
The problem comes later as the story progresses. The plot developments come off feeling more than a little silly and contrived, dispensing of the great atmosphere...
- 1/9/2016
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5. Insidious: Chapter 3
With James Wan off working on Furious 7, Leigh Whannel took to directing for this third entry in the insidious series. What's interesting about this entry is that it's not merely an empty cash grab: there's heart here as well as scares and thrills in the form of a new entity that's thankfully interesting. Lin Shay steals the show and is a blast to watch.
4. The Green Inferno
Eli Roth's cannibal film finally came here and it's everything you'd want from him - a gloriously violent romp that harkens back to the horror films of old while telling a nasty and engaging tale. You've got full frontal male nudity, overactive bowels and a feast for the eyes. Pun intended.
3. Crimson Peak
The film was billed by Guillermo as a gothic romance story but for my money, this is primarily a horror.
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5. Insidious: Chapter 3
With James Wan off working on Furious 7, Leigh Whannel took to directing for this third entry in the insidious series. What's interesting about this entry is that it's not merely an empty cash grab: there's heart here as well as scares and thrills in the form of a new entity that's thankfully interesting. Lin Shay steals the show and is a blast to watch.
4. The Green Inferno
Eli Roth's cannibal film finally came here and it's everything you'd want from him - a gloriously violent romp that harkens back to the horror films of old while telling a nasty and engaging tale. You've got full frontal male nudity, overactive bowels and a feast for the eyes. Pun intended.
3. Crimson Peak
The film was billed by Guillermo as a gothic romance story but for my money, this is primarily a horror.
- 12/30/2015
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Last Shift (2015)
Director: Anthony Diblasi
Writer: Anthony Diblasi
Starring: Juliana Harkavy, Joshua Mikel.
Rated: R
Running Time: 90 minutes
When we first meet rookie cop Jessica (Juliana Harkavy), she’s sitting in her car that’s parked out the front of a police station that’s about to be defunct. What will be her very first effort on the job is actually the last shift of this station – and possibly Jessica’s last ever shift as well, if you catch my drift. She will be the only officer on watch.
Something is soon about to happen to Jessica in this police station and she’s going to have to use her training to survive.
Anthony Diblasi’s Last Shift is a relentless psychological horror film, that much I need to get out first. Rarely did I get a moment to catch my breath and when those sweet quiet moments came,...
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Last Shift (2015)
Director: Anthony Diblasi
Writer: Anthony Diblasi
Starring: Juliana Harkavy, Joshua Mikel.
Rated: R
Running Time: 90 minutes
When we first meet rookie cop Jessica (Juliana Harkavy), she’s sitting in her car that’s parked out the front of a police station that’s about to be defunct. What will be her very first effort on the job is actually the last shift of this station – and possibly Jessica’s last ever shift as well, if you catch my drift. She will be the only officer on watch.
Something is soon about to happen to Jessica in this police station and she’s going to have to use her training to survive.
Anthony Diblasi’s Last Shift is a relentless psychological horror film, that much I need to get out first. Rarely did I get a moment to catch my breath and when those sweet quiet moments came,...
- 12/2/2015
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When I think back on the fifth season of the horror-drama, I think about where the show started off and how both it and its cast have grown over the course of the show’s run, not only in terms of the production, with the shift of show runners, but in terms of the story and where it’s going to progress towards.
The fifth season of The Walking Dead is – to this date – its most balanced season, in terms of the striking character development and quieter moments and of course the brutality of this harsh new world.
In fact, I believe this is going to be an important chapter in the show when all is said and done. I think people are going to look at Rick (Andrew Lincoln) or Abraham (Michael Cudlitz) or Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and reflect on how their worlds...
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When I think back on the fifth season of the horror-drama, I think about where the show started off and how both it and its cast have grown over the course of the show’s run, not only in terms of the production, with the shift of show runners, but in terms of the story and where it’s going to progress towards.
The fifth season of The Walking Dead is – to this date – its most balanced season, in terms of the striking character development and quieter moments and of course the brutality of this harsh new world.
In fact, I believe this is going to be an important chapter in the show when all is said and done. I think people are going to look at Rick (Andrew Lincoln) or Abraham (Michael Cudlitz) or Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and reflect on how their worlds...
- 10/14/2015
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It’s called Motel Hello, a rather sunny and welcoming name, but this decrepit hotel is anything but sunny and welcoming. For one thing, the hotel is falling apart so much that the O in the hotel sign fades to reveal Motel Hell. At Motel Hell, the rooms are very much vacant but the owner has it deliberately switched to read No Vacancy.
Welcome to Motel Hell, a jet black comedy-horror that tells the story of Farmer Vincent (Ray Calhoun) and his famous smoked meats, the secret ingredient of which is the people he traps and hunts on a backwoods road late at night. From there, Vincent and his maniacal sister Ida (Nancy Parsons) take the victims and bury them up to their necks in their ‘secret garden’ where they will rupture their vocal chords so they can’t scream and feed them pig pellets so they fatten up.
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It’s called Motel Hello, a rather sunny and welcoming name, but this decrepit hotel is anything but sunny and welcoming. For one thing, the hotel is falling apart so much that the O in the hotel sign fades to reveal Motel Hell. At Motel Hell, the rooms are very much vacant but the owner has it deliberately switched to read No Vacancy.
Welcome to Motel Hell, a jet black comedy-horror that tells the story of Farmer Vincent (Ray Calhoun) and his famous smoked meats, the secret ingredient of which is the people he traps and hunts on a backwoods road late at night. From there, Vincent and his maniacal sister Ida (Nancy Parsons) take the victims and bury them up to their necks in their ‘secret garden’ where they will rupture their vocal chords so they can’t scream and feed them pig pellets so they fatten up.
- 9/28/2015
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After I had finished reading The Loney, the unsettling and hypnotic debut novel by Andrew Michael Hurley, I remained sitting on my couch just digesting what I had just experienced.
I decided to give it a few days just so everything in the novel - the imagery, the characters, the story and themes – had a good amount of time to be processed so I could sit down and write a review. Only I can’t think of where to begin tackling this powerful piece of writing.
The Loney is a superbly written gothic tale, worthy to take a place among the greats such as Wuthering Heights and The Haunting of Hill House. But it’s much more than that - It’s a tale about faith, examining not only the extremity of it in folks but also the absence of it. And it doesn...
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After I had finished reading The Loney, the unsettling and hypnotic debut novel by Andrew Michael Hurley, I remained sitting on my couch just digesting what I had just experienced.
I decided to give it a few days just so everything in the novel - the imagery, the characters, the story and themes – had a good amount of time to be processed so I could sit down and write a review. Only I can’t think of where to begin tackling this powerful piece of writing.
The Loney is a superbly written gothic tale, worthy to take a place among the greats such as Wuthering Heights and The Haunting of Hill House. But it’s much more than that - It’s a tale about faith, examining not only the extremity of it in folks but also the absence of it. And it doesn...
- 9/8/2015
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Director: Leigh Janiak
Writers: Phil Graziadei & Leigh Janiak
Starring: Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway…
Synopsis: A newlywed couple finds their lake-country honeymoon descend into chaos after Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of their first night.
You never know what you’re getting with Honeymoon until it decides to show its cards in the finale of the film and even then, everything you thought you knew about the characters and how they relate to each other is changed. You think you might have figured Honeymoon out from its trailer or poster but listen to the old saying: don’t judge a book by its cover because there’s something rather wicked about these characters and it’s worth taking the journey for.
To me, Honeymoon is a horror with a mood similar to a 1970s slasher film. Everything from the sets to...
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Director: Leigh Janiak
Writers: Phil Graziadei & Leigh Janiak
Starring: Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway…
Synopsis: A newlywed couple finds their lake-country honeymoon descend into chaos after Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of their first night.
You never know what you’re getting with Honeymoon until it decides to show its cards in the finale of the film and even then, everything you thought you knew about the characters and how they relate to each other is changed. You think you might have figured Honeymoon out from its trailer or poster but listen to the old saying: don’t judge a book by its cover because there’s something rather wicked about these characters and it’s worth taking the journey for.
To me, Honeymoon is a horror with a mood similar to a 1970s slasher film. Everything from the sets to...
- 8/19/2015
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Synopsis:
Elise (Lin Shaye), the psychic from the earlier films, comes to the aid of Quinn (played by Stefanie Scott), a teenage girl that happens to be the sole focus of a particularly nasty demonic entity known as The Man Who Can't Breathe.
When Insidious: Chapter 3 was announced, I was somewhat perplexed. The Lambert Family story was over, where could the story possibly go? The answer is backwards, as the story featured here is a prequel set long before the Lambert family's horror.
The story stumbles a tad in setting up the new location and characters but it soon warms up and runs smoothly, offering plenty of jump scares and creepy moments as it chugs along.
Lin Shaye reprises her role as Elise, the psychic from the first two films. I guess you could say the series revolves around her story and this film cements that idea,...
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Synopsis:
Elise (Lin Shaye), the psychic from the earlier films, comes to the aid of Quinn (played by Stefanie Scott), a teenage girl that happens to be the sole focus of a particularly nasty demonic entity known as The Man Who Can't Breathe.
When Insidious: Chapter 3 was announced, I was somewhat perplexed. The Lambert Family story was over, where could the story possibly go? The answer is backwards, as the story featured here is a prequel set long before the Lambert family's horror.
The story stumbles a tad in setting up the new location and characters but it soon warms up and runs smoothly, offering plenty of jump scares and creepy moments as it chugs along.
Lin Shaye reprises her role as Elise, the psychic from the first two films. I guess you could say the series revolves around her story and this film cements that idea,...
- 7/23/2015
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Reviewed by Jesse Miller
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Ouija is a film based on the board game of the same name, which is in turn based on the Ouija board itself. The film production companies Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse productions thought it was a good property to bring to the cinema and there you have it.
Now, the possibilities are endless when it comes to crafting a story around what can happen with an Ouija board and a bunch of teens. What’s the story behind the being that contacts you? Why is it communicating with you?
This movie, however, decides to go down a bland road, leading the audience to lackluster scares and a head-scratching story that doesn’t really make much sense at all.
Look into the film’s production history and you’ll find that it was quite troubled, with rewrites from different writers and re-shoots leading the film...
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Ouija is a film based on the board game of the same name, which is in turn based on the Ouija board itself. The film production companies Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse productions thought it was a good property to bring to the cinema and there you have it.
Now, the possibilities are endless when it comes to crafting a story around what can happen with an Ouija board and a bunch of teens. What’s the story behind the being that contacts you? Why is it communicating with you?
This movie, however, decides to go down a bland road, leading the audience to lackluster scares and a head-scratching story that doesn’t really make much sense at all.
Look into the film’s production history and you’ll find that it was quite troubled, with rewrites from different writers and re-shoots leading the film...
- 6/10/2015
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Film Archivist David (Rupert Evans) is going through a bit of a rough patch – he’s convinced his wife is having an affair, he’s struggling with his co-worker’s flirtatious remarks towards him and then there’s the recent film print he’s working on that details a series of brutal murders that happened a number of years ago in his house and near the local canal.
Writer/Director Ivan Kavanagh’s Irish chiller sees David’s life spiral out of control as he becomes more and more convinced that a supernatural presence is within his house and wanting his family.
So is he losing it or is this a ghost story after all? All through the film, the story flirts with both outcomes, leaving you to analyse just what is going on with the events in this film. Is there a haunting...
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Film Archivist David (Rupert Evans) is going through a bit of a rough patch – he’s convinced his wife is having an affair, he’s struggling with his co-worker’s flirtatious remarks towards him and then there’s the recent film print he’s working on that details a series of brutal murders that happened a number of years ago in his house and near the local canal.
Writer/Director Ivan Kavanagh’s Irish chiller sees David’s life spiral out of control as he becomes more and more convinced that a supernatural presence is within his house and wanting his family.
So is he losing it or is this a ghost story after all? All through the film, the story flirts with both outcomes, leaving you to analyse just what is going on with the events in this film. Is there a haunting...
- 6/4/2015
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‘Unfriended’ (2015)
Synopsis: Six high school friends with a dark secret receive a Skype message from a classmate who committed suicide a year ago after someone uploaded a video of her online.
Directed by: Levan Gabriadze
Written by: Nelson Greaves
Starring: Shelley Hennig, Moses Storm, Will Peltz
When I caught the trailer for Unfriended, the idea that stood out to me was the concept of telling a story solely using a computer screen, rather than just having a shaky cam to tell the story.
Here, the film’s teenagers use iMessage, Skype, Spotify, Facebook – even a torrent program gets a nod, already giving the film a unique feel. I mean, it’s desktop pretty much looks like mine, only cleaner. So, the concept of using these programs to tell the story and how it relies on the audience to scan for things like conversations or weird occurrences is pretty clever.
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‘Unfriended’ (2015)
Synopsis: Six high school friends with a dark secret receive a Skype message from a classmate who committed suicide a year ago after someone uploaded a video of her online.
Directed by: Levan Gabriadze
Written by: Nelson Greaves
Starring: Shelley Hennig, Moses Storm, Will Peltz
When I caught the trailer for Unfriended, the idea that stood out to me was the concept of telling a story solely using a computer screen, rather than just having a shaky cam to tell the story.
Here, the film’s teenagers use iMessage, Skype, Spotify, Facebook – even a torrent program gets a nod, already giving the film a unique feel. I mean, it’s desktop pretty much looks like mine, only cleaner. So, the concept of using these programs to tell the story and how it relies on the audience to scan for things like conversations or weird occurrences is pretty clever.
- 5/27/2015
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Reviewed by Jesse Miller
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Dead Kansas
Director: Aaron K. Carter
Writers: Aaron K. Carter, Nicholas A. DeNicola
Stars: Erin Miracle, Alexandria Lightford, Aaron Guerrero
Originally released as a web series back in 2013, Director/producer Aaron K. Carter’s Dead Kansas has been edited together into a full-length feature film and released on streaming services for all folks to enjoy.
Dead Kansas is set in post apocalyptic America, where the “rotten” have taken over the Earth, and follows a religious farmer and his teenage daughter as they not only try to survive in this new harsh world but try to survive a local gang that is terrorizing them.
The film is imaginative with its story beats but it’s held back by a shoestring budget – a budget that opts to leave zombies off screen and showcases minimal gore. It’s jarring when spoiled by bigger zombie flicks but with some understanding,...
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Dead Kansas
Director: Aaron K. Carter
Writers: Aaron K. Carter, Nicholas A. DeNicola
Stars: Erin Miracle, Alexandria Lightford, Aaron Guerrero
Originally released as a web series back in 2013, Director/producer Aaron K. Carter’s Dead Kansas has been edited together into a full-length feature film and released on streaming services for all folks to enjoy.
Dead Kansas is set in post apocalyptic America, where the “rotten” have taken over the Earth, and follows a religious farmer and his teenage daughter as they not only try to survive in this new harsh world but try to survive a local gang that is terrorizing them.
The film is imaginative with its story beats but it’s held back by a shoestring budget – a budget that opts to leave zombies off screen and showcases minimal gore. It’s jarring when spoiled by bigger zombie flicks but with some understanding,...
- 5/13/2015
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Altar, the new horror film written and directed by Nick Willing, starts off strongly as it introduces the location, the lavish house and characters all via some gorgeous cinematography and sweeping shots of the moors.
From there on, strange things begin to occur. It starts off with a rattling window, then continues with ghostly apparitions that haunt the kind family.
It's all very slow-burning stuff and rather effective, with director Nick Willing making good use of lighting and sound design to capture the atmosphere and conjure scares.
The whole film looks, feels and plays out as like a good old-fashioned haunting flick similar to The Amityville Horror.
The main problem with this feature is, aside from some strokes of genius that provide genuinely creepy moment’s, this is one horror that is mostly derivative of what has come before.
The key problem here is the...
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Altar, the new horror film written and directed by Nick Willing, starts off strongly as it introduces the location, the lavish house and characters all via some gorgeous cinematography and sweeping shots of the moors.
From there on, strange things begin to occur. It starts off with a rattling window, then continues with ghostly apparitions that haunt the kind family.
It's all very slow-burning stuff and rather effective, with director Nick Willing making good use of lighting and sound design to capture the atmosphere and conjure scares.
The whole film looks, feels and plays out as like a good old-fashioned haunting flick similar to The Amityville Horror.
The main problem with this feature is, aside from some strokes of genius that provide genuinely creepy moment’s, this is one horror that is mostly derivative of what has come before.
The key problem here is the...
- 5/2/2015
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Synopsis: 40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.
Director: Tom Harper
Writer: Jon Croker
Actors: Helen McCrory, Phoebe Fox.
When I heard The Woman in Black: Angel of Death was being made, I was instantly curious. How could you continue this particular story while managing to keep the scares fresh and the story exciting? There's always the case that the sequel wouldn't live up to the original, yeah, but I was just curious as to where they would take this tormented lady in black.
Well, what I got left me with a shrug -- The Woman in Black 2 has terrific cinematography, striking set design and solid acting from all involved - and even the setting and premise of this story show promise - but unfortunately, this...
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Synopsis: 40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.
Director: Tom Harper
Writer: Jon Croker
Actors: Helen McCrory, Phoebe Fox.
When I heard The Woman in Black: Angel of Death was being made, I was instantly curious. How could you continue this particular story while managing to keep the scares fresh and the story exciting? There's always the case that the sequel wouldn't live up to the original, yeah, but I was just curious as to where they would take this tormented lady in black.
Well, what I got left me with a shrug -- The Woman in Black 2 has terrific cinematography, striking set design and solid acting from all involved - and even the setting and premise of this story show promise - but unfortunately, this...
- 3/28/2015
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Reviewed by Jesse Miller
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Infernal (2015) Review
Writer/Director: Bryan Coyne
Cast: Alyssa Koerner, Matthew Scott Payne, Leandra Ryan.
Synopsis: The joy of parenthood for a pair of newlyweds turns dark as their child begins to become something not human.
The indie Infernal was an intriguing beast to sit through, because it seems to take inspiration from other haunted house films like Insidious and The Shining – which can only be a good thing – and takes that step further and uses the subject of demon possession to explore something unique to the genre: Autism and the struggles the family go through because of the condition.
Yes, Infernal’s newlyweds Nathan and Sophia’s daughter Imogene is autistic and something strange and evil is being drawn to her. But why? And furthermore, what effect does this have on the couple and how will the demon use this to its advantage, negative...
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Infernal (2015) Review
Writer/Director: Bryan Coyne
Cast: Alyssa Koerner, Matthew Scott Payne, Leandra Ryan.
Synopsis: The joy of parenthood for a pair of newlyweds turns dark as their child begins to become something not human.
The indie Infernal was an intriguing beast to sit through, because it seems to take inspiration from other haunted house films like Insidious and The Shining – which can only be a good thing – and takes that step further and uses the subject of demon possession to explore something unique to the genre: Autism and the struggles the family go through because of the condition.
Yes, Infernal’s newlyweds Nathan and Sophia’s daughter Imogene is autistic and something strange and evil is being drawn to her. But why? And furthermore, what effect does this have on the couple and how will the demon use this to its advantage, negative...
- 3/17/2015
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Reviewed by Jesse Miller
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Avenged (2013) Review
Director: Michael S. Ojeda
Writers: Michael S. Ojeda, Deon van Rooyen (additional dialogue)
Stars: Amanda Adrienne, Tom Ardavany, Ronnie Gene Blevins
This is how it is: An attractive and deaf woman by the name of Zoe (Amanda Adrienne) is on a road trip to her boyfriend when she comes across a bunch of local yokels tormenting some Native Americans. Zoe does the valiant thing in trying to save their lives and in turn, gets captured and taken back to the local’s shack where she is repeatedly brutalized.
Yeah, it certainly sounds like your typical revenge horror-thriller, only it isn’t: Avenged takes a strange turn when our heroine is brutally killed, only to be brought back to life a few days later (expertly edited here to show the passage of time, by the way) by a local witch-doctor. The catch? She...
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Avenged (2013) Review
Director: Michael S. Ojeda
Writers: Michael S. Ojeda, Deon van Rooyen (additional dialogue)
Stars: Amanda Adrienne, Tom Ardavany, Ronnie Gene Blevins
This is how it is: An attractive and deaf woman by the name of Zoe (Amanda Adrienne) is on a road trip to her boyfriend when she comes across a bunch of local yokels tormenting some Native Americans. Zoe does the valiant thing in trying to save their lives and in turn, gets captured and taken back to the local’s shack where she is repeatedly brutalized.
Yeah, it certainly sounds like your typical revenge horror-thriller, only it isn’t: Avenged takes a strange turn when our heroine is brutally killed, only to be brought back to life a few days later (expertly edited here to show the passage of time, by the way) by a local witch-doctor. The catch? She...
- 3/6/2015
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Reviewed by Jesse Miller
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It has been a week and a bit now since I finished Stephen King’s latest and something happened: I laid down in bed ready to let sleep take me and the events of the novel came back to me, imagery and ideas so powerful that it wouldn’t let me go. Revival had a hold of me then and it still does now, with something about it affecting me on a deep personal level – something I haven’t felt reading a horror novel in a while now.
Revival begins in the early 60’s when a shadow falls over a young Jamie Morton – a shadow that will be hanging over him in the years to come. It is the new town minister Charles Jacobs and the two will go on to form a friendship over Jacobs’ simple experiments in electricity.
Decades later and living a nomadic lifestyle,...
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It has been a week and a bit now since I finished Stephen King’s latest and something happened: I laid down in bed ready to let sleep take me and the events of the novel came back to me, imagery and ideas so powerful that it wouldn’t let me go. Revival had a hold of me then and it still does now, with something about it affecting me on a deep personal level – something I haven’t felt reading a horror novel in a while now.
Revival begins in the early 60’s when a shadow falls over a young Jamie Morton – a shadow that will be hanging over him in the years to come. It is the new town minister Charles Jacobs and the two will go on to form a friendship over Jacobs’ simple experiments in electricity.
Decades later and living a nomadic lifestyle,...
- 2/13/2015
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They’re heeeeerrreee!
You can finally get a taste of the upcoming reboot to the beloved 80’s horror film ahead of the release of its trailer, as USA Today have been kind enough to release some images to whet your appetite.
Set to be released in 3D, the Gil Keenan-directed Poltergeist will see another poor family’s home invaded by horrifying entities who are specifically drawn to the youngest daughter.
Poltergeist will open in theaters on July 24, 2015 and has been rated PG-13 for “intense frightening sequences, brief suggestive material, and some language.
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They’re heeeeerrreee!
You can finally get a taste of the upcoming reboot to the beloved 80’s horror film ahead of the release of its trailer, as USA Today have been kind enough to release some images to whet your appetite.
Set to be released in 3D, the Gil Keenan-directed Poltergeist will see another poor family’s home invaded by horrifying entities who are specifically drawn to the youngest daughter.
Poltergeist will open in theaters on July 24, 2015 and has been rated PG-13 for “intense frightening sequences, brief suggestive material, and some language.
- 2/5/2015
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The Evil Inside, the debut novel by Australian author Philip Taffs, is a nasty little psychological horror novel with an intriguing mystery at its core that starts to test the sanity of its good-natured protagonist.
After tragic circumstances, Guy Russell and his family swap the location of Melbourne, Australia for Manhattan, New York in order to change the scenery and jumpstart their life together – not only for his marriage but for the benefit of their young son Callum.
But all is not well! Tension is simmering between Guy and his wife Mia and something particularly sinister from Guy’s past threatens to infect his life and worse – infect his young son.
The first thing about The Evil Inside that stood out to me was the prose of the piece. It isn’t in love with its own words or trying to impress its audience...
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The Evil Inside, the debut novel by Australian author Philip Taffs, is a nasty little psychological horror novel with an intriguing mystery at its core that starts to test the sanity of its good-natured protagonist.
After tragic circumstances, Guy Russell and his family swap the location of Melbourne, Australia for Manhattan, New York in order to change the scenery and jumpstart their life together – not only for his marriage but for the benefit of their young son Callum.
But all is not well! Tension is simmering between Guy and his wife Mia and something particularly sinister from Guy’s past threatens to infect his life and worse – infect his young son.
The first thing about The Evil Inside that stood out to me was the prose of the piece. It isn’t in love with its own words or trying to impress its audience...
- 1/28/2015
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The particularly nasty Desecrated – coming at you from director Rob Garcia and writer Cecil Chambers – is a slasher film with all the usual ingredients you’d find in such a film – nubile ladies, nasty deaths and quite a sick attitude to the horror itself.
Desecrated’s story is an interest beast though. Never mind the fancy heiress and her group of friends heading to her father’s house for a weekend getaway only to find dark secrets – that part is fairly routine. What’s interesting here with the story is that it’s looking at someone deeply troubled with Pdst and riffing on how that could manifest.
Don’t be alarmed – I haven’t ruined the plot, as it’s an element referenced pretty early on and definitely not all there is to the rather surprising story.
What slasher fans need to realise is...
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The particularly nasty Desecrated – coming at you from director Rob Garcia and writer Cecil Chambers – is a slasher film with all the usual ingredients you’d find in such a film – nubile ladies, nasty deaths and quite a sick attitude to the horror itself.
Desecrated’s story is an interest beast though. Never mind the fancy heiress and her group of friends heading to her father’s house for a weekend getaway only to find dark secrets – that part is fairly routine. What’s interesting here with the story is that it’s looking at someone deeply troubled with Pdst and riffing on how that could manifest.
Don’t be alarmed – I haven’t ruined the plot, as it’s an element referenced pretty early on and definitely not all there is to the rather surprising story.
What slasher fans need to realise is...
- 1/4/2015
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One of the best things about Halloween is seeing scare houses set up all over the U.S, from local groups to major organisations like Universal Studios holding the annual Halloween Horror Nights. The Houses October Built takes this concept and uses it to ask an intriguing question – what if real evil lurked behind the mask of any of the scare actors?
This film had me sold on its premise alone – a group of friends take a road trip across America looking for the most extreme scare house but are most unprepared for what they end up uncovering.
The film falls into the ‘found footage’ sub genre and borrows from the best and worst of the lot, providing some ingenious and unsettling moments that will stay with you but also coming with a handful of what are now found footage film clichés that only...
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One of the best things about Halloween is seeing scare houses set up all over the U.S, from local groups to major organisations like Universal Studios holding the annual Halloween Horror Nights. The Houses October Built takes this concept and uses it to ask an intriguing question – what if real evil lurked behind the mask of any of the scare actors?
This film had me sold on its premise alone – a group of friends take a road trip across America looking for the most extreme scare house but are most unprepared for what they end up uncovering.
The film falls into the ‘found footage’ sub genre and borrows from the best and worst of the lot, providing some ingenious and unsettling moments that will stay with you but also coming with a handful of what are now found footage film clichés that only...
- 12/13/2014
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‘Annabelle’ (2014) Film Review
Before The Conjuring there was Annabelle, the story of how this rather evil looking doll came to be possessed and its journey from original owners to the display box seen at the Warrens in The Conjuring.
Yup, the creepy doll - that anyone in their right mind shouldn’t even buy before it was possessed – gets it’s full length film in this shared film universe that got kick started with the successful sequel The Conjuring.
Directed by John R. Leonetti and written by Gary Dauberman, Annabelle starts with happy couple Mia (Annabelle Wallis) and John (Ward Horton) suffering a home invasion by two cultists. The cops manage to arrive on the scene in time to secure the household, but not before one cultist works her mojo on the nearest object – the already creepy doll. Weirdness and terror ensues.
Look, there...
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‘Annabelle’ (2014) Film Review
Before The Conjuring there was Annabelle, the story of how this rather evil looking doll came to be possessed and its journey from original owners to the display box seen at the Warrens in The Conjuring.
Yup, the creepy doll - that anyone in their right mind shouldn’t even buy before it was possessed – gets it’s full length film in this shared film universe that got kick started with the successful sequel The Conjuring.
Directed by John R. Leonetti and written by Gary Dauberman, Annabelle starts with happy couple Mia (Annabelle Wallis) and John (Ward Horton) suffering a home invasion by two cultists. The cops manage to arrive on the scene in time to secure the household, but not before one cultist works her mojo on the nearest object – the already creepy doll. Weirdness and terror ensues.
Look, there...
- 12/12/2014
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Lord Of Tears is the psychological horror film debut by Scottish director Lawrie Brewster that blends a touch of Lovecraft with a sprinkling of Poe and the resulting brew proves to be a startling look at the disturbing Scottish urban legend.
The death of his mother sees James (Euan Douglass) inherit a spooky ancient house surrounded by the Scottish moors. Disturbed by his mother’s last words, a warning for him to never return there due to a childhood trauma, and plagued by some rather unsettling nightmares featuring the disturbing entity known as the Owl Man, James delves into the brutal and shocking past that hides a twisted history.
Lord of Tears is unique for the fact that it goes for something new that audiences haven’t encountered before and it all works to tell an engaging story around it. Remember the first time you saw,...
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Lord Of Tears is the psychological horror film debut by Scottish director Lawrie Brewster that blends a touch of Lovecraft with a sprinkling of Poe and the resulting brew proves to be a startling look at the disturbing Scottish urban legend.
The death of his mother sees James (Euan Douglass) inherit a spooky ancient house surrounded by the Scottish moors. Disturbed by his mother’s last words, a warning for him to never return there due to a childhood trauma, and plagued by some rather unsettling nightmares featuring the disturbing entity known as the Owl Man, James delves into the brutal and shocking past that hides a twisted history.
Lord of Tears is unique for the fact that it goes for something new that audiences haven’t encountered before and it all works to tell an engaging story around it. Remember the first time you saw,...
- 11/25/2014
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Reviewed by Jesse Miller
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Grave Halloween is mostly set in Japan’s infamous ‘Suicide Forest’, the nickname given to this rather luscious forest since unfortunately, so many folk come here to end their lives.
Because of the multiple suicides, the forest has its own special place in Japanese mythology due to the belief demons and angry spirits roam the forest. As if Japanese folklore wasn’t horrific enough, right?
The place is intriguing and uncomfortable all at once. Intriguing because – well, why aren’t we seeing more material featuring this location? The 1960 novel Kuroi Jukai (Black sea of trees) features the location and Director Gus Van Sant’s Sea of Trees is on its way out. But where are the horror films using this backdrop? Shouldn’t we be seeing hundreds? And then it’s uncomfortable material because the place is still being used for suicide and how...
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Grave Halloween is mostly set in Japan’s infamous ‘Suicide Forest’, the nickname given to this rather luscious forest since unfortunately, so many folk come here to end their lives.
Because of the multiple suicides, the forest has its own special place in Japanese mythology due to the belief demons and angry spirits roam the forest. As if Japanese folklore wasn’t horrific enough, right?
The place is intriguing and uncomfortable all at once. Intriguing because – well, why aren’t we seeing more material featuring this location? The 1960 novel Kuroi Jukai (Black sea of trees) features the location and Director Gus Van Sant’s Sea of Trees is on its way out. But where are the horror films using this backdrop? Shouldn’t we be seeing hundreds? And then it’s uncomfortable material because the place is still being used for suicide and how...
- 11/25/2014
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