The Thing is helped and hindered by the decade it was released. The eighties have become such an iconic time for movies, with everything from Ghostbusters to Back to the Future to the beginning of the Alien franchise (this film’s cousin). … Continue reading The Thing (1982) Review
In my review for The Purge, I stated that the idea behind the movie had potential if taken in the right direction. Anarchy takes the movie in that direction. The idea of The Purge, one lawless night when all crime is … Continue reading The Purge: Anarchy (2014) Review
Found Footage is ruining potentially excellent movies. I understand the need for it sometimes; budget, intensity, extra-scares but it is such an over-used device that it is losing any unique element and also detracting from what a movie is trying to … Continue reading As Above, So Below (2014) Review
What If… is a self-indulgent look at how things could have been. I take an event or a rumour and let my imagination run wild. It’s rarely based on fact and completely based on guess-work and conjecture. With the recent … Continue reading What If… Disney made horror movies?
Unlike most horror movies that seem to be released these days, Martha Marcy May Marlene offers a more tense and sometimes terrifying viewing experience. It is all down to the constant feeling of unease and lack of safety that the movie … Continue reading Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) Review
M. Night Shyamalan has some great creative ideas. You can’t argue that most of his films come from a great central concept, be it a boy who can see dead people, a modern-day superhero or people randomly killing themselves one day. … Continue reading The Visit (2015) Review
It is amazing how one movie can make a character so iconic. Kathy Bates did such a good job of playing the creepy Annie Wilkes that it has transcended this movie and become a template for how to play a deranged … Continue reading Misery (1990) Review
The afternoon before I went to the cinema to watch the third instalment in the Insidious franchise, I heard a term that summarises the current crop of horror movies that are hitting our cinemas: Cattle-prod horror. It refers to the constant jump-scares that … Continue reading Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) Review
Unfriended shouldn’t work! For long chunks of the movie you are watching two people type their conversation to each other. The whole movie is literally watched as if you are sitting in front of a laptop screen, witnessing events, and subsequently … Continue reading Unfriended (2015) Review
Some of the simplest ideas make for the best movies, especially when it comes to horror. It Follows is one of those simple premises that when executed well is absolutely terrifying. Luckily, it is executed well here, unfortunately, it’s the bits … Continue reading It Follows (2015) Review
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