A holiday retrospective. Halloween (1978) is one of those movies that has a massive impact on the genre. Much like Suspiria (1977), there’s not really any character development, and the little plot in the film is basically an excuse for great music and atmosphere. Here’s the whole plot in a nutshell. Murderer Michael Myers (Nick Castle, Tony Moran, …
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When you’re good to Mama
What’s wrong with these kids today? Ah, Blumhouse Productions, for every good movie you come out with, you have about five bad ones. One of their latest releases is Ma, which is about a group of teenagers who, while trying to find someone to buy beer for them, end up bumping into Sue Ann (Octavia Spencer) …
Welcome boils and ghouls
Before comics became known for superheroes, they were horror stories For those of you who don’t know, Creepshow was a 1982 cult classic that was a throwback to old EC horror comics like Tales from the Crypt or The Haunt of Fear. Directed by George A. Romero, written by Stephen King, special effects done by Tom Savini, and a cast …
I told you I’d go back to horror
J. Lo will just have to wait (Unmarked Spoilers) The thing with this blog is that this isn’t my job. This is something that I do for fun. Which means I have to pay to see films out of my pocket, which means that there’s only a finite amount of movies that I can afford …
That giant shadow hanging over the film is from the previous movie
This film feels repetitive in way I don’t remember the novel or miniseries being (Unmarked Spoilers) It: Chapter Two opens with an all too real-life horror. Where Adrian Mellon (Xavier Dolan) becomes the victim of a brutal, homophobic hate crime befalls. Sadly, that’s something that’s just as relevant today as it was in the 1980s when …
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What’s your favorite scary tv show?
The fact that doesn’t have the same ring to it is an apt metaphor for the show itself. Why am I writing a tv show review on a movie website? Because there is a whole world of movies that have branched out into television that need to be covered. Such as the third season of …
The most dangerous game
Here I come… After getting married, beautiful bride Grace (Samara Weaving) learns that she’ll have to play a game of hide and seek with her new in-laws, the Le Domas family. But to her horror, she quickly realizes the meaning of the awful pun I make in the title of this review. Now, to the …
The burn is bright
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a–run for your life. Get ready to be meet Brandon Breyer (Jackson A. Dunn), who has one of those sweet, alliterate names that rolls right off the tongue. Like Clark Kent or Lex Luthor or Michael Meyers. He’s brilliant too because despite not paying attention in class, he’s …
It’s a scary story made up of many scary stories
This ought to tide me over until It: Chapter Two After a chance encounter with newcomer Ramón (Michael Garza), a trio of friends consisting of Stella (Zoe Colletti), Auggie (Gabriel Rush), and Tommy (Austin Abrams) decide to show him the local haunted house. Home to Sarah Bellows (Kathleen Pollard), who according to legend, would tell children scary …
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Only in Florida
I bet the Scorch is looking pretty good right about now The main character of the film is Hayley (Kaya Scodelario), a competitive swimmer with the University of Florida because of irony. Upon realizing that her estranged father Dave (Barry Pepper) isn’t responding to any phone calls, Hayley postpones evacuating from the massive, incoming hurricane to …
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