The name is much better than the movie. The idea is cool and the killer is interesting enough, but it's kinda boring. Most horror films are built on gore and/or suspense. If it only has one, you depend on the other hopefully picking up the slack. However, this doesn't have suspense and the method of death is drowning so where's the gore? Disappointing. … [Read more...]
Baby Blues – Quickie Review: 31 Nights Of Horror – Day 29 / Film #2
A young couple buys a new home and they find that the previous owners have left a strange doll behind. This pretty much plays like a Child's Play/Annabelle hybrid, but not a good one. Many failed jump scares fill 90 wasted minutes. Go ahead and give it a miss. … [Read more...]
Man Who Laughs, The – Quickie Review: 31 Nights Of Horror – Day 29 / Film #1
I wanted to like this film because of the pop culture history that's attached. I just couldn't get into it. Perhaps silent films just aren't for me. However, the lead, Conrad Veidt, is exceptional. And his character's appearance was the real inspiration for the original design of The Joker. Some may see this as a horror, but for me the most horrific thing was how much people were enthusiastic about clowns. … [Read more...]
From A Whisper To A Scream – Quickie Review: 31 Nights Of Horror – Day 26 / Film #4
A weak anthology horror in the vein of the much superior Twilight Zone and Creepshow. The stories are tied together by a librarian telling a reporter about the town's horrid past. The third tale boasts some pretty graphic violence, but the story itself doesn't add up to much. Really, the only redeeming aspect of the film is Vincent Price as the librarian. … [Read more...]
Anthropophagus – Quickie Review: 31 Nights Of Horror – Day 17 / Film #2
Underwhelming Italian horror. Creepy killer, creepy locale, decent gore, but it's incredibly dull with a score that occasionally sounds like two cats fighting on a keyboard. The jump scares are mostly telegraphed or poorly choreographed. There's some f'd up stuff along the way such as the killer eating his own intestines, but nothing really to sustain one's interest. … [Read more...]
Annabelle – Quickie Review: 31 Nights Of Horror – Day 15 / Film #4
Thoroughly disappointing prequel to the vastly superior, The Conjuring. An attempted jump scare here, a contrived scare there. Eerie music here, manic screams there. It tries really hard to be something, but it just falls flat. … [Read more...]
Quiet Ones, The – Quickie Review: 31 Nights Of Horror – Day 6 / Film #2
A supernatural thriller about a professor trying to use science to cure a patient of possession. Attempted jump scares and not thoroughly explained science hinders this movie from being anything special. It looks pretty, but that's about it. … [Read more...]
Lovely Molly – Quickie Review: 31 Nights Of Horror – Day 5 / Film #2
I had heard decent things, but I didn't see what all the fuss was about. Just your run of the mill, ghost story, haunted past, possession type flick. Script seems to go all over the place and at times it's hard to figure out what it's trying to tell you. Performances fall flat and so goes the movie. … [Read more...]
Extraterrestrial – Quickie Review: 31 Nights Of Horror – Day 2 / Film #2
Disappointing entry in the Horror/Sci-Fi genre. I fell for the trailer. It looked pretty intense. However, if edited together properly with the right accompanying music, footage of a dude eating a cheese sandwich could look intense. I'm looking at you, David Lynch. Adequate effects for the budget and Michael Ironside is in it, but not much more than that. … [Read more...]
Maximum Overdrive – Quickie Review
I loved this movie as a kid. The violence holds up, but the dialogue is horrendous. This film has not aged well. However, the soundtrack is timeless. … [Read more...]