I knew absolutely nothing about "Doomsday" until recently a press release appeared indicating the film would appear on DVD and Blu-Ray. I had not caught any theatrical buzz or trailers and as such the film was a complete novelty to me. It [...]
"The Signal" landed on my desk as an oddity of sorts. For starters I had heard nothing of the film until it arrived, and judging from the strange box cover I mistakenly assumed it was some sort of cheesy straight to video science fiction, of the [...]
Originally, "The Eye" was an Asian horror film that was actually quite successful in its own right, and with this new American version we actually have a film that is written and directed by a couple of French filmmakers named David Moreau and [...]
Among both fans and critics of Italian director Dario Argento, "Phenomena" is perhaps his most divisive film, elating some viewers with its giddy audacity and confounding others with its mondo bizarre excesses that overstep even the [...]
After the supernatural horrors of "Suspiria" (1977) and "Inferno" (1980), Italian maestro Dario Argento made a notable return to the slick thriller subgenre known in Italy as giallo in 1982. The director had his first taste of success [...]
Well, the French have certainly given American filmmakers a run for their money in the torture-porn genre during the last few years. First Alexandre Aja created a hotly debated gore fest with "High Tension" in 2003, and now Xavier Gens serves up [...]
"Sublime" is the latest entry in the horror genre from Raw Feed distributed by Warner Brothers on Blu-ray in its unrated uncut version. The film is directed by Tony Krantz (executive producer of television's "24") and written by [...]
Let me tell you, I never wanted to become a cell phone person. It was the last thing I ever wanted to be, I can't stand those people who walk around acting like you don't exist while they blather away endlessly about unimportant trivial matters. [...]
When I saw the first trailers for "Cloverfield" I got incredibly excited, hoping that this would turn out to be some cool "Godzilla"-style reincarnation, outside of the legendary franchise. Now that Godzilla has been put on hold by [...]
One of the great stars of the classical Hollywood era, Bette Davis, like so many actresses before and after, saw a steady decline in decent roles as she approached middle age. By the late 1950s, her film career had become stymied, with only a smattering [...]
