I love this movie. Hugh Grant is perfectly cast and this is hands down his best performance. Very funny script with movements of moving sentiment and extreme awkwardness. I have watched this movie countless times and it hasn’t lost anything. This is one my all-time favourite comedies.
Wednesday, July 18, 1990. I was there opening night. Spiders in general don’t scare me, but when in large numbers or shown in extreme close-up on a giant screen, they creep me out a bit. It still makes me cringe a little. Pure popcorn entertainment. John Goodman as the extermintor is totally channeling Carl Spackler including …
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Highly original take on the vampire mythology and one of the best uses of the found footage genre. The special effects are stunning and seamless. An absolute delight from start to finish. Just suburb film-making.
I’m not sure what just happened. This movie is beyond explanation. Think of something with the ability of being gratuitous, and this movie checks the box for everything. This movie is so insanely gory and just insane. And this is coming from a guy who has seen Zombie Ass. I may need to do a …
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 …
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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.
I went in thinking this was going to be your typical teen slasher film, but I was pleasantly surprised that turned out to be something even better. It’s advertised as a horror-comedy, but I don’t remember laughing at all. It matters not. Where it lacks in funny, it makes up for with pure fun. And …
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An above average ghost story set just after WWI in England. Some decent jump scares and I wasn’t fully able to predict the ending, but I had an inkling. Strong performances, beautifully photographed and a continually unsettling atmosphere. Not too shabby.
A cash-strapped med student delves into the world of body modification surgery to help her make ends meet. You know, that old story. This movie is pretty f’d up which translates to “me likey”. Plenty of gore and weirdness to satisfy most horror freaks. There’s a part where the lead encounters a security guard, let’s …
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This low-budget, super-natural horror flick really packs a punch. A bit of a slow-burner, but once this thing gets going the tension really holds and the script keeps you guessing. With jump scares throughout, this small film satisfies.
