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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.
A Short Review of 'Halloween' (2018, David Gordon Green)
Tonight is the night he returned. That's right, Myers is back, for another bloody Halloween rampage. This new instalment of the Halloween saga was apparently pitched by a group of writers, Jeff Fradley, Danny McBride, and David Gordon Green, and from what I have read, all three are true lovers of John Carpenter's original classic. What they pitched was a direct sequel, taking place years after the original time setting and ignoring the other numerous sequels of the failed franchise. The pitch even got the approval of Carpenter himself, who also returned as the soundtrack composer. With this information already circulating, I immediately knew I had to see this film no matter what. I am most certainly glad I saw it. It exceeded and met all expectations.
By Craig York7 years ago in Horror
'Halloween' (2018) Review and a Brief History of the Franchise
David Gordon Green's Halloween is now the third film in the series to have the same title and also not the first film in the franchise to disregard direct sequels as well, but before we get to the new film we need a short recap on the film's history.
By Neil Gregory7 years ago in Horror
The Night He Came Home
The first horror movie I ever watched with my parents was Halloween when I was 10 years old. My dad wanted me to see it, and despite my mom's reluctance, the three of us watched it together. I remember being scared but at the same time thinking it was such a cool movie. The special effects were nothing to brag about and many would just describe it as just another one of those slasher films, but what makes it stand out to me is the suspense that you feel throughout the entire film. The eerie music, the unsuspected suspenseful surprises, and the heavy sounds of Michael Meyers' breath as the film ends... all of those little things are really what ties the movie together and makes it a classic horror flick.
By Kacie Riordan7 years ago in Horror
10 Horror Movies on Netflix UK to Watch This Halloween
I love watching horror movies all year round but particularly in October, and considering Netflix UK has a decent sized catalogue of horror movies I figured I would put together a list of some of my favourites in time for you to watch some for Halloween.
By Danielle T. Murray7 years ago in Horror
'Halloween' The Sequel We've Been Waiting For
Good day my friends! It may be a little early; I know as I usually only give you a fresh movie review on Wednesdays. But for this latest move review I just couldn't wait. They say patience is a virtue and we should all have patience in life. But in this case I felt I had waited long enough! Haha! Guess there is only so much patience in all of us. Usually I have tons of it! Kind of a funny thing patience, there are times that we can oodles of it and there are times that we none at at all. Each time our reaction to the result can be different. Things can turn out just as we hoped or even better or it can something that we were not expecting with a negative result. That is often the way it is with the movies that we see. We see the trailer for a movie and it looks so good that we just can't wait to see it and it is everything we hoped for and more or it turns out to be horrible. And with our latest review this sequel was 40 years in the making with several lacklustre sequels given to us in this movie franchise that really just didn't measure up to expectations. What movie am I talking about? Well that movie is Halloween. The direct sequel to the 1978 hit and swept away all the sequels that were made before it. This is the sequel that creator of the movie John Carpenter actually had wanted. This movie brings back scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween, Trading Places) as Laurie Strode, Judy Greer (Ant-Man) as Karen and Andi Matichak as Allyson. So we have waited 40 years for a proper sequel to this legendary horror movie franchise, let's see if our patience paid off shall we?
By Justin Walter7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'Antibirth' (2016)
Well that was fucking different... I was half considering making one of my nonsense "pretentious art snob" parody reviews about this but I think I want to actually talk about this movie. Which is funny, because unlike normal, I'm kinda at a loss for words.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
Review: 'Halloween'
As far as can think of, this is my first horror sequel that I went to see on the big screen, and for good reason. Horror sequels, prequels, re-boots or re-makes do not fair well. There are very few successful ones or even cult favourites that fall into the horror genre.
By David Grice7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'Maggie' (2015)
You know what? I'm actually pretty impressed that Arnie didn't completely faff this movie up. He actually did an unexpectedly good job. Unfortunately, that's where my appreciation for this movie ends. Happily discovering that Arnold didn't ham up the acting isn't enough to make a decent flick, I'm sorry to say.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
