Category: Horror
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The Woman In Black: She hates these cans!
The Woman in Black – 2012 Directed by James Watkins Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Ciarán Hinds, Sophie Stuckey, Liz White Written by Jane Goldman, based on the novel by Susan Hill So there’s this lady, you see, she’s wearing black. And wherever she goes kids die. Insert Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Kipps, a really young-looking father of a younger…
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The Dead: Manos, The Hands of Zombies
The Dead – 2011 Written and Directed by Howard J. and Jonathan Ford Starring Rob Freeman, Prince David Oseia, David Dontoh Zombies in Africa. Lots of driving. Lots of walking. Sporadic zombies, mostly in white shirts so you can see the blood. I swear I saw the same ones die at least 3 times. Add to this…
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The Innkeepers is a pedestrian ride
The Innkeepers – 2011 Written and Directed by Ti West Starring Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis There’s a deliberate method to The Innkeepers that reminds me of a time, in the late ’70’s and early ’80’s, when people of limited means and imaginations made movies for regular broadcast television intended to give kids a scare, but not too…
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Dream House is almost as good as the story surrounding the movie
Dream House – 2011 Directed by Jim Sheridan Starring Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz, Martin Csokas, Elias Koteas, Taylor and Clair Geare Written by David Loucka The director and stars of Dream House balked at promoting the film, essentially due to the way the movie was cut after its test screenings. What’s more, Rachel Weisz and Daniel…
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The Thing is a good compliment to the classic
The Thing – 2011 Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Eric Christian Olsen, Jørgen Langhelle Written by Eric Heisserer So the word has it that this movie sucked. The box office receipts seemed to confirm this. Still, being a fan of Joel Edgerton (he of the wonderful move, Warrior) and so…
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Tucker & Dale vs. Evil is the kind of hillbilly horror we all can rally behind
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil – 2010 Directed by Eli Craig Starring Taylor Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden, Jesse Moss Written by Craig and Morgan Jurgenson There is a subtlety to the acting of Taylor Labine and Alan Tudyk, who as Dale and Tucker provide one half of the adversarial title of this film, that is…
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Forgotten Gem: The original Total Recall
Total Recall – 1990 Director Paul Verhoven Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin, Michael Ironside, Ronny Cox Written by Ronald Shusett, Dan O’Bannon & Gary Goldmanbased on the story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick When I found out that they were remaking Total Recall, it occurred to me…
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Shark Night: Finally we get to see Katherine McPhee die
Shark Night – 2011 Directed by David R. Ellis Starring Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Chris Carmack, Katherine McPhee, Donal Logue, Joshua Leonard, Joel David Moore Written by Will Hayes, Jesse Studenberg Rule 415: If a movie was released in 3D, and Blockbuster didn’t bother to carry it on Blue Ray, it’s not a good sign.…
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Straw Dogs is scenic, tense and illogical
Straw Dogs – 2011 Written and Directed by Rod Lurie based on the film by Sam Peckinpah Starring James Mardsen, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgård, James Woods, Dominic Purcell, Laz Alonso, Willa Holland, Walton Goggins, Rhys Coiro “She was askin’ for it,” one of the most controversial statements in Western Civilization, seems the rallying cry for the…
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