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Horror

Scare Campaign is a slasher film that messes with your mind

October 28, 2016Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The Aussie horror film will have your heart pounding… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies DM Pranks, Horror, Ian Meadows, Josh Quong Tart, Meegan Warner, Olivia DeJonge, Scare Campaign, Studio71

Daughter of Dracula is 70s kitsch with little horror

October 26, 2016Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

If you’ve never seen a Jess Franco film, don’t start with this one… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Britt Nichols, Daughter of Dracula, Horror, Howard Vernon, Jess Franco, Kino Lorber, Mystery, Redemption

Ouija: Origin of Evil has old school scares

October 21, 2016Chuck Duncan 1 Comment

When the spirit board talks back without help, you know you’re in trouble… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Annalise Basso, Doug Jones, Elizabeth Reaser, Henry Thomas, Horror, Lulu Wilson, Mystery, Origin of Evil, Ouija, Parker Mack, Universal Pictures

Morgan is a tidy, if derivative, thriller

September 2, 2016Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Two star turns may not be able to mask the familiarity of the story… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Anya Taylor-Joy, Boyd Holbrook, Brian Cox, Horror, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kate Mara, Michelle Yeoh, Morgan, Paul Giamatti, Rose Leslie, Sci-Fi, Toby Jones, Twentieth Century Fox

The Shallows is a beautiful, fetishistic, tense, and ridiculous shark movie

June 24, 2016Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘The Shallows’ isn’t campy enough to be stupid nor chilling enough to be enthralling… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Blake Lively, Horror, Sony Pictures, The Shallows, Thriller

The Conjuring 2 brings more chills on a grander scale

June 10, 2016Chuck Duncan 1 Comment

The Enfield Haunting takes the spotlight in this go-round but another famous haunting is also referenced… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies 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

Death Becomes Her gets a Blu-ray upgrade

May 23, 2016Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Is the Blu-ray an improvement over the previous versions?… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Bruce Willis, Comedy, Death Becomes Her, Fantasy, Goldie Hawn, Horror, Ian Ogilvy, Isabella Rossellini, Meryl Streep, Universal Pictures

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is much better than it has any right to be

February 4, 2016Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ is actually a pretty decent parody, if not as good as it could have been… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Bella Heathcote, Charles Dance, Douglas Booth, Horror, Jack Huston, Lena Headey, Lily James, Matt Smith, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Romance, Sam Riley, Sony Pictures

Victor Frankenstein puts a new-ish spin on an old story

November 25, 2015Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

You know the classic story, but the new movie shows how it began… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Andrew Scott, Charles Dance, Daniel Radcliffe, Horror, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay, Sci-Fi, Twentieth Century Fox, Victor Frankenstein

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse is raunchy fun

October 30, 2015Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A zombie apocalypse is usually nothing to laugh at, but in this case we’ll make an exception… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Action, Cloris Leachman, David Koechner, Halston Sage, Horror, Joey Morgan, Logan Miller, Paramount Pictures, Sarah Dumont, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Scouts vs Zombies, Tye Sheridan

Hidden ratchets up the tension with a surprising premise

October 27, 2015Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The new direct-to-DVD film puts a spin on the post-apocalyptic thriller… continue reading

Home Viewing Alexander Skarsgård, Andrea Riseborough, Hidden, Horror, The Duffer Brothers, Thriller, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

Goosebumps is a charming, if kinda rushed, kids movie

October 16, 2015Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Goosebumps’ uses a fairly clever take and is surprisingly funny for a family movie… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Amanda Lund, Amy Ryan, Dylan Minnette, Fantasy, Goosebumps, Halston Sage, Horror, Jack Black, Jillian Bell, Ken Marino, Odeya Rush, R.L. Stine, RL Stine, Ryan Lee, Sony Pictures, Timothy Simons

The Visit redeems M. Night Shyamalan … or does it?

September 12, 2015Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Shyamalan’s new thriller is a bit schizophrenic to be a true return to form… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Deanna Dunagan, Ed Oxenbould, Horror, Kathryn Hahn, M. Night Shyamalan, Mystery, Olivia DeJonge, Peter McRobbie, The Visit, Universal Pictures

The Gallows is a tight, tense found footage thriller

July 10, 2015Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Found footage horror films may have run their course a long time ago, but ‘The Gallows’ does a decent job of making the hair on the back of your next stand on end… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Blumhouse, Cassidy Gifford, found footage, Horror, Mackie Burt, Mystery, New Line Cinema, Reese Mishler, Ryan Shoos, The Gallows, Thriller, Warner Bros. Pictures

Insidious: Chapter 3 succeeds in delivering the scares

June 5, 2015Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Writer/director Leigh Whannell piles on the scares while star Lin Shaye guides us through the terror in a horror film sure to make you jump out of your seats… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Angus Sampson, Blumhouse, Dermot Mulroney, Gramercy Pictures, Horror, Insidious Chapter 3, Leigh Whannell, Lin Shaye, Mystery, Sony Pictures, Stefanie Scott

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