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 […]
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 […]
So, as any pop culture aficionado knows, this Monday was the 30th anniversary of the date of the detention in The Breakfast Club. Given the fact that that film is my favorite movie of all time, I am always more than willing to pay homage to it. With that thought in mind, I decided to […]
From writer/director Mike Flanagan (Absentia) comes a mind bending supernatural horror film. The story, essentially, boils down to a woman who is hell bent on proving that her father is not guilty of the murder of his wife; it was the antique mirror hanging in his office. Yup, known as the Lasser Glass, it is […]
Description from Netflix: After mysteriously losing her dog one evening, a Los Angeles barista questions her commitment to living in the city and decides to get out. But when her going-away party takes an odd turn, she finds that the city just might not let her go so easily. What I liked: 1. The […]
Netflix description: Grieving parents rejoice when their missing son and daughter return after disappearing on a family trip to Tijuana. But they’re not the same children they once knew, even though everything looks normal on the outside. My thoughts: This movie was completely bonkers for the first 30 minutes or so. I got 20 minutes […]
Description from Netflix: In this eerie ghost story, a venerable New England inn closes after a century in business, and the lodge’s two remaining employees are determined to uncover the truth about longtime rumors that the majestic mansion is haunted. Things I liked: 1. Sara Paxton. As Claire, she showed endless curiosity, boundless energy, wide-eyed […]
For Halloween, I made a list of 24 hours of horror movies for Halloween (you can read that post here). I had a lot of fun doing it, so I thought I’d make one for Christmas. This list assumes a two-hour running time for each movie. So, if you don’t feel like spending time with […]
A good friend of mine posed this question to me this past weekend: “If you wanted to watch movies for 24 hours on Halloween, what would your list look like?” For the sake of ease in this, he told me to assume every movie was 2 hours long. I really loved this question, so I […]
Director: Alexandre Aja Writer: Alexandre Aja, Gregory Levasseur Stars: Cecile De France, Maiwenn, Philippe Nahon, Franck Khalfoun High Tension is a really good horror/thriller, sharing traits with classics like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween. Its strength lies with the searing performances and brilliant suspense building techniques, but its weakness is that it’s too over the top. At times it goes so overboard […]