Horror
The Giant Spider
“Giant mutated animal” movies have made something of a comeback over the last few years thanks to the efforts of the SyFy Channel and their production cohorts, Roger Corman and The Asylum. As goofy fun as some of those films have been, though, it’s rare that any of them actually recall their ancient ancestors in [...]
The Synthetic Man
The independent horror film scene, perhaps more than independent film in general, often presents the dedicated fan with a peculiar problem. Legions of low-budget horror films are made every year, many of them barely-competent takes on the standard zombie or slasher film, and it’s tough to figure out who’s making movies in the hopes of [...]
Sadako 3D
So what do we call this thing? Is it the second sequel to Ringu? The third? Something else entirely? I’m not exactly sure about that. After all, there was the pseudo-sequel Rasen, released concurrent with Ringu in 1998. Only, Rasen bombed (and rightly so, perhaps) and so the next sequel was simply titled Ringu 2 [...]
Manborg
Canadian comedy collective Astron-6 has built a devoted following over the last several years thanks to its hilariously bizarre internet output of short films and faux trailers. Their following has boomed over the last year thanks to the release of two features from the troupe, Father’s Day (released by Troma) and Manborg (released by Raven [...]
Shadow People
I had a surreal moment at the beginning of my viewing of Shadow People. When we’re first introduced to the Charlie character, he’s hosting his late night radio show and we only hear his voice. He’s talking to a caller, who is asking about a girl he likes on facebook but doesn’t know how to [...]
Evil Dead (2013) Review
Fede Alvarez’s remake/reboot of Evil Dead is fiercely relentless and one of the best big budget horror offerings I’ve seen in awhile. While the film isn’t perfect, it gets the big epic moments right, which makes it extremely easy to look past its flaws. While it still retains the kids being cooped up in a [...]
Tormented 3D
Famous for 2002′s Ju-On: The Grudge, Takashi Himizu has now brought us Tormented 3D, which was literally called Rabbit Horror 3D in its native Japan. This 2011 film follows Kiriko (Hikari Mitsuhima), a mute girl who lives with her storybook artist father, Kohei (Teruyuki Kagawa) and her younger half-brother, Daigo (Takeru Shibuya). One day after [...]
Hollow Man Double Feature Blu-Ray
I remember the first time I saw Hollow Man, when it first came out in theaters in 2000. I was about 16 and thought it was really intense, visually awesome, and quite sexy. Apparently it didn’t bother me that most of the sexuality here has a creepy rape factor to it. I’ve seen the film [...]
In Their Skin
Jeremy Power Regimbal’s In Their Skin is a decent home invasion film that lacks the panache of Michel Haneke’s Funny Games or the creepiness of Bustillo and Maury’s À l’intérieur (Inside). After the tragic events of losing their daughter, Mark (Joshua Close) and Mary (Selma Blair) Hughes, along with their son Brendon (Quinn Lord) plan [...]
Nobody Gets Out Alive
Film technology keeps getting cheaper and cheaper, and more and more people crank out more and more movies every day. A lot of these are takes on familiar tropes, and “kids in the woods with a killer” is a highly popular one since it only requires a few things: “kids,” woods, some fake blood. It’s [...]
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