Once upon a time, Matthew Vaughan was chiefly known as Guy Ritchie’s producer, but one day he plopped himself into the director’s chair with the
Tag: 2000s
The Final Destination (2009) – Review
Whether by design or by fate, Final Destination arguably had one of the neatest horror concepts of the noughties. Essentially a slasher movie where the
The Omen (2006) – Review
If you’re going to take the time to retool a stone cold classic of 70’s, dread inducing horror, you’d better have a damn good reason
Poseidon (2006) – Review
Proving that it wasn’t just horror movies that got noticeably shiny remakes during the noughties is Wolfgang Peterson’s redo of the classic 70’s sinky ship
Once Upon A Time In Mexico (2003) – Review
Robert Rodriguez is the very definition of a ‘busy bee’ considering all the shit he seems to have on his plate all the time.Since he
Poultrygeist: Night Of The Chicken Dead (2006) – Review
For decades Troma has prided themselves on making their particular brand of anti-PC, trash epics and unleashing them on an unsuspecting world with all the
Survival Of The Dead (2009) – Review
It’s a sad fact of cinema that a director’s final film usually isn’t their best and this goes doubley true for the Splat Pack of
Final Destination 3 (2006) – Review
Considering how many people manage to tumble through the cracks of Death’s design, it’s a small wonder that Death itself hasn’t taken time off for
Final Destination 2 (2004) – Review
“Faster, more intense” may be a term far more notorious for George Lucas’ directing style but it’s also a fitting description for a horror sequel’s
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) – Review
Long before Zack Snyder’s much ballyhooed Army Of The Dead placed the ravenous undead in the sand wastes of Las Vegas Nevada, the third instalment
Final Destination (2000) – Review
Following in the deep, deep furrow ploughed in the horror genre by the wildly successful, teen-centric Scream movies, Hollywood dutifully continued putting out movies that
Saw (2004) – Review
Any of you out there snorting in derision at the 5-star rating I’ve decided to heap upon James Wan’s legendarily grimy debut needs to to
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) – Review
After squeezing out the lacklustre (yet depressingly profitable) videogame adaptation Resident Evil, Paul W.S. Anderson decided to move onto pastures new when the temptation to
2012 (2009) – Review
During his long career as Hollywood’s go to disaster artist, Roland Emmerich has probably toppled more landmarks than the entire Kaiju cast of Destroy All
Van Helsing (2004) – Review
Back in 1999, Stephen Sommers updated a genuine horror classic and raised The Mummy from it’s metaphorical sarcophagus thanks to Brendan Frasier’s innate likeability, a
Doomsday (2008) – Review
After his exemplary first couple of movies, my expectations for Neil Marshall’s third film, Doomsday, was higher than Snoop Dogg. I mean, could you blame
Saw VI (2009) – Review
After the rather drab fifth installment, it seemed like the relentless, annual, murder-machine known as the Saw franchise had finally come to a screeching, grinding
Resident Evil (2002) – Review
Thanks to the extraordinarily low benchmark for the world of video game adaptations, the Resident Evil franchise is king. A rambling, oddly plotted series of
Saw V (2008) – Review
At the insane rate the Saw movies were being put out (one a year since 2004!!), it’s frankly amazing the series’ level of quality didn’t
Saw IV (2007) – Review
Another year saw yet another entry from the number one series to stagger bloodied and traumatised from the taboo-humping genre known as Tourture Porn (although
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