Category: Horror
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The Devil Inside: What the hell?
The Devil Inside – 2012 Directed by William Brent Bell Starring Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Suzan Crowley Written by Bell & Matthew Peterman I think I am done with the exorcism thing. I also think I am done with the “found footage” thing. I’m sure that I have had it with “The Catholic Church is…
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Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark is very nearly a classic
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark – 2011 Directed by Troy Nixey Starring Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison, Jack Thompson Written by Guillermo Del Toro, Matthew Robbins based on the original story by Nigel McKeand Guillermo Del Toro has a fascinating sense of what makes something scary. Each of the films he has written and/or…
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Fright Night: Yelchin breaks even with yet another reboot
Fright Night – 2011 Directed by Craig Gillespie Starring Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, David Tennant, Imogen Poots, Toni Collette Written by Marti Noxon based on the original story by Tom Holland One of the first horror movies I remember watching alone as a teenager, the original Fright Night has always held a special place…
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Apollo 18: Let’s pretend it didn’t happen
Apollo 18 – 2011 Directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego Starring Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen, Ryan Robbins Written by Brian Miller For all of those who have heard that this movie is Paranormal Activity in space…don’t hold your breath. It’s not that good. It’s definitely not as good as the 2nd film, but it approaches the ending of…
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John Carpenter’s The Ward has plenty going for it, even if he’s working with a pedestrian script
John Carpenter’s The Ward – 2011 Directed by John Carpenter Starring Amber Heard, Mamie Gummer, Danielle Panabaker, Laura-Leigh, Lyndsy Fonseca, Mika Boorem, Jared Harris, Susana Burney, Dan Anderson Written by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen The best of John Carpenter is among the best films of the late 70’s and early 80’s. Halloween, Assault on Precinct…
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Red State is a right turn in the career of Kevin Smith the director
Red State – 2011 Written & Directed by Kevin Smith Starring Michael Parks, John Goodman, Kevin Pollak, Melissa Leo, Stephen Root, Kerry Bishé, Michael Angarano, Nicholas Braun, Kyle Gallner When one considers the downward spiral that Kevin Smith’s career has taken lately, it can’t help but be noticed that it was with an obvious state of…
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Priest by another name, is Doom
Priest – 2011 Directed by Scott Stewart Starring Paul Bettany, Cam Giganet, Karl Urban, Christopher Plummer, Maggie Q, Alan Dale, Brad Dourif, Stephen Moyer, Mädchen Amick, Lily Collins Written by Cory Goodman based on the comic series Priest by Min-Woo Hyung Paul Bettany is wasted. Maggie Q is wasted. Karl Urban is wasted. They make ill use of Christopher…
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Scream 4: Needs you more than you need it
Scream 4 Directed by Wes Craven Starring Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Emma Roberts, Anthony Anderson, Adam Brody, Rory Culkan, Hayden Panettiere, Marley Shelton, Nico Tortella, Erik Knudsen, Mary McConnell, Roger Jackson Written by Kevin Williamson There comes a time, around the 2nd fake opening, when one realizes that this joke within a joke…
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It’s Hobo with a Shotgun, not Bill Shakespeare
Hobo with a Shotgun – 2011 Directed by Jason Eisner Starring Rutger Hauer, Molly Dunsworth and a bunch of local “talent” Wirtten by John Davies Prostitute: “You can’t solve all the world’s problems with a shotgun.” Hobo: “It’s all I know.” The second film to generate from the Tarantino / Rodriguez Grindhouse films commercials, Hobo…
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Dylan Dog: Dead of Night – Brandon got a raw deal
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night – 2011 Directed by Kevin Munroe Starring Brandon Routh, Sam Huntington, Anita Briem, Peter Stormare, Taye Diggs, Kurt Angle, Brian Steele Written by Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenhiemer “There was only one way to get into Corpus House, if you weren’t a vampire,” intones Routh, in a voice over as…
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