Look, the original Cabin Fever, although I do love it dearly, is a mediocre film, at best. Released in 2002 and directed by Eli Roth, Cabin Fever follows a group of college grads to a cabin for a vacation and, while there, they contract a flesh-eating virus. In 2016, the film was remade, and I’ll dive into that in a moment. 2002’s Cabin Fever was … Continue reading Cabin Fever (2002 & 2016)
In 1981, Sam Raimi burst onto the feature film scene with a film that would go on to spawn two sequels (kind of), a remake, and a television series. Evil Dead was a masterclass on special effects and special effects makeup, and the remake carried this on. The original Evil Dead follows Ashley “Ash” Williams, his girlfriend Linda, his sister Cheryl, their friend Scott and … Continue reading The Evil Dead (1981 & 2013)
In 1979, a house with “evil eye” windows became associated forever with murder and the supernatural, thanks to Stuart Rosenberg’s film, The Amityville Horror. 26 years later, those same windows would appear again in a remake of the classic, directed by Andrew Douglas. Amityville Horror (1979) was a cultural phenomenon. The film, starring James Brolin and Margot Kidder, is based on the book of the … Continue reading The Amityville Horror (1979 & 2005)
I was nervous for this film for two reasons. The first being that the expectations that the audience was going to have for this film were going to be high, due to how well the first film performed. The second reason was because I am well aware of the ending of the novel and how hard that can be to portray on screen with no … Continue reading It: Chapter 2 (2019)
I enjoy the work of Dan Gilroy. I thought that Nightcrawler was a marvelous film. Velvet Buzzsaw has been in my Netflix queue since it came out earlier this year. I have just finished the film and I can’t quite determine how I feel. I didn’t hate it. That much I know. As far as a satire of the art world, it’s good. It ultimately reveals that nobody … Continue reading A Journey Through My Netflix Queue: Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
It is notoriously hard to make a PG-13 horror film that is actually scary and/or creepy. It takes a perfect balance of imagery to push it just to the limit. Director Andre Overdal did just that. It really is impressive. At one point I found myself wondering how the film was pg-13 because it’s so creepy. Which, I then quickly reminded myself that the books … Continue reading Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
My Netflix queue has had pretty much the same movies on it for years. I, like most people, will search and search for a movie to watch, and then settle on watching an episode of The Office or 30 Rock or That’s 70s Show, all television shows that I have seen over and over again. So, I thought it would be fun to go through … Continue reading An Adventure Through My Netflix Queue: The Invitation (2015)
The horror film that set the tone for those to follow, the horror film that revolutionized teenage horror is none other than 1996’s Scream. Written by Kevin Williamson and directed by horror legend Wes Craven, Scream has become one of the most spoofed and most beloved horror films of the last 30 years. Scream is a meta horror film. It is a horror film about … Continue reading 90s Flashback: Scream (1996)
Ari Aster’s second film is nothing short of spectacular. It is a sun-drenched terror. It’s hard to imagine a film that is more unsettling than Aster’s first film, Hereditary. And, yet, he’s achieved that with his sophomore picture. At face value, Midsommar is a film about a group of friends’ who travel to Sweden to take part in a nine-day cultural festival, at the request … Continue reading Midsommar (2019)
Okay. I’m going to try really hard to look at this film from two different angles: as a remake and as a stand alone horror film. Either way, it’s not looking good. As a stand alone horror film, unrelated to the original series, it is mediocre, at best. I don’t know that I would even classify Child’s Play as a horror movie. I felt that … Continue reading Child’s Play (2019)
