Horror films have gone through various stages of “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” over the years. From the slasher movies of the 1980s that were spawned from 1978’s Halloween to the post-modern horror films of the Scream era, when one film breaks new ground, ten more try toContinue Reading
In 2003, House of 1000 Corpses, Rob Zombie’s homage to drugged-out 1970s horror movies, was released to theaters. Meeting a mixture of misunderstanding and plain old bad reviews, the movie didn’t set the box office on fire but it did make enough money to warrant a sequel. 2005’s The Devil’sContinue Reading
Virginia and Brad Marshall have always wanted to have a child together. After years of being told that Virginia will never be a mother, the couple gets a recommendation from a friend of Brad’s about Dr. Meyerling (James Karen), who’s doing amazing things with invitro fertilization. Upon checking Dr. MeyerlingContinue Reading
2002’s The Ring was a nifty little horror film. Although it was an inferior remake of the Japanese Ringu, the American version still managed to pack a creepy wallop in the scare department. When The Ring made over $130 million at the box office, a sequel was inevitable. The producersContinue Reading
For most of the 1990s, there were persistent rumors that two of the coolest movie alien species, the Predators and the Aliens, would eventually meet in a movie that would have them face-off in a battle to the death. A comic book series was released. In 1992’s Predator 2, aContinue Reading
Jonathan Rivers (Michael Keaton) is a successful architect. His wife, Anna (Chandra West), leaves for work one morning and never returns. Her car is found near a river, but her body is not found. Remaining hopeful that she is still alive, Jonathan tries to continue his life. One day, heContinue Reading
In The Grudge‘s initial scene, Peter Kirk (Bill Pullman) gets out of bed, turns to look at his wife, and then throws himself out the window of his apartment. After setting its hooks into me with this unexpected opening, I thought I was in for a very disturbing and engrossing supernaturalContinue Reading