Posts Tagged “horror”

Daybreakers: Film Review

5 Commentsby Matt  |  08.13.10  |  Film Reviews

daybreakers-dvdHollywood continues to suck every inch of life out of the vampire genre. The market is awash with movies about blood sucking fiends – and I’m not talking about Michael Bay.

It’s always refreshing then to see a movie like Daybreakers challenge the accepted formula. More »

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010: Film Review

7 Commentsby Matt  |  08.06.10  |  Film Reviews

a-nightmare-on-elm-street-$7060097$300I’ve not been sleeping too well lately. That was until I slipped on the Michael Bay produced remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Since then, I’ve slept like a baby.

This isn’t perhaps the greatest endorsement of a film which centres on the fear of slumber. More »

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Final Destination 4: Film Review

3 Commentsby Matt  |  08.04.10  |  Film Reviews

final-destination-4Death strikes again in Final Destination 4 – the latest instalment of the long-running horror franchise. Slipping Final Destination 4 into my Blu-ray player, I found myself asking “why?”

Removing the disc 125 minutes later, I asked the same question. More »

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House of the Devil: Film Review

27 Commentsby Matt  |  04.03.10  |  Film Reviews

house of the devilOk, so riddle me this: how is it that a film so good in the first half ends up sinking lower than a leaky fishing vessel in the second?

This is a question only House of the Devil director Ti West can truly answer. But given that Mr West is unavailable for comment, it seems only fair I give it a go. More »

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Zombieland: Film Review

2 Commentsby Matt  |  03.21.10  |  Film Reviews

zombielandThere was a time, not so long ago, when zombies were one of the most feared creatures in the horror cannon.

Single-minded entities with a taste for human flesh have long caused a collective shudder up the spine of cinema-going audiences. More »

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