Horror

Repulsion

August 5, 2009 // 0 Comments

Roman Polanski's "Repulsion" wastes no time before plunging its audience into the frighteningly disturbed mindset of its central character, Carol Ledoux (Catherine Deneuve). The film opens on an extreme close-up of Carol's right eye as [...]

No Man's Land: Rise Of The Reeker

July 31, 2009 // 0 Comments

After two movies, Blue Oyster Cult might consider re-recording their immortal rock fugue classic for contemporary horror as "Don't Fear the Reeker." More in affiliation with than directly connected to 2005's offbeat gore chiller [...]

Children of the Corn

July 30, 2009 // 0 Comments

"Children of the Corn" was in crowded company when it was released in 1984. Horror auteur Stephen King was becoming quite the rage in Hollywood in the early 1980s as producers were eager to cash in on his string of best-sellers. In 1983 alone, [...]

Night Train

July 6, 2009 // 0 Comments

Set in an indistinct location in a vaguely contemporary time period, "Night Train" features a nightmare journey on what appears to be the Polar Express. On an ethereally snowy night, a mysterious man climbs aboard the titular train without a [...]

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

May 18, 2009 // 0 Comments

Some movies are simply legendary. In the arena of Westerns, Sergio Leone's works are unmatched in their strikingly visual approach, namely, the extensive use of dramatic widescreen shots interleaved with moments of extreme close-ups. Apart from [...]

The Silence Of The Lambs

March 16, 2009 // 0 Comments

Based on the best-selling novel by Thomas Harris, "The Silence of the Lambs" took home five Oscars (Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Picture, and Best Writing for a Screenplay Based on Another Medium) in 1992. What made this movie [...]

Friday The 13th Part1, Part 2 & Part3

March 13, 2009 // 0 Comments

Thanks (or no thanks) to this years re-make of the 1980 original "Friday the 13th", the franchise is now seeing a whole new light and generation.  While the new film was not bad – it failed to capture the suspense and originality of the [...]

Pitch Black

March 10, 2009 // 0 Comments

"Pitch Black" is certainly not the most original horror-in-space movies out there, but it does have its redeeming qualities, and even more so when you watch this dark, brooding movie in high definition. The movie takes us to a ship traveling [...]

I Am Legend: Ultimate Collector's Edition

January 27, 2009 // 0 Comments

Richard Matheson's 1954 novel "I Am Legend" has, along with its subsequent film adaptations, left a continuing influence on various sub-genres of horror and science fiction, including the vampire and zombie genres. The protagonist, Robert [...]

Friday The 13th

January 20, 2009 // 0 Comments

Many times the 1980 cult classic that defined the horror genre every bit as much as films such as "Dawn of the Dead" and "Halloween" did, has been released on DVD, but here now, for the first time, is the original "Friday The [...]
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