Also caught Sinister 2, the sequel to a decent spook house flick from a few years back that starred Ethan Hawke. The main takeaway I had from this sequel is that you really needed to see the first one for … Continue reading
Final Girl is an odd horror/suspense film that has the DNA of similar films in it but doesn’t seem to know how to be that film. Basic premise is that a girl is recruited and trained all her life to … Continue reading
The Gallows is a terrible found footage (sigh – again?) movie made for a buck. It’s about a high school putting on a play called The Gallows which, when staged 20 years earlier, had a tragedy (one of the actors … Continue reading
Jurassic World is a fine movie as far as monster movies go. It’d be the second best movie in the franchise if The Lost World hadn’t been directed by Spielberg, a man with more talent even when he’s half-assing a … Continue reading
Insidious: Chapter 3 is 50% of a pretty great horror spook show flick that’s filled with good characters played by appealing actors, moody scenes, and believable and quality dialog. This was easily better than the previous two films. I was … Continue reading
The Nightmare is a new documentary film about sleep paralysis, the sleep disorder where you are just falling asleep or just waking up and you are completely conscious but your body is paralyzed (due to sleep chemicals) and your mind … Continue reading
The 2015 remake of the classic spook house film Poltergeist opened this weekend and, like most fans of the origin, I asked why? But the trailers were decent and it’s not like i wasn’t gonna see it anyway… but should … Continue reading
To my surprise, the new indie/horror/art house/Schwarzenegger flick Maggie showed up on Apple TV/iTunes streaming (it is also in limited theatrical release). Maggie is, indeed, a small indie movie with art house desires… a contemplative, slow-paced, methodical sad story about … Continue reading
Unfriended is a new horror flick shot completely from the perspective of a single computer screen during an 82 minute Skype video chat (with the additional appearance of YouTube, Facebook, ChatRoulette, Spotify, and other software and services). It’s the one … Continue reading
It Follows is a new indie horror flick (out at the theaters) with a theme you’ve heard before: have sex, get stalked and killed by something that.. well.. follows… Basically, if a person is being followed, he or she can … Continue reading