Everything: Horror
Movie Review: Evil Dead (2013)
Despite many critics profusely praising Evil Dead on some well-known websites, do not believe any of it. This remake removes any aspect of its 1981 predecessor’s gleefully stupid and frightening exuberance and instead sub...
Movie Review: Dark Skies (2013)
If sci-fi movies have taught us anything, it’s that aliens tend to paint their allegiances in black and white. There’s no middle ground between the amiable charm of “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” and the acid-spew...
Movie Review: Gut (2012)
From the mind of a man calling himself Elias comes Gut, a “psychological” horror film in which a video depicting gruesome murders brings two men together while at the same time causing tensions that threatens to tear them a...
Movie Review: The ABCs of Death (2012)
Farts, dogfights, and miscarriages. In part, the perfect additions to a horror flick. Right? Well, not really. But the 26 directors (and 12 producers, and 14 writers) of The ABCs of Death certainly believed so. Otherwise they w...
Movie Review: Warm Bodies (2013)
Zombie movies are always shot from the point of view of the last few and scared survivors. They are outnumbered, running out of ammo, their friends are bitten one by one, and the zombies just keep on coming after their brains. ...
Movie Review: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
In my high school days, I wrote a script about a hitman who does drugs with Jesus. I thought it was edgy. Fortunately, you’ll never see it to know otherwise. Occasionally though, juvenile ideas like that land on the desks of ...
Movie Review: John Dies at the End (2012)
If “Limitless” were mixed with “Dude, Where’s My Car?” and perhaps “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” you’d end up somewhere near to John Dies at the End. Directed by Don Coscarelli (best known for cult hits “Ph...
Movie Review: Mama (2013)
If a horror film’s story is strong enough, then there is no need for it to resort to “cheap scream” techniques to manipulate the audience. A loud, closing door during a quiet period will elicit the same scream as ...
