Category: Horror
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The Last Exorcism is the father of lies being exposed
The Last Exorcism – 2010 Directed by Daniel Stamm Starring Patrick Fabian, Iris Bahr, Caleb Landry Jones, Louis Hertham, Ashley Bell, Tony Bentley, Logan Craig Reed Screenplay by Huck Botko, Andrew Gurland Reverend Cotton Marcus (Fabian) thinks he is providing a service to the ignorant. A series of bells and whistles in a pretentious show…
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You can throw Case 39 in the round file
Case 39 (*) Directed by Christian Alvart Starring Renée Zellweger, Bradley Cooper, Ian McShane, Jodell Ferland, Callum Keith Rennie, Kerry O’Malley Written by Ray Wright About 15 minutes into Case 39, social worker Emily Jenkins (Zellweger) and her friend, Det. Mike Barron (McShane), make a miraculous save of an innocent little girl (Ferland). The persons who had…
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Cool Papa E Reviews the original SCREAM Trilogy
The most original horror movie to be unleashed upon the world since Halloween, Scream literally re-invented the slasher flick on December 20, 1996. Wes Craven, the director of The Hills Have Eyes, The Last House on the Left, and more notably, A Nightmare on Elm Street, committed to direct a screenplay by Kevin Williamson. In…
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Jennifer’s Body wants to be a Heather
Jennifer’s Body Directed by Karyn Kusama Starring Amanda Seyfried, Megan Fox, J.K. Simmons, Adam Brody, Johnny Simmons Written by Diablo Cody Okay I need to admit, I did not think that Juno was the end all be all of cinema. It was nice to see the unborn child treated like it was alive for a…
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The Crazies – Olyphant makes the best of what’s still around
The Crazies Directed by Breck Eisner Starring Timothy Olyphant, Rahda Mitchell, Joe Anderson, Michelle Panabaker Written by Scott Kosar and Ray Wright based on the story by George Romero The Crazies is a taut, well-paced, science fiction movie that comes close enough to classic, one would be hard pressed to emerge from this film without…
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Ethan Hawke’s Daybreakers Needs Time To Flesh Out New Ideas
Daybreakers Directed by Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig Starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Claudia Karvan, Michael Dorman Ethan Hawke is a long way away from Dead Poet’s Society. At that point, the sky was seemingly the limit for the next big thing. This has not been any sort of fall from grace. Instead…
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The Road is hopeless, heartsick and brave
The Road Directed by John Hillcoat Starring Viggo Mortenson, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael K. Williams, Charleze Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce The Road is impeccably acted, well-directed and with an excellent screenplay. Even so I can never watch this movie again. My heart could not handle it. Taking a view of the apocalypse to the point…
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Del Toro’s The Wolfman – The Delays Were for Good Reason
The Wolfman Director Joe Johnston Starring Benecio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving Seven directors were attached to this film, since it was announced to be made in March 2006. Only two were seriously considered, but with talent of the likes of Frank Darabont and Martin Campbell left on the sidelines, one wonders…
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Legion brings us to the end of humanity…in a diner
Director: Scott Stewart Cast: Paul Bettany, Lucas Black, Charles S. Dutton, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki, Kate Walsh, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Durand Written by: Peter Schink and Stewart Rule #1527 – Lucas Black is a good actor that nobody knows. Rule #1616- Never trust a diner that thinks a rare steak means still completely raw. Rule…
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Got a bad case of Pandorum
Starring: Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid and a bunch of low priced talent. Director: Christian Alvart There are a lot of films that on their face, look like they must be avoided. Yet, deep in the sub-cockles of one’s heart, something draws you back. “Pandorum” is one of those films. There are lots of moments in…
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