My life at the movies.
Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. Starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, and Joely Richardson.
After two years of pandemic avoidance, I returned to the cinema. The Prince Charles welcomed me back with a red carpet. Continue reading...
Directed by Danny Steinmann. Starring Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, Anthony Barrile, and Suzanne Bateman.
I may have been too hard on this entry. Showing it to a friend who’s never seen it, I found myself entertained. Despite the lackluster finale, I enjoyed the blatant attempts to telegraph the culprit—and his resemblance to Lon Chaney Jr. This, along with the heightened sleaze, made it play as a goofy, near-satire of the slasher genre. If only it had retained the rumored gory kills and excessive nudity left on the cutting room floor.
Directed by Rob Jabbaz. Starring Ying-Ru Chen, Ralf Chiu, Wei-Hua Lan, Regina Lei, Emerson Tsai, Tzu-Chiang Wang, and Berant Zhu.
I have a rule about not giving a film five-stars on first watch, but The Sadness tempts me. Continue reading...
Directed by Bruno Dumont. Starring Yekaterina Golubeva and David Wissak.
I’m not sure if Twentynine Palms is a foul tip or a home-run, but it connects. I went in cold and suggest you do the same. Spoilers follow. Continue reading...
Directed by Kevin Tenney. Starring Todd Allen, Tawny Kitaen, Stephen Nichols, and Kathleen Wilhoite.
Tawny Kitaen (of Whitesnake video fame) plays Linda, a woman who falls prey to a malevolent spirit after toying with a Ouija Board. Continue reading...
Directed by Matt Reeves. Starring Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, and Colin Farrell.
Two years into his vigilante crusade, Batman faces the Riddler, a serial killer intent on exposing Gotham City’s deep-seated corruption. Continue reading...
Directed by William Fruet. Starring Martin Hewitt, Ralph Seymour, Elaine Wilkes, and Paul Bartel.
I watched this one after Hell Night as a college horror double feature. Killer Party sees three coeds pledge a sorority and attend a big party on April Fool’s day where they’re stalked by a killer. Spoilers follow. Continue reading...
Directed by Tom DeSimone. Starring Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten, Peter Barton, and Kevin Brophy.
Four collegiate pledges must spend the night in the local haunted manor. They aren’t alone. Continue reading...
Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry, and Deborah Shelton.
Craig Wasson plays a struggling actor who witnesses a murder while spying on his exhibitionist neighbor. Continue reading...
Directed by Rob Zombie. Starring Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, and Sheri Moon Zombie.
Writer-director Rob Zombie’s Halloween remake functioned as more of a Michael Myers origin story, but hewed to the original film’s story beats. With this sequel, Zombie stakes new narrative ground. Minor spoilers follow. Continue reading...
