Carrie remake is out and is basically a remake of the 1970s film and not a retelling of the book (despite the claims)… and this begs the question of whether the original film needs to be remade. I say sure, … Continue reading
Dario Argento, famed (I suppose) Italian horror director went and made a new Dracula movie… it more-or-less kinda-sorta follows the plot of the book and stars no one in particular except a very bored Rutger Hauer as Van Helsing and … Continue reading
Saw the somewhat amusingly named Insidious: Chapter 2 today – the sequel (you don’t say!) to the movie Insidious (which was an effective but not groundbreaking little horror flick). This is a direct sequel… even starting with something you rarely … Continue reading
Saw the new home invasion / horror flick You’re Next… which looks like every other home invasion flick ever made (The Strangers, The Purge, Funny Games, etc.) and proceeds to be one of the worst movies of the year with … Continue reading
Went to to see the new horror movie Generic Haunted House Movie… ermmm… I mean The Conjuring. There was no conjuring going on in a movie called The Conjuring… just a haunted house movie that you’ve seen before… a lot. … Continue reading
Late showing of the Brad Pitt vs. zombies movie World War Z – a big spectacle of a zombie apocalypse flick loosely based on a really good novel. It has sparkles of that novels ideas and that’s cool – but … Continue reading
Saw the horror flick The Purge and see it if you want some heavy-handed messages inexpertly tacked onto an interesting-but-poorly-executed premise full of dull and dreary … scares? I guess. Premise is that in 2022, the economy is booming, unemployment … Continue reading
Evil Dead remake is hard-core gore all the way… either that sells you or it doesn’t. Surprisingly good – and dead serious – horror splatfest… this is no sequel to the hilarious and hallucinogenic Evil Dead 2 or Army of … Continue reading
Dragged myself out to see the suspense film The Call – starring Halley Barry and a shockingly 16 year old Abigail (Little Miss Sunshine) Breslin (when did she grow up?). It’s about a 911 operator trying to help a kidnapped … Continue reading
Also saw the amusingly titled Last Exorcism Part 2 (almost as funny as the movie title The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia). It was a pretty lousy movie full of padding, non-scares, cheap jump scares, and the like. … Continue reading