When I first saw the trailer for A Quiet Place, I thought it was a damn fine idea for a horror film. A creature that hunts by sound. Survival is only possible if you’re silent (or as silent as possible.) Otherwise, one loud noise and you’re toast. Thankfully, the movie livesContinue Reading
Have you ever watched a film and thought afterwards that you’d just witnessed someone’s idea of a prank? That’s how I felt after watching Kevin Smith’s Tusk. Wallace Bryton (Justin Long) is an American podcaster who, along with his assistant, Teddy (Haley Joel Osment,) brings his listeners “real and raunchy”Continue Reading
Although the original 1978 Piranha was written off by many as a ripoff of the then-current Jaws, the 2010 remake earned a reputation for being completely over-the-top in the sex and gore department. Thanks to a clever cameo by Richard Dreyfuss, numerous scenes of gratuitous nudity, and a gag involvingContinue Reading
Apollo 18 is yet another entry in the increasingly crowded sub-genre of film known as “found footage.” These are movies that ask the viewer to understand that what they’re seeing was filmed by the protagonists themselves. Most of these movies also ask the viewer to accept that the fate ofContinue Reading
Every 100 years, the balance between good and evil in the world reaches equilibrium. 100 years ago, Dr. Abraham Van Helsing (Jack Gwillim) unsuccessfully attempted to defeat Dracula (Duncan Rehger) with an amulet that can tip the balance in favor of the forces of good. Dracula, however, did not gainContinue Reading
If you’re a fan of vampire movies, 1987 was a good year. It was the year that The Lost Boys was released. That film went on to make $32 million at the box office. (That was a lot of money back then.) There was another vampire film released in 1987 that youContinue Reading
Many of the classic monsters of the movies achieved their iconic status under the banner of Universal Studios in the 1930s and 40s. One of those monsters was the Wolf Man, who was immortalized in 1941’s The Wolf Man, starring Lon Chaney, Jr. Its tale of a man who transformsContinue Reading