Checked out the new shark attack flick The Shallows which is opening this weekend. This is an extremely effective and suspenseful movie about a surfer trapped on a reef by a very large shark. For what this movie is – … Continue reading
Cell is a new digital steaming movie (probably in limited theatrical release) based on a mostly forgotten Stephen King novel from 2006. This adaptation stars John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson which is a decent cast for what amounts to … Continue reading
Caught an early preview showing of The Conjuring 2, the sequel to 2013’s surprise hit horror flick about Ed and Loraine Warren, real life ghost hunters most famous for investigating the Amityville spook house. The Conjuring was a better-than-average spook … Continue reading
The Darkness is a new and utterly relentlessly terrible, trite, boring, unintentionally funny, cliche-ridden horror film that came out this weekend that no one should see. Because you’ve seen it before, even if you don’t watch a lot of horror … Continue reading
Went to see 10 Cloverfield Lane tonight, the semi-sequel but not really but kinda maybe if you think about it kinda-sorta sequel(ish) to the giant monster attacks NYC movie Cloverfield from 8 years ago. Is this a sequel? Is it … Continue reading
Went to see the new horror film The Other Side of the Door – another forgettable by-the-numbers jump scare horror movie. I can give it a touch of credit for a couple things – mainly it looks good and has … Continue reading
Checked out the perplexingly unnecessary remake of Cabin Fever, a 14 year old movie that I don’t think anyone has thought about in 13 years and certainly only the producers thought needed remaking. Cabin Fever (the original) is an Eli … Continue reading
The Witch is a new horror movie set in 1600s New England that has been getting a ton of positive buzz for being a genuinely disturbing, eerie, and scary movie. So I went to an early showing and I big … Continue reading
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is the new movie based on the book based on that other book, you know the one (hint: Sense and Sensibility – har!). Before I talk about what I thought of the movie, I want … Continue reading
Watched the kind of interesting found footage movie JeruZalem via iTunes streaming tonight. This movie seems to want to connect itself to World War Z – it’s set in Jerusalem and the Z in the title is the same font … Continue reading