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Movie reviews for horror fans; from gruesome bone-chillers to dark horror thrillers, a showcase for frightful films that seek to entertain and to terrify.
'Brightburn' Movie Review
Brightburn tells the story of Tori and Kyle Breyer (Elizabeth Banks and David Denman), a couple in the fictional small town of Brightburn, KS who continuously try and fail to have a baby. After an alien child falls from the sky (much like a certain beloved fictional character), they adopt him and name him Brandon (Jackson A. Dunn). As Brandon begins to go through puberty, he starts exhibiting superhuman abilities. However, rather than being overcome with a sense of responsibility to protect others, Brandon decided to use his new powers for other, more selfish, purposes.
By Will Lasley7 years ago in Horror
New Horror?
I was born in 1980, and I saw my first two horror films when I was three. They were Halloween with Jamie Lee Curtis, and my personal favorite Friday the 13th Part 3. I was introduced to Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees who were the two most feared horror movie villains at the time. By the time I was seven I had seen every Friday the 13th, Halloween, Fright Night, Vamp, and many other horror movies that would come out during my childhood. Now, in 1984 a movie called A Nightmare on Elm Street came out, and introduced a new kind of scary. A supernatural serial slasher named Fred Kruger was killing people in their dreams in their sleep. This would cause me to have nightmares, but that did not stop me from still loving and watching my favorite horror movies.
By A.J. Jones7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'The Perfection' (2018)
MY GOD this movie was agonizingly tense. From the first scene, they just gripped your nerves, and refuse to let go even during the moments of ease. There might be a break in the on-screen tension, but you are ever aware of its lingering presence.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Ma' Is a Jumbled Mess
In a perfect world an actress with the talent and charisma of Octavia Spencer would get any role that suits her, leading or otherwise. But it has been her experience, and indeed, the experience of many actresses, that talent often doesn't mean as much to Hollywood producers, as having an actress who is an example of mainstream notions of attractiveness.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Horror
My Analysis of The Shining (Pt. 2)
Danny, the silent investigator Danny meets someone who shines for the first time To put things in context, Danny is living a hotel far away from everything, which is far from being an optimal environment for a child: he can't make any friends, he's never seen outside without his mother (aside at the end, in the maze) and, obviously, the hotel is not a safe place. At the beginning of the movie, he points out to his mother that he doesn't really have friends, even at their old place.
By Flora Silver7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'Xtro 2: The Second Encounter' (1990)
This movie is so forgotten I practically had to do a deep web search to find a watchable copy. Seriously, just try to type it into the regular search and see if you can come up with a watchable copy. It won't come up. In fact even major horror fan pages don't mention this movie in their "complete list" of Alien themed movies. I have the distinct feeling this was a straight-to-video production. It took me forever just to find a bootleg copy that wasn't dubbed in some language I don't speak. When I finally did find one, the quality was so poor it was almost comical. Kinda like watching scrambled porn. The recording was clearly from an old VHS and the auto tracker kept popping on the screen in Spanish. If you know what either of those things are, you probably had some pretty kick ass horror movie memories like me.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
'Midsommar' Movie Preview
Young director Ari Aster sprang onto the scene with 2018's Hereditary, a genuinely scary horror film that was one of the years most talked about. What made it even more of an achievement was that Hereditary was his feature debut after a few short films: The Strange Thing About The Johnsons (2011) and Munchausen (2013).
By Neil Gregory7 years ago in Horror
My Analysis of 'The Shining' (Pt. 2)
Jack Torrance, the vilain and victim of the story 1. The mirror The three images displayed on the mirror, located in the couple’s bedroom, at the beginning, the middle and the end of the movie, beautifully sum up the transformation Jack goes through from the first time he wakes up in the hotel’s apartment to the moment he tries to kill his family.
By Flora Silver7 years ago in Horror
My Analysis of 'The Shining'
Today, I want to share my fascination for the movie The Shining, which talks to me on so many levels, with its haunting setting, tormented characters and countless hidden messages. This is my interpretation of the story and I completely understand that some or most of you may disagree with the way I see this movie, how it made me feel and the lessons I learnt by watching it numerous times.
By Flora Silver7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'The Intruder Within' (1981)
Look at that retro 70s-80s VHS cover art! Look at that hammy rubber monster mark. That shit was straight outta Fangoria! And I thought Xtro II was hard to find. Again I had to use an alternative search function to pull up the IMDb archive page, and even deeper to find the full movie (which had subtitles in three different languages). I kept getting error messages trying to bring the page up on IMDb. It's probably so deeply archived there's some lone external hard drive somewhere that likely had to power up when their server tried to get the info.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
