After a hiatus, John Kramer (a.k.a. The Jigsaw Killer, a.k.a. didn’t that guy die back in part 3?) has returned despite no one really asking
Tag: Horror
Candyman: Farewell To The Flesh (1995) – Review
Back in the day, I often wondered why Clive Barker’s hook wielding, bee spitting, romantic gut-splitter we all know as the Candyman never became one
Fantasy Island (2020) – Review
The concept of taking an old cult TV show and flipping the genre around is nothing new. Just take such movies such as 21 Jump
The Invisible Man (2020) – Review
After Tom Cruise’s 2017 brush with The Mummy failed to jump start Universal’s Dark Universe – an MCU style franchise of connected films that was
Color Out Of Space (2019) – Review
I’ve mentioned elsewhere on this site about the difficulty hollywood has had in trying to visualise the unearthly works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft (H.P. to
Candyman (1992) – Review
It’s always been stunning to me that the many and varied works of Clive Barker hasn’t managed to produce more timeless cinematic horror classics than
Hardware (1990) – Review
Back in 1990 Richard Stanley was poised to a bold new voice in genre filmmaking as he launched his low budget, nihilistic, trippy, sci-fi horror
Re-Animator (1985) – Review
Sprinting into the horror genre with all the deranged energy of a cocaine addicted cheetah, Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator turned heads and stomachs in equal measure
From Beyond (1986) – Review
In the annals of H.P. Lovecraft adaptations, there surely isn’t a movie more fucked up than From Beyond. Oh sure, Re-Animator is fucked up –
Hollow Man (2000) – Review
Before we dig into Paul Verhoven’s tale of transparent tension I’m going to do something a little different – I’m going to tell you a
The Last Witch Hunter (2015) – Review
Over the last couple of decades, through a sheer force of will that belays his mortal existence, Vin Diesel seems to be collecting franchises the
Christine (1983) – Review
In 1982 John Carpenter’s ass kicking hot streak was derailed by the deafening apathy audiences bafflingly dumped on the legitimate masterpiece in cinema that is
Silent Hill (2006) – Review
Based on the anus puckering video game of the same name, Silent Hill is one of those video game adaptations that actually make sense.Second only
Doom (2005) – Review
When such seasoned directors as Brian De Palma and John Carpenter can’t make movies set on Mars particularly interesting what fucking chance does the director
Underwater (2020) – Review
Ok… stop me if you’ve heard this one before…A disperate group of people have to survive an assault of monsters when… oh, wow. That was
Dagon (2001) – Review
Believe it or not, the release of Dagon back in 2001 should have been a briny and salty big deal and yet I’m wagering that
In The Mouth Of Madness (1994) – Review
There’s a difference of opinion on what exactly John Carpenter’s last great movie was. Some believe that it was class-based, sci-fi satire They Live while
Deep Rising (1998) – Review
Stephen Sommers temporarily became a major player in hollywood after he attacked the multiplexes with his particular brand of hyperactive blockbuster – ie. the mentality
The Lighthouse (2019) – Review
The long awaited second movie from Robert Eggers – the man who gave us 2015’s impressive skin crawler The Witch – The Lighthouse is yet
Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) – Review
When your franchise is primarily obsessed with introducing pointy, stabby death to anyone in the vicinity under the age of 25, it’s inevitable that audience
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