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Horror

Annabelle: Creation delivers thrills and chills on Blu-ray

October 31, 2017Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The creepy doll is just as creepy on home video… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Annabelle: Creation, Anthony LaPaglia, Horror, Lulu Wilson, Miranda Otto, Mystery, New Line Cinema, Samara Lee, Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Warner Bros. Pictures

Tyler Perry’s new Madea movie is the wrong kind of Boo!

October 28, 2017Justin Moore Leave a Comment

Awkward dialog and poor plot ruin Madea’s second Halloween adventure… continue reading

★, Movie Reviews, Movies A Madea Halloween, Boo 2, Boo 2! A Madea Halloween, Brock O'Hurn, Cassi Davis, Comedy, Diamond White, Horror, Liongate, Lionsgate, Patrice Lovely, Tito Ortiz, Tyler Perry

Ignore the cheesy title because Happy Death Day is perfection

October 11, 2017Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Blumhouse strikes again with a perfectly crafted horror with humor and heart… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Blumhouse, Charles Aitken, Drama, Happy Death Day, Horror, Israel Broussard, Jessica Rothe, Laura Clifton, Mystery, Ruby Modine, Universal Pictures

Jeepers Creepers 3 Review :: The Creeper returns to feast once more

October 4, 2017Justin Moore Leave a Comment

Despite technical flaws, ‘Jeepers Creepers 3’ is still entertaining… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Brandon Smith, Gabrielle Haugh, Gina Philips, Horror, Jeepers Creepers 3, Jonathan Breck, Meg Foster, Mystery, Screen Media Films, Stan Shaw

It might be better to block Friend Request from your timeline

September 24, 2017Justin Moore Leave a Comment

‘Friend Request’ is full of clichés and unoriginality … continue reading

★, Movie Reviews, Movies Alycia Debnam-Carey, Brit Morgan, Connor Paolo, Entertainment Studios, Friend Request, Horror, Liesl Ahlers, Sean Marquette, Thriller, William Moseley

mother! is Darren Aronofsky’s art of discomfort taken to the next level

September 15, 2017Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘mother!’ shows that nobody balances pretension and brilliance like Darren Aronofsky… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson, Ed Harris, Horror, Javier Bardem, Jennifer Lawrence, Michelle Pfieffer, mother!, Mystery, Paramount Pictures

IT knows what scares you

September 8, 2017Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Forget ‘The Dark Tower,’ this is the adaptation to do Stephen King proud… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Bill Skarsgård, Chosen Jacobs, Finn Wolfhard, Horror, It, Jack Dylan Grazer, Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, New Line Cinema, Remake, Sophia Lillis, Thriller, Warner Bros. Pictures, Wyatt Oleff

Annabelle: Creation delivers the scares

August 11, 2017Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The second ‘Annabelle’ movie improves greatly on the first… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Annabelle: Creation, Anthony LaPaglia, Horror, Lulu Wilson, Miranda Otto, Mystery, New Line Cinema, Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Warner Bros. Pictures

Wish Upon may have you wishing for a more frightening movie

July 14, 2017Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

When you can describe a horror movie as fun, there’s a problem… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Broad Green Pictures, Drama, Elisabeth Rohm, Fantasy, Horror, Joey King, Ki Hong Lee, Mitchell Slaggert, Ryan Phillippe, Shannon Purser, Sherilyn Fenn, Sydney Park, Wish Upon

Ridley Scott begins building a bridge with Alien: Covenant

May 11, 2017Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The new film works hard to connect ‘Prometheus’ and the original ‘Alien’… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Alien: Covenant, Billy Crudup, Carmen Ejogo, Danny McBride, Demian Bichir, Guy Pearce, Horror, James Franco, Jussie Smollett, Katherine Waterston, Michael Fassbender, Sci-Fi, Twentieth Century Fox

Get Out mixes horror, humor & a message

February 24, 2017Chuck Duncan 4 Comments

Jordan Peele’s directorial debut will get under your skin… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Allison Williams, Betty Gabriel, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Catherine Keener, Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out, Horror, Marcus Henderson, Mystery, Stephen Root, Universal Pictures

Feeling split about Split

January 19, 2017Kim Tibbs-Krober Leave a Comment

When it comes to an M. Night Shyamalan film, the viewer can always expect a twist. Do the twists in ‘Split’ elevate it to ‘The Sixth Sense’ status or is it another disappointment like ‘The Village’?… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Haley Lu Richardson, Horror, James McAvoy, Jessica Sula, M. Night Shyamalan, Split, Thriller, Universal Pictures

The Bye Bye Man :: Don’t think about it

January 15, 2017Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The new horror flick has a really unfortunate tag line… continue reading

★, Movie Reviews, Movies Carrie-Anne Moss, Cressida Bonas, Doug Jones, Douglas Smith, Drama, Fantasy, Faye Dunaway, Horror, Jonathan Penner, Lucien Laviscount, STX Entertainment, The Bye Bye Man

Keep the lights on during Lights Out

October 31, 2016Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

This is one horror movie you don’t want to watch in the dark… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Alexander DiPersia, Billy Burke, Drama, Gabriel Bateman, Horror, Lights Out, Maria Bello, Mystery, New Line Cinema, Teresa Palmer, Warner Bros. Pictures

The Conjuring 2 conjures up some scares on Blu-ray

October 29, 2016Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The sequel to the original hit goes global… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Benjamin Haigh, Frances O'Connor, Franka Potente, Horror, Lauren Esposito, Madison Wolfe, Mystery, New Line Cinema, Patrick McAuley, Patrick Wilson, Simon McBurney, The Conjuring 2, Vera Farmiga, Warner Bros. Pictures

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