Everyone loves found footage these days, right? No? Are you feeling the found footage fatigue? What if I told you this was a film about Bigfoot and it is written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait? Goldthwait has managed to acquire a solid reputation as an “outside of the box” director with Shakes the Clown, Sleeping […]
Ever make one of those decisions in life, that at first seems like it’s going to be a good call, and then five minutes after you make the choice, you realize what a horrible mistake you made? Well, that’s pretty much the case when my brother and I stumbled upon the Urban Legends: Bloody Mary film. We picked […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szaLnKNWC-U Release date: November? Director: Jennifer Kent I have heard great things about this film. Early reviews have been favorable, with Rotten Tomatoes currently sitting at 100% (albeit with only 21 critic reviews). I had heard a lot about this movie and how creepy it was before I finally got around to watching the trailer. […]
Directed by Jorge Dorado (assistant director on The Devil’s Backbone, Bad Education, Talk To Her and many more outstanding Spanish films) with a screenplay from Guy Holmes and Martha Holmes, Anna brings us into the world of memory detectives; people who have the ability to enter our memories to find more information about past traumatic […]
Director: Luchina Fisher Writers: Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes Before I get started, I’d like to point out that Steven Barnes has writing credits for The Twilight Zone, The Real Ghostbusters, The Outer Limits, Stargate SG-1, Baywatch and Andromeda. That’s a terrific collection of shows. Danger Word is based on “Devil’s Wake”, a YA novel […]
Monster movies are tricky in that the titular star is often a minor character, behind those that it affects. He is a plot point. A puzzle to be solved. A villain to be conquered. They are often the center of the film, but they are unable to carry it. That duty in Godzilla falls on […]
Musical theatre nerds and horror fans rejoice! If you are one of the millions who secretly, or not so secretly, know all of the words to the Phantom of the Opera, I have your next favorite movie. Stage Fright begins with one of those delicious opening scenes that sets up the story and gives us […]
Written and directed by Jeremy Sauliner, Blue Ruin is a powerful return to form for the revenge movie. Macon Blair (Murder Party) plays Dwight, a man, who at first, looks to be homeless, but we learn that Dwight has chosen to live in a car. This is a man who has been beaten down by […]
Read Lisa’s review here. It’s terrific. Description from Netflix: Using “found footage”, this unnverving thriller recounts the tragic story of an exiled Christian cult and the grisly events that transpire after three journalists – one looking for his missing sister – arrive at the commune. My thoughts: Lisa and I had a rousing debate over […]
Alright children, buckle your seat belts, because you are about to go on a twisted, emotional journey with VICE: a New York City based multimedia company who is known for covering stories that tend to be overlooked by the mainstream media. Sam Turner (A.J. Bowen) and Jake (Joe Swanberg) go with their friend Patrick Carter […]