What hasn’t already been said about John Carpenter’s horror opus? Arguably one of the most purely influential films ever made, after 40 years it remains
Tag: Horror
Halloween (2018) – Review
All good horror icons, like bread, tend to rise.Forgive the food metaphor, I’m currently writing this while hungry, but no matter how many times they
Leatherface (2017) – Review
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre could quite possibly the most inconsistent horror franchise out there. The original is quite possibly the greatest horror movie of all
A Quiet Place (2018) – Review
The best type of horror film these days are the ones that marry a mighty dose of metaphor with it’s mauling and for the last
Silver Bullet (1985) – Review
Based on Stephen King’s novella “Cycle Of The Werewolf” – a title that’s too on the nose even for a werewolf movie, I guess –
The Evil Dead (1981) – Review
Back in 1981, a small group of twenty-somethings from Detroit, Michigan released a small independent horror movie into the wild. Financed by pleading with dentists,
The Void (2017) – Review
Horror flicks these days have cottoned on that that a 70’s and 80’s style of prolonged dread makes for a better film than merely a
The Blob (1988) – Review
When people sit and discuss great remakes (as I assume we all often do…), conversation inevitably turns to The Thing and The Fly, two movies
Cult Of Chucky (2017) – Review
On a long enough timeline, most long running horror franchises succumb to the same fate. Starting with a high concept, scary original they follow them
Maximum Overdrive (1986) – Review
“I’m gonna scare the Hell outta you, and that’s a promise!” threatens Stephen King himself as he leers at you from the trailer for his
Jaws 2 (1978) – Review
Just how an impressively ordinary a movie Jaws 2 is, is quite the thing to behold. Following up one of the greatest blockbusters of all
Child’s Play (1988) – Review
Joining an established club with entrenched members is never easy, especially when membership means being embraced by the public in general and this goes doubly
Don’t Breathe (2016) – Review
In what’s turning out to be quite a kick ass year for modern horror, this reunion of the Evil Dead remake’s main players (heavily abused
Alien: Covenant (2017) – Review
Prometheus, to be ironically fair, was a mixed beast. Promising far more than it delivered, Ridley Scott’s flawed return to the Alien franchise he started
Alien: Resurrection (1997) – Review
Surely an Alien movie from the director of Delicatessen and City Of The Lost Children and written by Joss Whedon has GOT to be a
2nd Child’s Play Trailer Released
Orion Pictures have released their second trailer for the Child’s Play reboot. This is the first time we hear Mark Hamill as the voice of
Jaws: The Revenge (1987) – Review
Even the first Jaws couldn’t be accused of documentary levels of realism; sharks rarely grow to that size, aren’t that smart and don’t go up
Alien (1979) – Review
Some movies are such an instant touchstone in the history of the medium hey can change the face of cinema almost overnight. Halloween or Goldfinger
Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) – Review
Ok, so Alien Vs. Predator wasn’t any great shakes – I think we can all agree on that – but surely Paul Anderson’s ADD infused,
Pet Sematary (2019) – Review
What with the It reboot, Castle Rock and Mr Mercedes on TV and with many future terrors in the pipeline, it’s tough to imagine a
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